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"McCartney II" sessions #2

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Last updated on May 25, 2020

Paul McCartney spent the summer of 1979 recording tracks at home, which would end up forming the McCartney II album. In September / October, he moved to Abbey Road studios for the mixing of those tracks, with the assistance of Eddie Klein.

It was during the mixing of the recordings in Number 2 studio when I became more involved with the project. Paul did all the mixing and my role was simply that of second engineer and technician. […] I don’t remember how long the mixing process took though it was probably no longer than a week, two at most. Paul then mixed the short edit pieces required for transitions from one song to another.

Eddie Klein – From the McCartney II Archive Collection
From puremccartney.com – PAUL RECORDING ‘MCCARTNEY II’, EAST SUSSEX, 1979

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  1. Waterfalls

    Sep 11, 1979Mixing "Waterfalls"

  2. All You Horse Riders

    Sep 25, 1979Mixing "Frozen Jap", "You Know I'll Get You Baby", "All You Horse Riders"...

  3. Blue Sway

    Sep 25, 1979Mixing "Frozen Jap", "You Know I'll Get You Baby", "All You Horse Riders"...

  4. Front Parlour

    Sep 25, 1979Mixing "Frozen Jap", "You Know I'll Get You Baby", "All You Horse Riders"...

  5. Frozen Jap

    Sep 25, 1979Mixing "Frozen Jap", "You Know I'll Get You Baby", "All You Horse Riders"...

  6. Summer's Day Song

    Sep 25, 1979Mixing "Frozen Jap", "You Know I'll Get You Baby", "All You Horse Riders"...

  7. You Know I'll Get You Baby

    Sep 25, 1979Mixing "Frozen Jap", "You Know I'll Get You Baby", "All You Horse Riders"...

  8. Bogey Wobble

    Sep 27, 1979Mixing "Bogey Wobble", "Mr. H Atom", "You Know I'll Get You Baby"

  9. Darkroom

    Sep 27, 1979Mixing "Bogey Wobble", "Mr. H Atom", "You Know I'll Get You Baby"

  10. Mr. H Atom

    Sep 27, 1979Mixing "Bogey Wobble", "Mr. H Atom", "You Know I'll Get You Baby"

  11. On The Way

    Sep 27, 1979Mixing "Bogey Wobble", "Mr. H Atom", "You Know I'll Get You Baby"

  12. Temporary Secretary

    Sep 27, 1979Mixing "Bogey Wobble", "Mr. H Atom", "You Know I'll Get You Baby"

  13. Bogey Music

    Oct 04, 1979Mixing "Secret Friend", "Wonderful Christmastime"

  14. Darkroom

    Oct 04, 1979Mixing "Secret Friend", "Wonderful Christmastime"

  15. One Of These Days

    Oct 04, 1979Mixing "Secret Friend", "Wonderful Christmastime"

  16. Secret Friend

    Oct 04, 1979Mixing "Secret Friend", "Wonderful Christmastime"

  17. Wonderful Christmastime

    Oct 04, 1979Mixing "Secret Friend", "Wonderful Christmastime"

  18. Check My Machine

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  19. Coming Up

    Oct 16, 1979Mixing "Check My Machine"

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Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium

We owe a lot to Chip Madinger and Mark Easter for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details!

Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr beyond the Beatles. Every aspect of their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including everything in between. From their early film soundtrack work to the officially released retrospectives, all solo efforts by the four men are exhaustively examined.

As the paperback version is out of print, you can buy a PDF version on the authors' website

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