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January 1989

Mixing "Flowers In The Dirt"

For Paul McCartney


Location

  • Recording studio: Olympic Sound Studios, London

Timeline

Master release

AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Flowers In The Dirt" Official album

In January 1989, co-producer Neil Dorfsman mixed 10 out of the 13 tracks of “Flowers In The Dirt” at Olympic Sound Studios.


Related sessions

Session activities

  1. How Many People

    Jan 06, 1989Mixing "How Many People"

  2. Figure Of Eight

    Jan 08, 1989Mixing "Figure Of Eight"

  3. That Day Is Done

    Jan 12, 1989Mixing "That Day Is Done"

  4. Don't Be Careless Love

    Jan 14, 1989Mixing "Don't Be Careless Love"

  5. You Want Her Too

    Jan 16, 1989Mixing "You Want Her Too"

  6. Distractions

    Jan 19, 1989Mixing "Distractions"

  7. Put It There

    Jan 20, 1989Mixing "Put It There"

  8. This One

    Jan 23, 1989Mixing "This One"

  9. We Got Married

    Jan 26, 1989Mixing "We Got Married"

  10. My Brave Face

    Jan 28, 1989Mixing "My Brave Face"


Staff

Production staff


Going further

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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