Recording studio: Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Film February 02-07, 1972 • Shooting of "ICA Rehearsals" documentary
Session Feb 03, 1972 • Mixing "Give Ireland Back To The Irish"
Session Feb 04, 1972 • Mixing "Give Ireland Back To The Irish"
Article Feb 07, 1972 • John and Yoko send a telegraph to Paul and Linda to play a benefit concert
Article Feb 08, 1972 • Wings departs for their University Tour
Next session Mar 06, 1972 • Recording "Big Barn Bed"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Give Ireland Back To The Irish" 7" Single
Wings had recorded “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” three days earlier, on February 1, 1972, and mixed it on February 3 with engineer Glyn Johns.
On this day, Paul McCartney (joined by other Wings members) was back at Apple Studios, at 3 Savile Row; surely the first time since the break-up of The Beatles in April 1970.
It’s unclear what was exactly achieved on this day. Denny Laine explained that they were there to mix “Give Ireland Back To The Irish“, but that was also the purpose of the session at Island Studios the day before – was it about completing the work, or mixing the instrumental version released as the B-side of the single, or…?
We went into the Apple Studios to mix ‘Give Ireland Back To The Irish’ and [Paul] looked around those studios and he must have been thinking, ‘Blimey, I helped build all this.’ He must feel bad that he can’t go on being involved.
Denny Laine – Interview with Record Mirror, August 1972
Give Ireland Back To The Irish
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Mixing
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.
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
Maccazine - Volume 47, Issue 1 - The birth of Wings
"Maccazine is a hard copy magazine (a bound paperback) about Paul McCartney. It is published twice a year. Due to the fact that the Internet has taken over the world and the fact that the latest Paul McCartney news is to be found on hundreds of websites, we have decided to focus on creating an informative paper magazine about Paul McCartney."
"In this issue we take you back to the early days of Paul McCartney’s solo career when he decided to form a new group. With Wings he proved there was life after The Beatles. This Maccazine features a detailed timeline of ‘the birth’ of the band with interesting entries including many new facts and unpublished photos. Follow-up timelines will be published in the upcoming years."
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