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Saturday, January 20, 1973

Mixing Rude Studio demos

For Wings

On this day, engineers Richard Lush and John Leckie transferred and mixed a collection of demos recorded circa 1971-1972.

One of the demos mixed on this day – called “African Yeah Yeah” – was released in 2018, as part of the Wild Life reissue


Session activities

  1. Seaside Woman

    Written by Linda McCartney

    Recording

  2. Mystery Train

    Written by Junior Parker

    Recording

  3. That's All Right Mama

    Written by Arthur Crudup

    Recording

  4. Blackpool

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Recording

  5. Freight Train

    Written by Elizabeth Cotten

    Recording

  6. Peggy Sue

    Written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty

    Recording

  7. African Yeah Yeah

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Recording

    AlbumOfficially released on Wild Life - Archive Collection

  8. Poor Boy

    Written by Elvis Presley, Vera Matson

    Recording

  9. Little Queenie

    Written by Chuck Berry

    Recording

  10. Tea Bud

    Recording


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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