Saturday, January 24, 1970
Mixing "The Lovely Linda", "That Would Be Something", "Valentine Day", "Momma", "Oo You", "Teddy Boy"
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 3, 2025
Saturday, January 24, 1970
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 3, 2025
December 23, 1969 - March 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road • London • UK
Single Jan 12, 1970 • "Come And Get It / Rock Of All Ages" by Badfinger released in the US
Session Jan 17, 1970 • Recording "Junk"
Session Jan 24, 1970 • Mixing "The Lovely Linda", "That Would Be Something", "Valentine Day", "Momma", "Oo You", "Teddy Boy"
Session Jan 27, 1970 • Mixing "The Inner Light"
Single Feb 06, 1970 • "How The Web Was Woven / Thumbin' A Ride" by Jackie Lomax released in the UK
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "McCartney" LP
In late December 1969, Paul McCartney began recording new material using a Studer J37 4-track tape recorder that had recently been installed at his home in London. In early January 1970, he took part in the final Beatles sessions. Following a short trip to New York to visit Linda’s family, Paul resumed work on his solo project and spent January 17 at home recording “Junk.”
On this day, January 24, he spent some time at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, with engineers Phil McDonald and John Kurlander, creating rough mixes of several tracks he had recorded at home. He would return to EMI Studios on February 7 and 8 to continue work on the album.
These sessions at EMI Studios — as well as upcoming sessions at Morgan Studios — had been booked by Linda McCartney under a pseudonym to preserve the project’s secrecy. She chose the name “Billy Martin,” after the American baseball player and manager.
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Mixing • “Momma Miss America” is a combination of two separate recordings that Paul joined together. Only the first part, titled “Momma,” was mixed on this day.
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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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