Recording studio: AIR Studios Lyndhurst, London, UK
Previous session May 14, 1996 • Recording "Really Love You", "Looking For You", "Beautiful Night"
Album May 14, 1996 • "All This Useless Beauty" by Elvis Costello released in the UK
Article Jun 07, 1996 • The Royal opening of Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
Session Jun 10, 1996 • Overdubs for "Somedays"
Interview Summer 1996 • Paul McCartney interview for Club Sandwich
EP Jul 15, 1996 • "The Ballad of the Skeletons" by Allen Ginsberg released in the US
Next session Started Sep 16, 1996 • Recording "Heaven On A Sunday"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Flaming Pie" Official album
During this session, George Martin scored a string arrangement for “Somedays“. This was recorded at Martin’s most recent studio, Lyndhurst Hall.
When I got to the final version of that, I thought that I just maybe could use a little arrangement. So I rang George Martin up. He’s such an old friend and so nice to work with that it’s great to find an excuse, you know, just to work with him on a song. Who’s better to do it than George. I said “by the way George, I’ve got this little tune, what do you think, you know”. “Oh, I see you haven’t lost your touch, Paul” Haha.
Paul McCartney, in “Flaming Pie Radio Special”
When I heard Somedays, it immediately reminded me of the vintage Paul. It’s quite difficult to keep writing hits. Even when you know the greatest hitmaker of all. It was nice to see that Paul was getting back to his roots because I think Somedays is a classic song. I think it’s one of those simple ones, deceivingly simple, but so difficult to write. I loved it, I thought it was terrific. When I listen to it and then Paul said “what do you think we should do then”, I thought it needed small forces, I needed a chamber group again. So when I scored it, it was very simple instrumentation and I gave a kind of idea of what it would be. He liked it.
George Martin, in “Flaming Pie Radio Special”
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording
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.
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