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- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
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Well, Roger [Waters] and I discuss this [taking credit for the coil sounds] at length almost every time we meet, but I definitely made it, yes!
[He continues by discussing how the McCartneys’ voices almost made it into ‘Money’] But they were too distinctive. We didn’t want people to pick up on a celebrity element. Interestingly enough, Henry McCullough [Wings guitarist] and his wife were used on our record.
Nick Mason – From Nick Mason Admits Deleting Paul McCartney’s Vocals From A Pink Floyd Song – Rock Celebrities, April 2023
Although it could’ve been a nice cameo to have the McCartneys over ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon,’ Pink Floyd decided they didn’t want to have well-known rockers take place in ‘Money’ since a celebrity element would possibly distract people from the song and overshadow its anti-capitalist lyrics.
From Nick Mason Admits Deleting Paul McCartney’s Vocals From A Pink Floyd Song – Rock Celebrities
To get the snippets of voices, Pink Floyd asked random people questions like, “What is the dark side of the moon? Are you mad? When did you last hit someone?” Among them, reports Mason, were Paul and Linda McCartney who were recording the Wings album Red Rose Speedway in Abbey Road’s Studio 2.
“But they were too distinctive. We didn’t want people to pick up on a celebrity element.
From Pink Floyd peacemaker Nick Mason on reunion and 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon | The Sun
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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.
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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