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November 2012 ?

Recording "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

For Various Artists


Location

  • Recording studio: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Timeline

Album

Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" CD Single.

Some of the songs from this session also appear on:

He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” was a hit for The Hollies in 1969. Paul McCartney participated to the recording of a new version of the song in 2012, as part of a charity project for the victims of the Hillsborough Disaster.

The song was recorded in multiple studios – Sleeper Studios, Metropolis Studios, Parr Street Studios, Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts (LIPA). But Paul McCartney’s parts seem to have been recorded at Hog Hill Studios, as it can be seen in the official video for the song.

A photo of McCartney with producer Guy Chambers was posted on social platforms, on November 22, 2012.

From Paul McCartney’s Twitter account – Paul in studio w/ Guy Chambers working on The Justice Collective Hillsborough tribute.

Session activities

  1. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

    Written by Bob Russell, Bobby Scott

    Recording


Staff

Musicians

Production staff

Paul McCartney writing

Talk more talk, chat more chat

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Andrew O'Brien • 1 year ago

O have a downs syndrome brother who is at his last days and am looking for a single Cassette tape to play at his funeral and would like any info on how to find one. He's my brother and my heart.


The PaulMcCartney Project • 1 year ago

Hi Andrew, you should have a look at Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=506652&ev=mb


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