"Red Rose Speedway" sessions at Olympic Studios
Mar 19 - Apr 04, 1972 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Red Rose Speedway
Recording studio: Olympic Sound Studios, London
Session Mar 22, 1972 • Recording "I Would Only Smile"
Session Mar 23, 1972 • Recording "Thank You Darling"
Session Mar 27, 1972 • Recording "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
Article Mar 31, 1972 • McCartney Productions Ltd. publish its results
Article Mar 31, 1972 • The Beatles' Fan Club closes
Next session Late June to July 6, 1972 • Rehearsals for "Wings Over Europe" tour
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love (UK)" 7" Single
On this day, Paul McCartney and Wings started the recording of “Mary Had A Little Lamb“, which would be released as their second non-album single. Not much is known about the recording and mixing of the track.
Paul and Linda’s daughters, Heather and Mary, participated in the la-la-la-la chorus.
[The session] was musically interesting, we had a lot of fun during the recording and in the coda!
Denny Seiwell – Interview by Luca Perasi, from “Paul McCartney – Recording Sessions (1969 – 2013)” by Luca Perasi
I suggested we put bongos through a wah-wah pedal. Paul just said, ‘Oh, OK’, and Glyn was fine about it, so we went ahead and did it, with me operating the pedal by hand in the control room
Phil Chapman – From “The Great British Recording Studios” by Howard Massey, 2015
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Recording
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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