Recording studio: EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Recording studio: RAK Studios, London
Previous session Feb 06, 1978 • Backing track for "Goodnight Tonight"
Article Apr 24, 1978 • Laurence Juber and Steve Holley audition for Wings
Interview Apr 29, 1978 • Paul McCartney interview for New Musical Express
Session May 5th-6th 1978 • "Same Time Next Year" session
Single Jun 16, 1978 • "I've Had Enough / Deliver Your Children" by Wings released in the UK
Article Jun 19, 1978 • Paul and Linda assist at a Rolling Stones concert
Next session June 29 - July 27, 1978 • "Back To The Egg" sessions #1
Some of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Put It There" CD Single.
Wings went into RAK Studios in London on May 5th to record a new, mystery song which may be featured in a film. They had a most successful day taping bass, drums, guitar and piano. The following day a full 68-strong string orchestra was added at Abbey Road Studios. The arrangement, written by Paul with Fiachra Trench, also featured a small clarinet section and a cimbalon, which for anyone who didn’t know, is a strange zither-like instrument which can be seen in one of the pictures below. The Dolmetsch family made up a recorder quartet to complete the song with vocals by Paul. WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED!
From Club Sandwich N°8, April / May 1978
Written by Paul 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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