"Smokin' Mojo Filters" session

The band consisted of Paul Weller, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Cradock, Young Disciples’ Carleen Anderson and The Style Council’s Steve White.

When he did ‘Come Together’ with us we were shitting ourselves, so we recorded the backing track ahead of time: ‘Let’s get this down at least’. But when Macca came in he was great. He played some guitar on it and Wurlitzer and he did some BVs with us.

Paul Weller – about working with Paul McCartney on “Come Together”, from NME, April 16, 2021

For War Child you re-recorded Come Together with Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher. Did you think, “Ah, that is where my old haircut from 1966 went”?

[Laughs] Well, they weren’t the only people who had done that. It was quite prevalent, y’know. It’s never really gone away. The main thing they were asking was if I still had my old clothes. I said, “Yeah.”They were saying, “Awwww, brilliant.” Actually, funnily enough, I was just in Minneapolis a couple of nights ago doing a concert and I brought a few jackets with me. One of the ones I brought with me I discovered a couple of years ago on a hanger and I thought, “This looks nice.” I looked inside and it was made by the old Beatles tailor. It was an old Beatles jacket of mine.

Paul McCartney – Interview with Q Magazine, October 2016

Session activities

1. Come Together

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Recording

   AlbumOfficially released on The HELP Album

Staff

Musicians

Production staff

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