"Thrillington" session #2
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- Album Songs recorded during this session officially appear on the Thrillington LP.
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Songs recorded
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Staff
Musicians
- ?:
- 9 violins, 1 piccollo, 4 flutes
Musicians on "Too Many People"
- The Swingle Singers:
- Vocals
Musicians on "Ram On"
- ?:
- Boys choir
Musicians on "Dear Boy"
- The Swingle Singers:
- Vocals
Musicians on "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
- Carl Dolmetsch:
- Recorder Carl
- Carl Dolmetsch Family:
- Recorders
Musicians on "Heart Of The Country"
- The Swingle Singers:
- Vocals
Musicians on "Eat at Home"
- The Swingle Singers:
- Vocals
Musicians on "Long Haired Lady"
- The Swingle Singers:
- Vocals
Musicians on "The Back Seat Of My Car"
- Carl Dolmetsch:
- Recorder Carl
- Carl Dolmetsch Family:
- Recorders
Production staff
- Paul McCartney:
- Producer
- Richard Hewson:
- Orchestration, Arrangements
- Tony Clark:
- Recording engineer
- Alan Parsons:
- Assistant recording engineer
About
The recording of “Thrillington“, an instrumental version of Paul McCartney’s second solo album, “RAM“, had started on the previous day, and continued on this day.
Paul McCartney acted only as a producer during those sessions.
He was there the entire time, fine tuning it, speaking with the musicians, just being on top of it and making sure the feel is right. He was definitely in charge. Everyone was secure that if there were any decisions to be made, he would make them.
Tony Clark – Interview with Matt Hurwitz, from “Good Day Sunshine” fanzine – Issue #78 – Quoted in mcbeatle.de
I don’t think I’ve seen Paul quite so happy, away from the responsibility of making and producing his own music – just having a great, great bunch of musicians playing his music. Paul would talk to the musicians, and be the producer in the box, with me engineering, and it all flowed. Paul was bopping around, and feeling great about his music. I reckon we all did.
Tony Clark – from Facebook (Quote taken from McCartney Legacy Volume One, © Dey Street books, 2022.)
From “Good Day Sunshine” fanzine, issue #78:
[…] Upon returning the next morning, on Wednesday the 16th, for another 10 a.m. session in Studio Two, McCartney, Hewson and Clark recorded a group of 4 flutes, 1 piccollo and a boys choir, the latter appearing on only one song, “Ram On.” The afternoon session, which began at 2:30, featured a fairly well-known group of singers from France, The Swingle Singers. “They were an extremely talented group, very large,” says Hewson. “They were really terrific. They were known in Europe for doing sort of jazzy, scat renditions of Bach.” The Swingles, in all, appeared on five of the album’s eleven tracks.
That evening, beginning at 7:30, 9 more violins were taped, as were a set of 4 recorders. “We actually got Carl Dolmetsch and members of his family to come do the session,” says Hewson. Dolmetsch was known not only for his recorder playing, but for his family’s well-known recorders themselves, sold throughout the world. […]
From “Good Day Sunshine” fanzine – Issue #78 – Quoted in mcbeatle.de
The recording of “Thrillington” continued and ended on the following day.
Last updated on May 4, 2022