Timeline This song was recorded in 1969
Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1969, when Paul McCartney was 27 years old)
Master release
Related sessions
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
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Dec 23-30, 1969
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Mixing outtakes from the "McCartney" album
March 7-8, 1970
Related song
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Unreleased song
“Backwards Guitar Piece” is an unreleased instrumental recorded during the December 1969 home sessions for Paul McCartney’s debut solo album, “McCartney“. It was taped using the Studer J37 4-track recorder he had recently installed in his home studio.
Using a technique similar to one the Beatles used during the Revolver sessions, […] Paul recorded four guitar lines. He then cut the tape, spliced some white leader onto the end, and turned the recording upside down so that the leader was at the top, and the guitar music was heard running backward. […] In the absence of a better title, he listed it as ‘Backwards Guitar Piece.’
From “The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73” by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair, 2022
