Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
"McCartney" session at Abbey Road Studios
February–March 1970
Other songs from the "McCartney" instrumental medley
Officially appears on McCartney
Officially appears on McCartney - Archive Collection
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Song facts
“Glasses” is a fragment of a 3-parts instrumental on the 1970 “McCartney” album – the two other parts being “Hot As Sun” and a very few seconds of “Suicide“. From the press release of “McCartney“:
Wineglasses played at random and overdubbed on top of each other – the end is a section of a song called SUICIDE – not yet completed.
Paul McCartney
From PopMatters:
The first part, “Hot As Sun”, written in 1959, is one of the first instrumental songs McCartney wrote. A happy-sounding guitar-based melody, it uses an organ to make the carnival-sounding middle part. It then abruptly cuts into “Glasses”, which is mostly composed by the sound of electronic waves traveling through the rims of drinking glasses. This is a technique that McCartney seems to be fond of; in the PBS TV special Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road (available on The McCartney Years DVD set), he shows how it can be done. […]
Phil McDonald was engineer on the “McCartney” album and mentioned in the liner notes of McCartney 2011 edition:
The title ‘Glasses’ was fun as we ended up with a huge amount of glasses all filled with water on a big table in [Abbey Road Studio?] Number 3. All glasses were meticulously filled with water to the desired pitch of the song.
Last updated on June 2, 2020
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1970
2:08 • Studio version • A • Medley with "Hot As Sun"
- Paul McCartney :
- Glasses, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals
- Phil McDonald :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 21 to 25, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- February 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
McCartney (by DCC Compact Classics)
Official album • Released in 1992
2:08 • Studio version • A1992 • 1992 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Glasses, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals
- Phil McDonald :
- Mixing engineer
- Steve Hoffman :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Feb 21 to 25, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- February 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1993
2:08 • Studio version • A • Medley with "Hot As Sun" - 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Glasses, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals
- Phil McDonald :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 21 to 25, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- February 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
McCartney - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2011
2:08 • Studio version • A • Medley with "Hot As Sun"
- Paul McCartney :
- Glasses, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals
- Phil McDonald :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 21 to 25, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- February 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Official album • Released in 2020
2:08 • Studio version • A2020 • Medley with "Hot As Sun" - 2020 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Glasses, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer, Vocals
- Phil McDonald :
- Mixing engineer
- Miles Showell :
- Mastering
- Session Recording:
- Feb 21 to 25, 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- February 1970
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Bootlegs
Unofficial album • Released in 2014
Outtake • Complete version of "Hot As Sun / Glasses / Suicide" medley
- Recording :
- c. 1970
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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