Album This song officially appears on the Back To The Egg Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1979
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
September 11 to 29, 1978
Ex-Wings guitarist, Laurence Juber, talks about attending "Paul McCartney University"
Aug 09, 2010 • From Daytrippin' Beatles Magazine
2014 • From Calico Skies Radio
On the new album track “Love Awake”, the group were joined in the studio by the Black Dyke Mills Band. Originally called the Alan Wharton Reed and Brass Band in 1836, this Yorkshire band changed their name to Black Dyke Mills Band in 1851 when they were affiliated to the textile firm John Foster and Sons. An amateur band, their professional occupations range from a schoolmaster, builder, office manager, and textile worker. They have been the most consistent winners of the National Brass Band Championship and this year, have become the European Brass Band Champions. They have previously been associated with Paul when he produced their single on the APPLE label of “Thingumybob” coupled with “Yellow Submarine”
From Club Sandwich N°14, April / May 1979
The most anthemic song on the album, it combines a classic McCartney ballad with the antique burnish of a North of England brass band. When we cut the basic track at the castle, Paul and Denny strummed acoustics while I played a high strung guitar. This is one of the secret weapons of the studio guitar slinger’s arsenal. It’s a regular guitar, but only the top two strings are tuned normally. The bottom four are pitched one octave higher — essentially the top half of a 12-string guitar. The result is an airy harpsichord-like sonority that blends with other acoustics, adding an extra dimension and sparkle. Also known as ‘Nashville’ tuning, it can be heard on records by Simon & Garfunkel, the Eagles and Joni Mitchell, as well as many country records. I had played bass on a demo version of this, probably in Scotland.
When it came time to overdub the bass part Paul said he liked my ideas and that I should play it, not him. He then gave me picking tips as my recording debut as a bassist was nervously made. Much like his own production mentor, George Martin, Paul has a knack of putting you at ease to bring out the best in a creative situation.
Laurence Juber, in Guitar With Wings, 2014
Love Awake. l played a Fender Bass, Paul a Martin and Denny a little ‘High-strung’ guitar. This doesn’t refer to its nervous disposition but to the tuning. The tinkly bit after ‘snow falls in the winter’ is a little trick, alternating harmonics and plucked notes.
Laurence Juber, from Club Sandwich N°14, April / May 1979
Love awake. Toll the bell.
Tell the world how glad you are.
Love awake to the day
When we can make our love awake.
Lord knows we need it any time we can get it.
But if we forget it every now and then.
But if you don't feel it, later on you'll regret it.
And if we let it we could set it free, you and me.
Love awake. Tone the bell.
Tell the world how glad you are.
Love awake to the day
When we can make our love awake.
Snowfalls in the winter,
Spring brings the rain.
But it's never to long before the summer comes again.
It always comes again!
Official album • Released in 1979
0:00 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards Denny Laine : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals Laurence Juber : Acoustic guitar, Bass Steve Holley : Drums, Percussion David Hirst : Soprano cornet David Pogson : Flugelhorn Neil Jowett : Cornet Fred Ellis : Cornet Christopher Bacon : Cornet Peter Moorcroft : Cornet Jack Brooke : Cornet Phillip McCann : Cornet Ken Macdonald : Cornet Malcolm Turton : Cornet David Carder : Cornet John Clough : Baritone, Euphonium Stuart Derrick : Baritone, Euphonium John Slinger : Baritone, Euphonium Brian Broadbent : Baritone, Euphonium Kevin Wadsworth : Tenor horn David Essex : Tenor horn Stephen Brooke : Tenor horn Frank Berry : Trombone Dennis Essex : Trombone lan Copeland : Trombone George Morgan : Bass Alan Holdsworth : Bass Derek Jackson : Bass Philip Gee : Percussion Richard Clough : Percussion
Session Recording: September 11 to 29, 1978 • Studio Lympne Castle, Kent
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1993
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Session Recording: September 11 to 29, 1978 • Studio Lympne Castle, Kent
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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.
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Geoff Atkins • 4 years ago
Cornet player should be David CARDER (not Carter). He's an old friend of mine from South Wales.
The PaulMcCartney Project • 4 years ago
Thanks @geoff . He's listed as "David Carter" in the "Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013)" by Luca Perasi, the only reference of the full credits of the song. But I trust you and will change it.
By any chance, any recollection of the recording session your friend could share ?
Thanks a lot !
David Harvey • 1 year ago
Laurence Juber is right - there are three acoustic guitars on "Love Awake".
