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January 1989

"Flowers In The Dirt" sessions with Chris Hughes / Ross Cullum

For Paul McCartney

Last updated on November 11, 2022


Location

  • Recording studio: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

  • Recording studio: Mayfair Studios, London, UK

  • Recording studio: Hot Nights Studios, London, UK

Timeline

Master release

AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Flowers In The Dirt" Official album

Some of the songs from this session also appear on:

From unknown “Flowers In The Dirt” session – Photo credit: 1988 © Paul McCartney / Photo by Linda McCartney.
From Chris Whitten (@chriswhittenmusic) • Instagram photos and videos – Overdubbing cymbals at Paul McCartney’s studio. Behind me is Paul’s @pearl_drums kit, which I seem to remember being told was gifted to Paul by Jeff Porcaro

Related sessions

Session activities

  1. Motor Of Love

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Recording

  2. Motor Of Love

    Jan 12, 1989Recording "Motor Of Love"

  3. Motor Of Love

    Jan 30, 1989Mixing "'Motor Of Love"


Going further

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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Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium

We owe a lot to Chip Madinger and Mark Easter for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details!

Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr beyond the Beatles. Every aspect of their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including everything in between. From their early film soundtrack work to the officially released retrospectives, all solo efforts by the four men are exhaustively examined.

As the paperback version is out of print, you can buy a PDF version on the authors' website

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