Recording studio: Rude Studio, High Park Farm, Kintyre, Scotland, UK
Previous session Feb 04, 1976 • Recording "Cook Of The House"
Article Jun 24, 1976 • Party in Beverly Hills
Interview Jun 26, 1976 • Paul McCartney interview for Sounds
Session Summer 1976 • "Holly Days" sessions
Session July 1976 • Home recordings
Article August 1976 • Wings Fun Club newsletter August 1976 published
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Holly Days" Official album
What about Buddy Holly? You made a whole tribute album to him at the height of Wings’ fame in 1977, called “Holly Days.” How did that come about?
Everybody loved Buddy Holly. He was the ultimate influence when it came to songwriting. Paul and I knew all the Buddy Holly songs. We could jam to any of those things. The Buddy Holly album came about because he bought… some of [Holly’s] publishing. At the same time, he’s promoting Buddy’s music. We were gonna do it with all Nashville people, but the guy who was going [to] produce was busy at the time. Paul was up in Scotland and he put the backing tracks together and I went up, did a few extra things, and we used that instead of going to Nashville and doing it that way. That’s the way that worked and it was a tribute to Buddy, that’s all. He was the first singer-songwriter.
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Written by Norman Petty, Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin, Jerry Allison
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Written by Norman Petty, Bob Montgomery
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Written by Norman Petty, Sonny West, Bill Tilghman
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Written by Norman Petty, Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan
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Written by Norman Petty, Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley
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Written by Buddy Holly
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Written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty
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Written by Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
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I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love
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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.
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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