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Tuesday, February 24, 1970

Mixing "Hot As Sun", "Every Night"

For Paul McCartney

Last updated on March 29, 2022


Master session

Location

  • Recording studio: EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Timeline

Master release

AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "McCartney" LP

Some of the songs from this session also appear on:

On this day, Paul McCartney worked in EMI Studio Two, while Ringo Starr and George Martin were in Studio One to continue the work on Ringo’s debut album, “Sentimental Journey“.

From 10 am to 1 pm, Paul and engineer Phil McDonald mixed “Hot As Sun“, recorded at Morgan Studios earlier in the month. They also made a copy of the best mix of “Maybe I’m Amazed“, made two days earlier, on February 22.


From 3:30 pm to 6:15 pm, they remixed “Every Night“, recorded the day before.


On this day, Paul, assisted by engineer John Kurlander, also mixed “Don’t Cry Baby“, a brief track where we hear Paul singing a lullaby to his daughter. The track was mixed into the beginning of “Oo You” and was only released in 2011, on the “McCartney – Archive Collection“.


Session activities

  1. Hot As Sun

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Mixing

    AlbumOfficially released on McCartney

  2. Every Night

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Mixing

    AlbumOfficially released on McCartney

  3. Don't Cry Baby

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Mixing

    AlbumOfficially released on McCartney - Archive Collection

  4. Oo You

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Mixing

    AlbumOfficially released on McCartney - Archive Collection

  5. Maybe I'm Amazed

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Tape copying


Staff

Production staff


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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If we modestly consider the Paul McCartney Project to be the premier online resource for all things Paul McCartney, it is undeniable that The Beatles Bible stands as the definitive online site dedicated to the Beatles. While there is some overlap in content between the two sites, they differ significantly in their approach.

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