Recording studio: AIR Studios, London, UK
Previous session Late February 1980 • "McCartney II" double-album editing
Album Mar 24, 1980 • "Rarities (US - 1980)" by The Beatles released in the US
Article March 26 & March 27, 1980 • Filming of the "Coming Up" promotional video
Session April 1980 • Mixing the 1979 Glasgow show
Single Apr 11, 1980 • "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Single Apr 15, 1980 • "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney released in the US
Next session Jul 04, 1980 • Rehearsal session
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Coming Up" 7" Single
The last show of the Wings 1979 UK tour was at Glasgow, on December 17, 1979. It was professionally recorded, with some rough mixes created by Geoff Emerick on January 2, 1980.
Additional work on this recording was done in “early February 1980” according to Laurence Juber, and in April 1980 according to “McCartney – Archive Collection” release in 2011.
The live version of “Coming Up” was overdubbed in the studio, and released as a single.
In early February, [Paul] was mixing the recordings from the Glasgow show at RAK Studios with engineer Geoff Emerick. The band itself was not much involved in these sessions, except for the live version of “Coming Up”. It was intended as the B-side of Paul’s studio version, the first single from his new solo release McCartney II
Laurence Juber, in Guitar With Wings, 2014
Written by Paul McCartney
Mixing
Written by Paul McCartney
Mixing
AlbumOfficially released on McCartney - Archive Collection
Written by Paul McCartney
Mixing
Written by Paul McCartney
Mixing
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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