"McCartney" sessions at EMI Studios, Abbey Road
February 21 to March 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Recording studio: EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Previous session Circa 1970 • Home recordings
Single Mar 06, 1970 • "Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" by The Beatles released in the UK
Single Mar 11, 1970 • "Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" by The Beatles released in the US
Session Mar 16, 1970 • Playback of "Oo You"
Session Mar 21, 1970 • Mastering of the "McCartney" album
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "McCartney" LP
On February 25, 1970, Paul McCartney had completed the recorded of his debut solo album, “McCartney“.
On this day, he was at EMI Studios to listen to a playback of the eight-track and stereo version of “Oo You“, which had been prepared at Morgan Studios earlier in the month. This brief session lasted from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Playback of the eight-track and stereo version
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
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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