Monday, November 9, 1987
Recording "Figure Of Eight"
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on October 20, 2023
Monday, November 9, 1987
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on October 20, 2023
"Flowers In The Dirt" session #1 with Trevor Horn & Steve Lipson
October - November 1987 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Flowers In The Dirt
Recording studio: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Previous session Oct 23, 1987 • Recording batch 2 of demos with Elvis Costello
Article Nov 05, 1987 • Paul McCartney commerorates 20 years of Rolling Stone magazines
Article Nov 07, 1987 • Paul McCartney donates £15,000 to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre
Session Nov 09, 1987 • Recording "Figure Of Eight"
Single Nov 16, 1987 • "Once Upon A Long Ago / Back On My Feet" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Single Nov 16, 1987 • "Once Upon a Long Ago #2" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Next session December 1987 • "Tropic Island Hum" sessions
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Flowers In The Dirt" Official album
A series of unseen archival footage showing the recording of the “Flowers In The Dirt” album, shot in 1987 and 1988 at Paul’s Hog Hill Mill studio, to be used in the “Put It There” documentary.
0:00 – Figure Of Eight recording session – Nov. 9th, 1987
0:14 – Motor Of Love / Don’t Be Careless Love recording session – April 22nd, 1988
0:49 – Figure Of Eight recording session – Nov. 9th, 1987
1:16 – Put It There recording session – April 22nd, 1988
3:37 – This One recording session – Late May, 1988
5:39 – Put It There recording session – April 22nd, 1988
6:12 – Figure Of Eight recording session – Nov. 9th, 1987
7:04 – Put It There recording session – April 22nd, 1988
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording
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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