Recording studio: EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Previous session March - April 1979 • "Back To The Egg" sessions #5
Interview Mar 30, 1979 • Paul McCartney interview for RollingStone
Article April 1979 • Wings film rumored
Session Apr 01, 1979 • Recording "Love Awake"
Article Apr 03, 1979 • Filming of the "Goodnight Tonight" promotional video
Article Apr 04, 1979 • “Wings Over The World” preview
Next session May 08, 1979 • Lympne Castle Jam Session
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Back To The Egg" Official album
On this day, Paul and Linda McCartney were at Abbey Road Studios for the recording of brass ensemble overdubs for “Love Awake.” They extended an invitation to The Black Dyke Mills Band, a renowned brass band with whom Paul had previously recorded. In September 1968, The Black Dyke Mills Band had released a single on The Beatles’ Apple Records label, which was produced by Paul.
On the new album track “Love Awake”, the group were joined in the studio by the Black Dyke Mills Band. Originally called the Alan Wharton Reed and Brass Band in 1836, this Yorkshire band changed their name to Black Dyke Mills Band in 1851 when they were affiliated to the textile firm John Foster and Sons. An amateur band, their professional occupations range from a schoolmaster, builder, office manager, and textile worker. They have been the most consistent winners of the National Brass Band Championship and this year, have become the European Brass Band Champions. They have previously been associated with Paul when he produced their single on the APPLE label of “Thingumybob” coupled with “Yellow Submarine”
From Club Sandwich N°14, April / May 1979
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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