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Friday, November 15, 1974

Recording session at Abbey Road

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From Getty Images – British rock group Wings and others pose with platinum discs for the Wings album ‘Band On The Run’, at Abbey Road Studios, London, 15th November 1974. The band are: Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch (second and third from left), drummer Geoff Britton (centre, back) and Paul and Linda McCartney (centre, right). Standing behind Linda McCartney is session conga player Kenneth ‘Afro’ Williams. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
From British rock group Wings pictured together at Abbey Road Studios to… Photo d’actualité – Getty Images – British rock group Wings pictured together at Abbey Road Studios to record the album, ‘Venus And Mars’, London, 15th November 1974. Left to right: keyboard player Linda McCartney (1941 – 1998), drummer Geoff Britton, singer and bassist Paul McCartney, guitarist Denny Laine and guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (1953 – 1979). (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)


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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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