Thursday, October 29, 1970
Recording "Sunshine Sometime"
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on June 7, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 1970
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on June 7, 2020
"Ram" sessions (CBS Studios, New York City)
Oct 12 to Nov 20, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Recording studio: CBS Studios, New York City
Session Oct 26, 1970 • Recording "A Love For You", "Hey Diddle"
Session Oct 27, 1970 • Recording "Long Haired Lady"
Session Oct 29, 1970 • Recording "Sunshine Sometime"
Article Oct 31, 1970 • Paul & family dressed up for Halloween
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Ram - Archive Collection" Official album
“Sunshine Sometime” was intended to be part of the soundtrack of an upcoming animated film about the cartoon character “Rupert The Bear“, but remained unreleased till 2012.
I kind of remember using some African drums an clicking on the rims with a wooden stick… we built that track as we went, but basic was done with everyone playing at the same time and then a few overdubs to complete it.Denny Seiwell,
October 2012, quoted in Maccazine Volume 40, Issue 3
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
Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline
This very special RAM special is the first in a series. This is a Timeline for 1970 – 1971 when McCartney started writing and planning RAM in the summer of 1970 and ending with the release of the first Wings album WILD LIFE in December 1971. [...] One thing I noted when exploring the material inside the deluxe RAM remaster is that the book contains many mistakes. A couple of dates are completely inaccurate and the story is far from complete. For this reason, I started to compile a Timeline for the 1970/1971 period filling the gaps and correcting the mistakes. The result is this Maccazine special. As the Timeline was way too long for one special, we decided to do a double issue (issue 3, 2012 and issue 1, 2013).
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