"Flaming Pie" sessions with Jeff Lynne at Hog Hill Mill #1
Nov 01 to Dec 05, 1995 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Flaming Pie
Recording studio: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Nov 06-10, 1995 • Recording "The Song We Were Singing"
Article Nov 08, 1995 • Paul awarded a Fellowship at the Royal College of Music
Session Nov 13-17, 1995 • Recording "The World Tonight"
Session Nov 18-19, 1995 • Recording "Whole Life"
Interview Nov 20, 1995 • “The Beatles Anthology 1” press conference
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Flaming Pie" Official album
“The World Tonight” was the second song recorded with Jeff Lynne, for the “Flaming Pie” album. From the album liner notes:
The second song from Paul’s initial session (there were four in all) with Jeff Lynne took what had been an acoustic, folk-tinged demo and imbued it with a progressively heavier treatment.
It’s got a bit of a tougher guitar riff on it. There’s a bit more of my heavier guitar on this album. When Linda and I first met, she’d say, ‘I didn’t know you played heavy guitar like that, I love that.’ But I’ve always done quite a bit of that for myself. So when it came to this album, Linda said, ‘Really play guitar. Don’t just get someone in to play it.’ It’s a little naive my guitar style; it’s not amazingly technical. It’s a bit like Neil Young. In fact, I still haven’t done the guitar as much as she wanted.
Paul McCartney – From Badman, Keith. The Beatles: Off The Record 2 – The Dream is Over: Dream Is Over Vol 2
I think “World Tonight” is pretty Jeff Lynne. I’ve got to give him his head sometimes.
Paul McCartney – from the Flaming Pie Archive Collection, 2020
In the “Flaming Pie Archive Collection“, it is mentioned that the rough mix was mixed on November 3, 1995. This is not possible if “The World Tonight” was recorded starting November 13, as mentioned in the same booklet. We assume the rough mix has been created during the same days as the recording.
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording
AlbumOfficially released on Flaming Pie
Written by Paul McCartney
Mixing • Rough mix released on the "Flaming Pie Archive Collection"
AlbumOfficially released on Flaming Pie - Archive Collection
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.
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