Tuesday, March 11, 1969
Recording "Thumbin' A Ride", "Going Back to Liverpool"
For Jackie Lomax
Last updated on March 1, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 1969
For Jackie Lomax
Last updated on March 1, 2025
Recording studio: Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Single Mar 07, 1969 • "Lontano Dagli Occhi / The Game" by Mary Hopkin released globally
Session March - May 1969 • Mixing the Get Back album (2nd & 3rd compilations)
Session Mar 11, 1969 • Recording "Thumbin' A Ride", "Going Back to Liverpool"
Article Mar 12, 1969 • Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman
Interview Mar 12, 1969 • Paul McCartney interview for ITV
Next session Mar 26, 1969 • Mixing "Get Back"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "New Day / Thumbin' A Ride" 7" Single
The night before their wedding — on the same day as this recording session — Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman had what Paul later described as a “big argument.” This may explain why he spent the evening in the studio, co-producing “Thumbin’ A Ride” and “Going Back to Liverpool” for Apple-signed artist Jackie Lomax. He shared production duties with George Harrison.
“Thumbing’ A Ride” was released as a single in May 1969, But “Going Back to Liverpool” remained unreleased until 1991.
Before or after the session, Paul was interviewed by Daily Mirror journalist Don Short, who later published an article mentioning the recording.
On his wedding day, March 12, Paul told the press he planned to spend the evening in the studio, though the purpose of the session remains unclear — possibly a continuation of his work with Jackie Lomax.
We were crazy. We had a big argument the night before we got married and it was nearly called off. We were very up and down, quite funky compared to the eventual image of ’25 years of married bliss! Aren’t they lucky for people in showbiz?’ But we are.
Paul McCartney, in Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, by Barry Miles, 1997
Portrait of Paul on his wedding eve – HE WILL MARRY LINDA TODAY
Beatles Paul McCartney, never the most conventional of characters, spent his last night as a bachelor —working. Not for him the traditional stag-night drinking session. He was beating it up on the drums — pictured above —at a recording session last night.
For two hours he worked with George Harrison in the basement studio of the Beatles’ Apple headquarters in Savile Row. The session turned into a wake for the Beatles’ last bachelor as the girls who work for Apple joined in.
There were more girls outside. Fans had been there since the news leaked out that 26-year-old Paul will marry American society photographer Linda Eastman at Marylebone register office this morning.
And when he finally left, to spend a quiet evening with Linda, Paul shrugged, smiled and said: “It had to happen sooner or later. Linda made it sooner.“
Linda, also twenty-six, whose family is part of the giant Eastman Kodak photographic firm, met Paul in New York eight months ago — after his long romance with actress Jane Asher had ended. Linda has a six-year-old daughter by a previous marriage and brought her to London last week when she came to stay with Paul.
Paul and Linda, who had hoped for a quiet wedding, would not say what time they will marry. Paul would only say: “You’ll have to be there early to catch us.“
From Daily Mirror – March 12, 1969
THE NIGHT BEFORE
No last night final fling for Paul. Hours after announcing that he was to marry the following day, he spent the evening in Apples basement studios playing drums for two hours with George Harrison.
From New Musical Express, March 15, 1969
Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Recording
Written by Jackie Lomax
Recording
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