Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation at Abbey Road 1/7

Paul returns to Studio 2 at Abbey Road, the room where all the Beatles records were made, for an intimate journey through his songwriting history, from his very first Beatles song to the work on his new album "Chaos & Creation In The Backyard".

Aided and abetted by producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis) & using a selection of vintage instruments from his own collection (including the bass played by Bill Black on Elvis Presley's orginal recording of Heartbreak Hotel and the Mellotron & mixing desk used by the Beatles) Paul re-visits his back catalogue in new & revealing ways in front of an audience of just 64 people, including wife Heather, Fran Healy from Travis and Guy Chambers among others.

He'll be re-interpreting old songs, revealing new ones, playing some great cover versions & enlisting the audience's help in a demonstration of "in the moment" songwriting & arranging.


Music included in the programme:

-Paul on Acoustic guitar playing "Friends To Go" and "How Kind Of You".
-This is followed by the recording of an alternate version of "Band On The Run".
-On Acoustic again, Paul performing the pre-Beatles song "In Spite Of All Danger"
-Paul singing a couple of verses of "Twenty Flight Rock".
-Paul on Piano playing a Gospel-type rendition of "Lady Madonna".
-Also on Piano a song about English Tea.
-A couple of bars of "Heartbreak hotel" played on an Upright bass.
-Paul demonstrating the Mellotron and making up a song with it.
-The opening bars of "Strawberry Fields Forever" played on the Mellotron.
-Paul playing a new song called "Jenny Wren" on Acoustic guitar.
-Next the Beatles songs "I've Got A Feeling" and "Blackbird".
-Paul jamming and recording an improvised song with the Audience playing percussion. No title.

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[BL80488]

Paul and Ringo need to do for George what they did for John. Take a few of his demos and complete them. Thumbs up if you agree

[rabbitbassman]

Hey Paul....Han Solo called.....he wants his outfit back.

[coolerruler1]

@BL80488 Yoko probaly wouldn't allow it. She'll make up something so Paul and Ringo can't.

[geiadude]

The Songs we all share in the long run This is the song of us all

[SpartyOn2013]

@JoDeePurkeypile

Tickets to this are priceless!

[MrRocked123]

@dewy200884 ah i see what you mean, thanks for the info

[dewy200884]

@MrRocked123 instruments are are recorded on seperate tracks during the studio sesions and then mixing and putting it all together during the production stage (usually by the sound engineer and artist himself) ..

[MrRocked123]

can anyone please tell what he is recording himself on? and how it saves his recordings so he can be a one man band please? XD

[adminallen]

Paul is so AWESOME

[animepwn3r]

@BL80488 i dont think George has any demos to be finished, that or i havent looked hard enough

[jpalberthoward9]

Seeing the inside of that studio, and all that old gear , plus having P McC explain it all, is an analog nut / tech monkey's wet dream! McCartney just never runs out of gas, does he? This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long, long, time. got to watch this one over and over again!

[zeromant80]

@JoDeePurkeypile Only friends and selected fans could attend