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PAUL McCARTNEY: RECORDING SESSIONS (1969-2013) book

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:41 am
by backseat
New book about Paul McCartney's recording sessions available on Amazon Europe.
TITLE:
PAUL McCARTNEY: RECORDING SESSIONS (1969-2013). A Journey Through Paul McCartney's Songs After The Beatles.
It contains the stories behind the post-Beatles compositions by McCartney, with 70 exclusive interviews with sound engineers, musicians, aarrangers, producers. Tony Clark, John Leckie, Richard Hewson, Richard Niles, Neil Dorfsman, Clare Fischer, John Clayton, Denny Seiwell, Laurence Juber and many others. All songs in chronological order of recording, with a detailed "who played what" section for each track. Anecdotes about the use of Rickenbacker bass, too :)

Re: PAUL McCARTNEY: RECORDING SESSIONS (1969-2013) book

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:57 pm
by DrRick
Just finished it yesterday.... Some of the translation a bit iffy but overall.. Very good - recommend!

Re: PAUL McCARTNEY: RECORDING SESSIONS (1969-2013) book

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:02 am
by backseat
DrRick wrote:Just finished it yesterday.... Some of the translation a bit iffy but overall.. Very good - recommend!

Well, thanks! Here's a brand new (and excellent) review by Chaz Lipp, contributor of The Morton Report. He calls the book "an essential reading for any serious Paul McCartney fan".
Here:

http://www.themortonreport.com/books/bo ... ca-perasi/

Re: PAUL McCARTNEY: RECORDING SESSIONS (1969-2013) book

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:08 pm
by T28
Congrats on the book being released, Luca. Looks very interesting.

How long did you work on it?

Re: PAUL McCARTNEY: RECORDING SESSIONS (1969-2013) book

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:04 am
by backseat
T28 wrote:Congrats on the book being released, Luca. Looks very interesting.

How long did you work on it?

Thanks Stephen. It was a long journey...for years I've been collecting info and two were dedicated to the interviews... Around ten years!!

A nice review recently appeared on the MortonReport:

http://www.themortonreport.com/books/bo ... ca-perasi/