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Paul McCartney discusses his favorite studio and recording memories

Paul McCartney was asked recently in the "You Gave Me the Answer" section of his website if he had a favorite studio to work in.

His answer was his own studio, The Mill in Sussex, England is "great favorite," but he adds that going back to Abbey Road in London is also "cool...because of the memories of the exciting times I had there."

Sir Paul was asked about favorite memories from those places, he cites recording The Beatles' "Free as a Bird" [for Anthology One] at his studio because "nobody knew that George, Ringo or myself had got together. So, it was very cool and it was very private. Those were fabulous sessions. ‘Free as a Bird’ was made with John's vocal taken from his old cassette demo, and then the three of us played live along with it. It was really exciting, because having him in our ears and playing along with him felt like he was really there, just in another studio. That was a really lovely memory."

Paul has a full array of instruments and recording equipment in his studio, much if it from Abbey Road, which was passed along whenever equipment was upgraded and old gear was no longer needed.

Paul talked about what’s in his studio:"The stuff I keep put tends to be old stuff because it has a very warm sound. You know, they talk about real ale and lager and all that -- some people call these keg instruments. You know, it's the real thing instead of a sample of it or a synthesizer of it."

Paul said his favorite Abbey Road memory was the recording of the orchestra on "A Day in the Life." "Once we realized we were going to use a symphony orchestra, George Martin said, ‘You can tell them what to wear.’ We wanted evening suits -- full, posh orchestral attire...[and] we suggested that they also wore funny hats and funny noses. That was very, very Beatles; we liked taking it to the extreme. A few people in the orchestra were good sports and put them on, and it was a fun session. That was fabulous to do."


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