Paul McCartney "McCARTNEY" MAYBE I'M AMAZED(Sir Paul McCartney playing all instruments)(GTR Improv)

Album:McCartney
Released:17 April '70
Recorded:1 Dec '69–25 Feb '70
Studio:McCartney's home, London Morgan, Willesden, London Abbey Road
Genre:Rock and Roll
Label:Apple
Producer:Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney born on June 18, '42 in Liverpool England know as a singer, songwriter, musician, and record and film producer for"Quarrymen"/"Silver Beatles"/"The Beatles" late '50's-'70, solo work and "Wings" throughout 1970's, '80's, '90's to present.A self-taught musician, McCartney has mastered bass, guitar, keyboards, and drums.During The Beatles break up McCartney wanted to get back to the basics of starting a rock band and forget about the harsh on going drama about the break up process in '69 into '70.Jan '70 Paul revisited George Harrison and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road to complete the "Let It Be" session.Paul refused Apple records to delay the album release after The Beatles released "Let It Be" on May 8, '70.Therefore "McCartney" early album release on April 17, '70 led the publicity to announce "THE BEATLES HAVE BROKEN UP!".Paul did a Q&A for the publicity about the album and trying to keep the vibe positive and honest. McCartney remarked that the album was about"home, family, and love".No songs personal about The Beatles breakup, which calmed the media.Paul wrote the album during a time of depression over The Beatles breakup in seclusion and after the fact hearing about John Lennon's departure letter from the band in Sept '70.Linda McCartney encouraged a drunk depressed Paul McCartney to move on and start something new.Paul McCartney played all the instruments on the album.Apparently he used a Rickenbacker bass, Premier drums, Martin acoustic, piano, Fender Telecaster, Epiphone Casino, organ mellotron, toy Xylophone, wineglasses, and even a bow and arrow for the sessions.The songs in the album became just a collage of outtakes and song ideas.Some say the album was a fail and was just a bundle of unfinished material after hearing songs like the opening track "The Lovely Linda", which you hear Paul sound checking his recording and giggling at the end of the 45 second piece."McCartney" was recorded at Abbey Road, Morgan Studios, and his own house in St. John's Wood on a Studer 4-track recorder without a mixing sound board, which made the album so raw and incomplete.The tapes were brought to Morgan studios in Feb '70 for overdubbing on a 8-track recorder.Incompleted Beatle songs such as "Teddy Boy", "Junk" also finished at Morgan studios which were originally written during The Beatles '68 visit to India.Two versions of"Junk" recorded, with one take with vocals, and another take was an instrumental piece with strings."Glasses" recorded with actual wine glasses and "Oo You" a bluesy rock'n roller now with vocals added at Morgan Studio."Kreen-Akrore" was an experimental almost tribe like dance song with a unique McCartney drum solo recorded to end the album.Paul retires to Abbey Road during Feb-March '70 to finish another Beatles "Get Back" session song "Every Night", "Man We Was Lonely", "Momma Miss America", "Hot As Sun", "Maybe Im Amazed" album hit dedicated to Linda, and the very short instrumental "Valentine Day" which was originally written in Scotland along with "That Would Be Something".The album artwork photography done by Linda McCartney with cherries removed from a bowl, McCartney's sheepdog, Linda's first husband's 7 year old daughter Heather, and Mary McCartney in Paul's open jacket.A collage of pictures taken on the McCartney's vacation."Valentine Day" in the key of "A" with only 3 chords C, D, and A, with some buzzy twangy A minor pentatonic runs and bends in a short demo.I used a small Fender amp to capture the "homemade Paul McCartney" sound quality.A very razor edged distorted speaker breakup which captured the vibe and effect of McCartney's guitar.I wanted the recording to sound raw, incomplete, but realistic like the original recording but extended for pleasure.I also used my Boss '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp pedal as recommended by "Guitar Worlds" Holiday December's 2010 issue.On "Maybe I'm Amazed"I used a Leslie Speaker for those wobbly organ rotating speaker effects which complemented the organ, and piano and a reverb pedal for that Church like ambience."Maybe I'm Amazed" with beautiful piano and church organ chords transcribed into guitar(A, D/F#, Dm/F, Em7, Bflat, F/A, C, G/C, G/B, Aflat, Eflat/G, D, A/D, D(flat3), A7, D9, G/D)in the key of "A" Major with an interesting guitar solo that dances with the chord progression.Chord substitution in effect.Is there a defined key?Ladies gentlemen, Sir Paul McCartney.
"McCartney" was
Paul McCartney–vocals, acou gtr, elec gtr, bass gtr, drums, piano, organ, percussion, wineglasses, Mellotron, effects
Linda McCartney–harmony vocals
Gear
PaulReedSmithSECustom24
Fender'57miniTwin
BossFDR-1'65FenderDeluxeReverbAmp
ElectroHarmonixLesterGLeslieSpeaker
ElectroHarmonixOceans11Reverb(HallSetting)
GatorPedalBoard
ErnieBallCoiledCable
JimDunlopPick