Studio B, CBS Studio Building, New York City
Producer: Paul McCartney
The second week of the Ram album recording sessions began with work on ‘I Lie Around’.
Although conceived as a Paul McCartney solo song, it was eventually released in June 1973 as the b-side of Wings’ ‘Live And Let Die’ single.
The backing track was completed in eight takes, with McCartney and David Spinozza on acoustic guitars, and Denny Seiwell on drums. Seiwell also overdubbed the sound of scraping a block covered in sandpaper.
It was originally recorded for the Ram sessions, but finished in the UK. I don’t remember if it was at Abbey Road or Olympic Studios. I sang some backing vocals. Some of the guitar licks sound like Henry McCullough, but I’m not sure and Paul played a lot of the guitar solos too.
Paul McCartney Recording Sessions (1969-2013), Luca Perasi
The recording sheet from the original studio session, which also includes data for ‘3 Legs’ and ‘When The Wind Is Blowing’, shows multitracks used drums, “sandpaper”, acoustic guitars, piano, vocals, trumpets, trombone, autoharp, bass guitar, and backing vocals.
Later overdubs, recorded during the Red Rose Speedway sessions, include the voices at the beginning, plus Denny Laine’s lead vocals, and Mellotron. McCartney’s original lead vocals can be heard towards the song’s end, including the final verse.