Recording: Silly Love Songs by Wings

Studio Two, Abbey Road Studios, London
Producer: Paul McCartney
Engineer: Peter Henderson

Wings finished recording the Wings At The Speed Of Sound song ‘Silly Love Songs’ on 24 February 1976.

The session lasted from 7-10pm, and saw an orchestral overdub arranged by Tony Dorsey. The string and brass players had been recruited by violinist David Katz, and were conducted by Paul McCartney.

Paul has absolute control of all of his music. I think he basically likes to have have someone to critique his work to reassure him. Occasionally he would come to me and say, ‘I need horns here, but I have no idea, so give me your best shot.’ Or, like on ‘Silly Love Songs’, he knew exactly what he wanted from the horns but had no idea what he wanted from the strings.