Spirit of Ranachan Studio, Low Ranachan Farm, Campbeltown, Scotland
Producers: Paul McCartney, Chris Thomas
Engineers: Phil McDonald, Mark Vigars, Tim Summerhayes
Wings began recording the Back To The Egg song ‘Spin It On’ on 23 July 1978.
The basic track had Paul McCartney on bass guitar, Denny Laine and Laurence Juber on distorted electric guitars, and Steve Holley on drums. McCartney then double-tracked his lead vocals, he, Laine, and Linda McCartney added backing vocals, and Juber overdubbed a guitar solo.
With ‘Spin It On’, when I recorded the solo, it was just me sitting in the control room with Paul and basically just playing guitar licks for Paul McCartney. That was kind of a challenge, but it was inspiring. I think the thing that I enjoyed most about that whole process as a lead guitarist is that stuff was drawn out of me that I wasn’t in my comfort zone. I was being pushed, and I liked being pushed like that. And so you got this creative spark that comes out. There’s stuff in ‘Spin It On’ that I would have necessarily thought: ‘Oh, that’s my style.’ But I can look back now and say, actually that’s where I go with things.
Something Else, February 2012
This was the final proper recording session for the album at Spirit of Ranachan Studio in Scotland, with only jam sessions and minor overdubs following. Wings took a break over the summer, with work on Back To The Egg resuming at the end of September.