Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of two tracks for ‘Venus and Mars’ studio album in Los Angeles 50 years ago today (Mar 14 1975)


Video: 'Paul McCartney Treat Her Gently / Lonely Old People Early Take 1, Jan Feb 1975'

(Friday, March 14, 1975) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings completed recording of “Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People” for the group’s next studio album Venus and Mars today at Wally Heider Recording, Studio 3, 1604 N Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles.


Video: 'Paul McCartney Treat Her Gently / Lonely Old People Early Take 2, Jan Feb 1975'

McCartney finished the track today but adding two celeste parts (although in the final mix he kept only one) and a fresh piano part.


Video: 'Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People (Remastered 2014)'

Paul then asked Jimmy McCulloch to add guitar embellishments between the lines of vocal harmony toward the end of the track.


Video: 'Paul McCartney Venus And Mars Reprise Early Take 1, Jan Feb 1975'

The group also completed recording “Venus And Mars (Reprise)” on this day.


Video: 'Venus And Mars (Reprise)'

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *