Recording and Structure
Wanting to keep things fresh, a lesson he had learned from his experiences working on The Beatles Anthology project and put to use on Flaming Pie, McCartney planned to cut the album as quickly as possible in order to capture the excitement of a live-in-the-studio performance, in much the same way The Beatles had recorded many of their early songs. Asking Back to the Egg co-producer Chris Thomas to reprise that role, McCartney booked time in Abbey Road Studios in early March to undertake his quest.
Wanting to work with reliable and empathetic musicians, he called up Pink Floyd's David Gilmour to play guitar (having already worked with McCartney as early as The Dark Side of the Moon sessions where McCartney recorded some voice-overs which were not used; Gilmour later worked with McCartney during the "Rockestra", Give My Regards to Broad Street and Flowers in the Dirt projects). Also recruited were guitarist Mick Green (who previously played on McCartney's Снова в СССР album), keyboardists Pete Wingfield and Geraint Watkins, and on drums Deep Purple's Ian Paice and Dave Mattacks. McCartney, naturally, played bass although he did play electric guitar in some instances. The initial sessions were held in early March; after a few more sessions in April and May, the album—featuring three new McCartney songs among the old classics—was complete.
The title Run Devil Run was inspired by a herbal medicine shop in Atlanta with products by that very name (the picture modifies the actual Rexall drugs sign). It appealed to McCartney as a great title for a rock and roll song, which he duly composed. The store is located at 87 Broad Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
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