“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul McCartney

"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is the patchwork suite on Paul McCartney's 1971 album Ram, and Linda shares the writing credit and the production. It's sewn together from a handful of half-finished pieces, joined up by the Norwegian engineer Eirik Wangberg much as the Beatles strung together the medleys on Abbey Road, and Wangberg mixed it too. George Martin's orchestral arrangements went down in New York at A & R Recording, with Paul on bass, piano and guitars, Hugh McCracken on guitars and Denny Seiwell on drums; then the tapes went west to Los Angeles, where Paul and Linda sang, her first time recording in a proper studio.

Issued as an American single on August 2, 1971, it went all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, his first number one and first gold record since the Beatles split.

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