Editing Back to the Egg (section)

====September 1978: Lympne Castle====
After a break to allow for school summer holidays,<ref>Badman, pp. 223–24</ref> recording recommenced on 11 September at [[Lympne Castle]] in Kent, using the RAK mobile recording equipment, as before.<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 240" /> The choice of location was partly due to the castle's proximity to the McCartneys' property "Waterfall", in [[Peasmarsh]], East Sussex.<ref>Sounes, pp. 306–07, 346</ref><ref>Doyle, pp. 173–74</ref> During sessions lasting through to 29 September,<ref>Badman, p. 225</ref> the band recorded "We're Open Tonight", "Love Awake", "After the Ball", "Million Miles", "Reception" and "The Broadcast".<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 240" />

Recording took place mainly in the castle's [[great hall]], with Holly's drum kit positioned in the fireplace.<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 240" /> McCartney and Juber taped their acoustic guitar parts for "We're Open Tonight" in a stairwell.<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 242" /> Excerpted from books found in the library, the readings for "Reception" and "The Broadcast" were overdubbed in the kitchen and performed by the owners of Lympne Castle,<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 245" /> Harold and Dierdre Margary.<ref>Benitez, pp. 89, 94</ref>