Editing Back to the Egg (section)

====October–December 1978: Abbey Road Studios====
[[File:Abbey Rd Studios.jpg|thumbnail|right|195px|London's [[Abbey Road Studios]] – another location for the album's recording]]
Sessions moved to [[Abbey Road Studios]] in London on 3 October.<ref name="Badman p 226">Badman, p. 226</ref> That day, Wings joined with a [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] of guest musicians, collectively known as "Rockestra",<ref name=W&M91 /> to record the tracks "Rockestra Theme" and "So Glad to See You Here".<ref name="Badman p 226" /> A camera crew led by Barry Chattington filmed the proceedings,<ref name=Band123>McGee, p. 123</ref> and a 40-minute documentary, titled ''Rockestra'', was later compiled from the footage.<ref name="Badman p 226" /> Equipment used for this session included 60 microphones, a pair of mixing consoles and a [[Multitrack recording|16-track recording]] desk.<ref name=Band123/> [[James Honeyman-Scott]] of the Pretenders, [[Hank Marvin]] of [[the Shadows]], [[the Who]]'s [[Pete Townshend]], [[Pink Floyd]]'s [[David Gilmour]], [[Led Zeppelin]]'s [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] and [[John Bonham]], and [[the Attractions]]' [[Bruce Thomas (musician)|Bruce Thomas]] all took part.<ref name="Badman p 226" /> Also among the line-up was the horn section from Wings' 1975–76 world tour, consisting of [[Howie Casey]], Tony Dorsey, Thaddeus Richard and Steve Howard.<ref name=Band123/> [[Keith Moon]] was meant to participate, but he had died shortly before the session; [[Jeff Beck]] and [[Eric Clapton]] were also scheduled to appear.<ref name=Clayson191>Clayson, p. 191</ref>

On 10 October, Wings taped "Getting Closer" at Abbey Road, along with a demo<ref name="Madinger & Easter p 245" /> of "Baby's Request".<ref name="Badman p 226" /> McCartney had intended this recording of "Baby's Request" for the Mills Brothers to use as a guide, but after they asked to be paid for recording the song,<ref>Perasi, pp. 184–86</ref> he instead included the demo on ''Back to the Egg''.<ref name=Clayson191-192>Clayson, pp. 191–92</ref> The band then continued with overdubs on these and other songs intermittently through October and November, finishing at Abbey Road on 1 December.<ref name="Madinger & Easter pp 240-41">Madinger and Easter, pp. 240–41</ref>