Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey- Paul & Linda McCartney (Guitar Cover)

Thanks @wmvansise8797 for lending me the cherry red Greco 335 clone!

Paul wrote Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey in late 1970, and recorded it on November 6 1970 in New York. It was released on the 1971 album Ram, credited to Paul and Linda McCartney

Like A Day In the Life and the Abbey Road medley, the song is comprised of several short compositions- We're So Sorry, Hands Across the Water, and Live a Little/Be a Gypsy. This is how they were titled early on, but by the time of recording it was split into two parts-
Uncle Albert 0:00-2:17
Admiral Halsey 2:17-4:53

Both Uncle and Admiral were recorded on the same day, but split into two sessions:

Uncle Albert's backing track was comprised of Paul on his Martin D-28 (strummed with no pick), Denny Seiwell on drums, and Hugh McCracken on his Gibson ES-335 electric guitar. After a satisfactory take, Hugh re-recorded his lead electric guitar
ALL of the guitars in this section are in Drop-D tuning, including Paul's acoustic: DADGBE

Then, either Hugh or Paul overdubbed the doubled electric guitars that are heard during the thunderstorm section- 0:28
The master tapes list Paul recording a guitar part through a leslie speaker somewhere in Uncle Albert, but my guess is that this was erased when they mixed the song and that we are hearing Hugh's doubled 335. The thunderstorm guitars do not sound like they are being fed through a leslie

Admiral Halsey's backing track is even more confusing. We know that Paul played upright piano, Denny on drums, and the master tapes list Hugh on electric guitar. But to me, the electric on Admiral sounds just like Paul's style of playing. Hugh most likely played his Guild acoustic guitar, and Paul his Epiphone Casino

My theory, and the lineup I went with for this cover is thus:
Uncle Albert-
Paul on Martin D-28
Hugh on Gibson ES-335

Admiral Halsey-
Hugh on Guild acoustic
Paul on Epiphone Casino

I'm using my 1969 Martin 00-18 for all the acoustic guitars in this cover. Paul didn't use a pick on Uncle Albert, but on Admiral we do hear a pick being used

For Uncle Albert, I'm using a 1970's Greco 335 clone into my 1965 Fender Bassman. The Greco is similar to a 335, but is fully hollow instead of semi hollow. Hugh's 335 was a late 1960's Gibson

For Admiral Halsey, I'm using my 2021 Epiphone Casino USA into the 65 Bassman.
We hear a phaser effect on the Admiral electric guitar. This is especially interesting, because barely any phaser pedals existed in 1970. It's possible that this was achieved with tape flanging, a technique used as early as revolver/pepper in 66-67. The only phaser-type effects they could've used are a leslie speaker, a uni-vibe or a maestro PS-1 phaser pedal. It doesn't sound like a leslie, or a univibe pedal to me. And the PS-1 was released to the market around 1971. Maybe it was just tape flanging?

Either way, I'm using my 1975 MXR Phase 100 pedal to achieve this phaser effect heard on Admiral. It has two knobs, speed and a 4-way switch to go between different settings. I set mine on the most subtle setting, the switch set all the way to the left. The speed is knob is set just below noon

My Gear:
1969 Martin 00-18
1974 Greco 335 copy
2021 Epiphone Casino USA (Royal Tan Finish)
1975 MXR Phase 100 pedal (Admiral Halsey)
1965 Fender Bassman
Neumann TLM-103

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And special thanks to @andrewweissandfriends for helping with Ram info!

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