'MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER' McCartney was so intent on turning this peppy little number about a homicidal medical student into the Beatles' next single that he basically ran it into the ground. Recording began with 21 grueling takes on the first day; at one point, they spent more than two hours overdubbing guitars. McCartney later sent for an actual blacksmith's anvil, rented from a local theatrical agency, so Ringo Starr could simulate the murders. "I remember George saying, 'You've taken three days, it's only a song,'" McCartney said in Anthology. "'Yeah, but I want to get it right. I've got some thoughts on this one.'" Lennon, who didn't appear on the track, later told David Sheff in All We Are Saying that he hated "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." He wasn't alone. "The worst session ever was 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer,'" Starr told Rolling Stone in 2008. "It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for fucking weeks. I thought it was mad."
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McCartney was so intent on turning this peppy little number about a homicidal medical student into the Beatles' next single that he basically ran it into the ground. Recording began with 21 grueling takes on the first day; at one point, they spent more than two hours overdubbing guitars. McCartney later sent for an actual blacksmith's anvil, rented from a local theatrical agency, so Ringo Starr could simulate the murders. "I remember George saying, 'You've taken three days, it's only a song,'" McCartney said in Anthology. "'Yeah, but I want to get it right. I've got some thoughts on this one.'" Lennon, who didn't appear on the track, later told David Sheff in All We Are Saying that he hated "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." He wasn't alone. "The worst session ever was 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer,'" Starr told Rolling Stone in 2008. "It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for fucking weeks. I thought it was mad."
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