Just Another Paul spotting

Here is a short little story of a Paul sighting from 1982 when he was recording with Michael Jackson (it was a MJ sighing as well, but this isn't Meet the Jacksons for Real, so that doesn't interest me so much.)    It was taken from Issue #37 (July/August 1982) issue of "The Write Thing."    It was written by Lynda Quintana who was from Cypress California.  The photos are ones that the photographers in the story took that day.   I wonder who the people in the background are.  Maybe some of the fans in this story?

Friday April 16^th was just “Another Day” when I received a call in the late afternoon from my friend Mary Ann telling me that Paul was in town.  Paul was going to be at a recording studio in Beverly Hills and this was to be his last evening there.  He was working with Michael Jackson on an album.  

The first address we had looked like a decapitated old building with no fancy cars outside so we went on to the second address.  This place seemed much more promise as it was nicer and there were fancy cars both in front and back.  Then we spotted our friend Karen and Patti.  We decided to split into two group and take a look around the place.  Karen and Pattie went into the drug store across the street.  A few minutes later they came back and told us they had seen someone in the drugstore that looked like James and someone had even called him “James.”  He had been looking at CHIPS toys and candy and was told no candy without asking his mother, but he was allowed to buy the CHIPS toy.

Outside the studio door there were two photographers who were getting real snooty about us being there.  We were trying not to be obvious, but we did look a little suspicious walking up and down! 

As we were standing out front, Trevor came to his car about three different times.  We were laughing as every time he accidentally set of his car alarm.

The third time he came out, Karen went up to him and asked, “How’s everyone?”  He said, “Fine.”  Then he said, “Who do you mean by everyone?”  Karen was playing it cool, she didn’t say who, and she said something like, no one in particular.  Then Mary Ann went over to him and bravely asked, “Is Paul going to come out of the front of the building or the back?”  Trevor replied, “the front.  But don’t make a fuss when he comes out, will you?”  Mary Ann assured him we wouldn’t and Trevor went back inside.

Shortly afterward a car pulled up with all the doors open as if for people to jump into.

Not long after, Michael Jackson came out with little James and got into the car.  I could see that Paul and Mary were getting ready to come out.  Then Heather was by the car asking if all of them could fit in the on car.  The children came out escorted by a bodyguard.  With the rest of the family in the car, Paul and Linda stood outside the building and allowed photos to be taken of them.

Paul and Linda got into the car where everyone was waiting for them, and I waved and gave Linda the “Wings” sign.  She seemed to get a real thrill out of that and started doing it back to me.  Then all of sudden Mary came up to the car, in all the confusion nobody had noticed she wasn’t even in the car!  Linda opened the door and I can’t remember exactly what Mary said, but it was something like, “Don’t go without me.”  And then Linda said, “You better believe it,” and Mary squeezed in with the others.  They were like a bunch of sardines in that car.  There was Michael Jackson and the driver in the front and the whole of the McCartney family in the back.  As the car drove away Linda was trying hard to wave out the back window, with what little space she had!

We didn’t notice everything Paul was wearing, but he did have on a Hawaiian shirt and he looked tanned and gorgeous (naturally!)