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Euan Buchan

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McCartney The Legacy Vol 1 Out 8th November 2022
« on: March 02, 2022, 11:37:45 AM »

Heard about this last night

Set against the backdrop of the Beatles splintering over both business and creative issues, McCartney Legacy Volume 1 covers a period in which Paul McCartney recreated himself, both as a man and as a musician. This is an in-depth and revealing exploration of his creative life beyond the Beatles--featuring hundreds of interviews with fellow musicians, tour managers, recording engineers, producers, filmmakers, and more.

The story of the Beatles has been told many times, covering all periods and perspectives. Paul McCartney's work in the 50 years since the Fab Four's breakup has been extraordinarily successful and enduringly popular--his 26 post-Beatles albums have sold upwards of 86.5 million copies; McCartney's 2019 Freshen Up tour was the highest grossing tour ever, in the entire world; and his last solo album McCartney III debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number two on Billboard 200. Beside his extraordinary, creative solo output, he has collaborated with the most influential artists of his generation and the next: from Elvis Costello to Stevie Wonder, from Michael Jackson to Dave Grohl, even with Johnny Cash and Kanye West. McCartney, too, has explored new poetry styles with Allen Ginsburg and teamed up with Peter Martins and the NYC Ballet to create Ocean's Kingdom. The list goes on from there. And he has done all this post-Beatles and while maintaining a mostly normal family life. Paul McCartney has lived ten lifetimes in the span of one and become increasingly more relevant, yet curiously, his creative output since the Beatles has never had the full exploration such a life and body of work demands.

McCartney Legacy gives McCartney's post-Beatles life and work the kind of in-depth treatment that Mark Lewisohn has given the Beatles, and Philip Norman has given John Lennon. It is the first truly comprehensive biography, and the most finely detailed exploration of McCartney's creative life beyond the Beatles, ever undertaken.

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Re: McCartney The Legacy Vol 1 Out 8th November 2022
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2022, 07:57:18 PM »


^^^^^

That looks interesting, and I see the publication date coincides nicely with the onset of the holidays.  :)

I find it a bit hard to believe Paul has a "mostly normal family life" given that, pre- and post-pandemic he seems to always be on tour. But apparently Beatrice is 18 now, so it's not like he has to be home at night to read her a story and tuck her in.

Perhaps by November my budget will be in better shape and I'll order it.

Thanks for flagging this, Euan.
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Re: McCartney The Legacy Vol 1 Out 8th November 2022
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2022, 02:15:27 PM »

Beatrice is almost 18 - wow, hard to imagine that era of Paul's life was that long ago
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