Paul
Paul Mc Cartney a.k.a. Macca, ( The Walrus )

Born June 18th 1942

Together with John Lennon Paul is responsible for composing the vast majority of songs throughout the history of the Beatles from 1962 to 1970. Of all the Beatles, Paul has had the most successful solo career maintaining a constant presence in the charts with many number one albums and singles.

Within a year of the breakup of the Beatles , Paul was starting from scratch with a fledgling Wings
touring the countryside in an old bus playing at Colleges, Universities and anyplace he could.

With the exception of the Family Way Soundtrack which was released in 1966, Paul's first solo album  simply titled "Mc Cartney", was released in 1970 just a few weeks before the Beatles swansong "Let It Be" was released. Mc Cartney had begun work on this album at his home studio shortly after his marriage to Linda Eastman in March 1969.

In February 1971 a follow up home made studio album was released being a collaboration of Paul and Linda Mc Cartney, the album sold moderately well.

With his new band Wings consisting of ex Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine and drummer Denny Seiwell together with Linda on Keyboards and Paul on bass a first album titled "Wildlife", was released. The album was given poor critical reviews  and did not chart well.

1972 saw the addition to the working band of guitarist Henry Mc Cullough and the release of three singles, "Give Ireland Back To The Irish", "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "Hi Hi Hi" which although being the best of the three was banned by the BBC for its lyrical content.

Red Rose Speedway was released in May 1973 sporting the hit song "My Love". The album received poor reviews but sold well and was seen as an indication that paul was getting back on his feet as an artist. The theme song to the latest James Bond movie "Live And Let Die", was released a month after and became a number one hit. Wings then embarked on their first British Tour, the conclusion of which saw the departure of Denny Seiwell and Henry Mc Cullough.

The remaining three, Paul , Linda and Denny Laine set off for Lagos, Nigeria where they proceeded to record an album of new songs. the resulting album "Band On The Run", received high critical acclaim and went on to become Paul's best selling album ever eventually going triple platinum.

In 1974 Paul added drummer Geoff Britton and guitarist Jimmy Mc Culloch to the lineup. The band recorded a single "Juniors Farm" before releasing "Venus And Mars" in 1975.
In September 1975 Wings toured the U.K, two months later an Australasian Tour took place.

Late 1975 and Early 1976, Wings set about recording a new album of songs in which for the first time songwriting contributions from other band members were featured. The album titled "Wings At The Speed Of Sound", was released in April '76 and sold well supported by the singles "Silly Love Songs" and "Let Em In". A month prior to the album's release Wings did a short european warm-up tour before setting off to tackle the U.S.A. in May. The U.S.A. tour did well and broke many attendance records, a triple live album , "Wings Over America" was released.

1977 was a quiet year for Wings, releasing only a single "Maybe I'm Amazed", in February from the live set until "Mull Of Kintyre", was released in November. The single was a massive success for Wings and went on to become the biggest selling English single of all time.

London Town was completed in January '78 ( mainly overdubs )by Paul, Linda and Denny after
Joe English and Jimmy Mc Culloch had left the band. The album was given a drubbing by critics at the time but in retrospect is a reasonably  strong set of tunes as evidenced by the massive hit "With A Little Luck". A new guitarist and drummer were recruited, Laurence Juber and Steve Holly respectively and a new album "Back To The Egg" was recorded and released in June '79.
The tracks certainly contained a harder edge to the sound than had been heard in Paul's work for many years, in fact many of the tracks had been laid down live.

Early 1980 and Paul gets himself arrested for marijuana possession  at the beginning of a Japanese Tour , he spent ten days in prison before being released without charges being laid.
The Japanese fans would have to wait another ten years to see Paul play live.
Mc Cartney II, Paul's second  one man band effort was recorded and released in May to a bemused public. However the single "Coming Up" was a big hit and no less a critic than John Lennon stated he thought it was a good song.  

1981 and Denny Laine exits stage left as Paul did not want to tour etc in the wake of John Lennon's death, effectively bring the era of Wings to a close. However before leaving Denny Laine contributed to a lot of the recording of the new album on which Paul teamed up with Beatles producer George Martin. Released in April of '82 "Tug Of War", received the best reviews since "Band On The Run" eight years prior. "Pipes Of Peace" the next album paled considerably in comparison, it also contained a duet "Say Say Say", with Michael Jackson ('nuff said).

1984 and Paul directs his first feature film and releases a new album with the same title"Give My Regards To Broad Street", featuring new songs and re-recorded Beatles tunes. The album was a hit boosted by the hit single "No More Lonely Nights", however the film did not fare as well and received bad reviews. The following year the only release was a single "Spies Like Us", which reached the top ten.

The next album released in the latter part of '86 was a songwriting collaboration between Paul and Eric Stewart, the album received some good critical reviews but did not sell well. Paul's next project was a recording of old Rock & Roll songs for release only in the U.S.S.R. The album was eventually released elsewhere, ( Paul made a better effort with "Run Devil Run" in later years ).

In 1989 Paul collaborated again this time with Elvis Costello, writing songs for his next album "Flowers In The Dirt", and Elvis's "Spike". The pairing was very successful and Paul's album received the strongest reviews since "Tug Of War", in '82. Guitarist Robbie Mc Intosh and Bassist Hamish Stewart were hired and the album was promoted with an extensive international tour, partially captured on the double live "Tripping The Live Fantastic", a single version was also released with one track not available on the double offering.

Another live album "Unplugged", was released the following year (1991 ) in the form of an acoustic performance from an appearance on MTV. This was the first 'acoustic' album to be released from MTV's acoustic concert program and soon everyone seemed to be rushing to release an acoustic album.

A new album was recorded and released in early 1993, titled "Off The Ground", it fared reasonably well and was supported by a new tour called the 'New World Tour'. At the end of this tour Paul released another live album "Paul Is Live" with a tongue in cheek cover of himself crossing Abbey Road mocking the '60's 'Paul Is Dead' stories. A limited edition Australian only  four Cd  boxset was released however it contained no surprises comprising previously released recordings.

In 1995 Paul hosted a Westwood One radio series entitled Oobu Joobu ( a seventeen CD bootleg set exists ). The rest of '95 and '96 was spent primarily on the Beatles Anthology  of Rarities and Outtakes and lengthy video documentary.

"Flaming Pie",  a largely acoustic affair was given the strongest reviews that Paul had received for many years and was by all accounts a commercial success. "Beautiful Night", the second single from the album featured old pal Ringo on the drums.

Sadly on April 17th 1998 Linda passed away finally losing a three year battle with breast cancer, a grieving Paul kept a very low profile in the year to follow.  In October '99 Paul once again surfaced with the release of "Run Devil Run", a well executed album of primarily covers of fifties Rock & Roll songs, promoted by a well documented appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool
and an appearance on the Parkinson Show ( Parkinson was also an old friend who appeared on the cover of Band On The Run ).

Paul's latest release in  May 2001 "Wingspan", is a two CD collection of songs over the lifespan of Wings, the only previously unreleased tune being "Hey Diddle". It is a shame that more of his unreleased songs have not seen the light of day as there are some great numbers amongst them.

November 2001 sees the release of "Driving Rain" capturing Paul in fine form. While recent
Mc Cartney albums didn't quite come together the way some fans had hoped,Driving Rain, evenly divided between rollicking rockers and wispy ballads, is a hearty extension of the classic McCartney evident on the Wingspan compilation.It's been a long while since McCartney sounded this vital, this in-touch, this hellbent on not merely going through the motions.

A full year later and Paul releases "Back In The US" a compilation from his extensive 2002
Driving Rain tour of the United States. This is in my humble opinion easily the best live album Paul has released, the Band really lets go and rocks out giving the songs a strong delivery with a
punch and an edge which has been missing on previous live releases. The format ( almost if not identically) follows the live set list. Highly recommended.
Discography
Year
Month
Title
LP / Single
1970
April
Mc Cartney
LP
The Lovely Linda / That would Be Something / Valentine Day / Every Night / Hot As Sun / Glasses / Junk / Man We Was Lonely / Oo - You / Momma Miss America / Teddy Boy / Singalong Junk / maybe I'm Amazed / Kreen - Akrore
1971
February
Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why
Single
May
Ram
LP
Too Many People / 3 Legs / Ram On / Dear Boy / Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey / Smile Away / Heart Of The Country / Monkberry Moon Delight / Eat At Home / Long Haired Lady / Ram On / The Back Seat Of My Car
August
The Back Seat Of My Car / Heart Of The Country
Single
December
Wildlife
LP
Mumbo / Bip Bop / Love Is Strange / Wildlife / Some People Never Know / I Am Your Singer / Tomorrow / Dear Friend
1972
February
Give Ireland Back To The Irish / Give.....(Inst)
Single
May
Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love
Single
December
Hi Hi Hi / C Moon
Single
1973
March
My Love / The Mess
Single
May
Red Rose Speedway
LP
Big Barn Bed / my Love / Get On the right Thing / One More Kiss / Little Lamb Dragonfly / Single Pigeon / When The Night / Loup ( 1st Indian OnThe Moon ) / Hold Me Tight-Lazy Dynamite-Hands Of Love-Power Cut
June
Live And Let Die / I Lie Around
Single
October
Helen Wheels / Country Dreamer
Single
December
Band On The Run
LP
Band On The Run / Jet / Bluebird / Mrs Vandebilt / Let Me Roll It / Mamunia / No Words Helen Wheels / Picasso's Last Words / Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
1974
February
Jet / Let Me Roll It
Single
Mrs Vandebilt / Bluebird
Single
June
Band On The Run / Zoo Gang
Single
October
Juniors Farm / Sally G
Single
1975
May
Listen To What The Man  / Love In Song
Single
May
Venus And Mars
LP
Venus And Mars / Rock Show / Love In Song / You Gave me The Answer / Magneto & Titanium Man / Letting Go / Venus & Mars ( Reprise ) / Spirits Of Ancient Egypt / Medicine Jar / Call me Back Again / Listen To What The man Said / Treat Her Gently / Lonely old People / Crossroads Theme
September
Letting Go / You Gave Me The Answer
Single
November
Venus And Mars - Rock Show / Magneto &
Single
1976
April
Wings At The Speed Of Sound
LP
Let Em In / The Note You Never Wrote / She's My Baby / Beware My Love / Wino Junko / Silly Love Songs / Cook Of The House / Time To Hide / Must Do something About It / San Ferry Anne / Warm And Beautiful
April
Silly Love Songs / Cook Of The House
Single
July
Let Em In / Beware My Love
Single
December
Wings Over America
LP
(1) Venus & Mars-Rock Show-Jet / Let Me Roll It / Spirits Of Ancient Egypt / Medicine Jar / Maybe I'm Amazed / Call Me Back Again / Lady Madonna / The Long And Winding Road / Live And Let Die (2) Picasso's Last words / Richard Cory / Bluebird / I've Just Seen A Face / Blackbird / Yesterday / You Gave Me The Answer / Magneto & Titanium Man / Go Now / My Love / Listen To What The Man Said (3) Let Em In / Time To Hide / Silly Love Songs / Beware My Love / Letting Go / Band On The Run / Hi Hi Hi / Soily
1977
February
Maybe I'm Amazed / Soily
Single
November
Mull Of Kintyre / Girls School
Single
1978
March
With A Little Luck / Backwards Traveller-Cuff Link
Single
March
London Town
LP
London Town / Cafe On The Left Bank / I'm Carrying / Backwards Traveller / Cuff Link / Children Children / Girlfriend / I've Had Enough / With A Little Luck / Famous Groupies / Deliver Your Children / Name And Address / Don't Let It Bring You Down / Morse Moose And The Grey Goose
June
I've Had Enough / Deliver Your Children
Single
August
London Town / I'm Carrying
Single
December
Wings Greatest
LP
Another Day / Silly Love Songs / Live And Let Die / Junior's Farm / With A Little  Luck / Band On The Run / Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey / Hi Hi Hi / Let Em In / My Love / Jet / Mull Of Kintyre
1979
March
Goodnight Tonight / Daytime Nightime Suffering
Single
June
Back To The Egg
LP
 Reception / Getting Closer / We're Open Tonight / Spin It On / Again And Again And Again / Old Siam Sir / Arrow Through Me /  Rockestra Theme / To You / After The Ball-Million Miles / Winter Rose-Love Awake / The Broadcast / So Glad To see You Here / Baby's Request
August
Getting Closer / Spin It On
Single
August
Seaside Woman / B Side To Seaside
Single
( As Suzy And The Red Stripes )
November
Wonderful Christmastime / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae
Single
1980
April
Coming Up / Coming Up ( Live ) / Lunch Box-Odd
Single
May
Mc Cartney II
LP
Coming Up / Temporary Secretary / On The Way / Waterfalls / Nobody Knows / Front Parlour / Summer's Day Song / Frozen Jap / Bogey Music / Darkroom / One Of These Days
June
Waterfalls / Check My Machine
Single
1982
March
Ebony And Ivory / Rainclouds
Single
April
Tug Of War
LP
Tug Of War / Take It Away / Somebody Who Cares / What's That You're Doing / Here Today / Ballroom Dancing / The Pound Is Sinking / Wanderlust / Get It / Be What You See / Dress Me Up As A Robber / Ebony & Ivory
June
Take It Away / I'll Give You A Ring
Single
September
Tug Of War / Get It
Single
October
The Girl Is Mine / Can't Get Outta The Rain
Single
1983
October
Say Say Say / Ode To A Koala Bear
Single
October
Pipes Of Peace
LP
Pipes Of Peace / Say Say Say / The Other Me / Keep Under Cover / So Bad / The Man / Sweetest Little Show / Average person / Hey Hey / Tug Of War / Through our Love
December
Pipes Of Peace / So Bad
Single
1984
September
No More Lonely Nights / (Playout Version )
Single
October
Give My Regards To Broad Street
LP
No More Lonely Nights / Good Day Sunshine / Corridor Music / Yesterday / Here,There And Everywhere / Wanderlust / Ballroom Dancing / Silly Love Songs / Silly Love Songs ( Reprise ) / Not Such A Bad Boy / No Values / No More Lonely Nights / ( Reprise ) / For No One / Eleanor rigby-Eleanor's Dream / The Long And Winding Road / No More lonely Nights ( Playout Version )
November
We All Stand Together / (  Humming Version )
Single
1985
November
Spies Like Us / My Carnival
Single
1986
July
Press / It's Not True
Single
September
Press To Play
LP
Stranglehold / Good Times Coming-Feel The Sun / Talk More Talk / Footprints / Only Love Remains / Press / Pretty Little Head / Move Over Busker / Angry / However Absurd /
October
Pretty little Head / Write Away
Single
December
Only Love Remains / Tough on A Tightrope
Single
1987
November
Once Upon A Long Ago / Back On My Feet
Single
December
All The Best
LP ( 2 )
(1) Jet / Band On The Run / Coming Up / Ebony And Ivory / Listen To What The Man Said / No More Lonely Nights / Silly Love Songs / Let Em In / C Moon / Pipes Of Peace (2) Live And Let Die / Another Day / Maybe I'm Amazed / Goodnight Tonight / Once Upon A Long Ago / Say Say Say / With A Little Luck / My Love / We All Stand Together / Mull Of Kintyre
1988
November
CHOBA  B  CCCP
LP
Kansas City / Twenty Flight Rock / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Bring it On Home To Me / Lucille / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday / That's All Right ( Mama ) / Summertime / Ain't That A Shame / Crackin' up / Just Because / Midnight Special
1989
May
My Brave Face / Flying To My Home
Single
June
Flowers In The Dirt
LP
My Brave Face / Rough Ride / You Want Her Too / Distractions / We Got Married / Put It There / Figure Of Eight / This One / Don't Be Careless Love / That Day Is Done / How Many People / Motor Of Love
July
This One / The First Stone
Single
November
Figure Of Eight / Ou est Le Soleil
Single
1990
February
Put It There / Mama's Little Girl
Single
October
Birthday / Good Day Sunshine
Single
November
All My Trials / C Moon
Single
November
Tripping The Live Fantastic
LP ( 2CD )
(1) Showtime / Figure Of Eight / Jet  / Rough Ride / Got To Get You Into My Life / Band On The Run / Birthday / Ebony & Ivory / We Got Married / Inner City Madness / Maybe I'm Amazed / The Long And Winding Road / Crackin' Up / The Fool On The Hill / Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / Can't Buy Me Love / Matchbox / Put it There / Together (2) Things We Said Today / Eleanor Rigby / This One / My Brave Face / Back In The USSR / I Saw Her Standing There / Twenty Flight Rock / Coming Up / Sally / Let It Be / Ain't That A Shame / Live And Let Die / If I Were Not Upon The Stage / Hey Jude / Yesterday / Get Back / Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End / Don't Let The Sun Catch you Crying
November
Tripping The Live Fantastic - Highlights
LP
Got To Get You Into My Life / Birthday / We Got Married / The Long And Winding Road / Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / Can't Buy Me Love / All My Trials / Things We Said Today / Eleanor Rigby / My Brave Face / Back In The USSR / I Saw Her Standing There / Coming Up / Let It Be / Hey Jude / Get Back / Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End
1991
May
Unplugged ( The Official Bootleg )
LP
Be-Bop-A-Lula / I Lost My Little Girl / Here There And Everywhere / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / We Can work It Out / San Francisco Bay Blues / I've Just Seen A Face / Every Night / She's A Woman / Hi-Heel Sneakers / And I Love Her / That Would Be Something / Blackbird / Ain't No Sunshine / Good Rockin' Tonight / Singing The Blues / Junk
1992
December
Hope Of Deliverance / Big Boys Bickering / Long Leather Coat
Single
1993
February
C'mon People / I Can't Imagine
Single
February
Off The Ground
LP
Off The Ground / Looking For Changes / Hope Of Deliverance / Mistress And Maid / I Owe It All To You / Biker Like An Icon / Peace In The Neighbourhood / Golden Earth Girl / The Lovers That Never were / Get Out Of My Way / Winedark Open Sea / C'mon People / Cosmically Conscious
  The New World Collection ( Box Set )
LP ( 4 CD )
Limited Edition Promotion -  1993 Australian Tour
Contains:-
Wings Greatest
Band On The Run
Tripping The Live Fantastic (Highlights )
Unplugged
April
Off The Ground / Cosmically Conscious
Single
November
Paul Is Live
LP
(1) Drive My Car / Let Me Roll It / Looking For Changes / Peace In the Neighbourhood / All My Loving / Robbie's Bit / Good rockin' Tonight / We Can Work It Out / Hope Of Deliverance / Michelle / Biker Like An Icon / Here,There And Everywhere / My Love (2) Magical Mystery Tour / C'mon People / Lady Madonna / Paperback Writer / Penny Lane / Live And Let Die / Kansas City / Welcome To Soundcheck / Hotel In Benidorm / I Wanna Be Your Man / A Fine Day
1997
April
Young Boy / Looking For You / Oobu Joobu Part 1
Single
May
Flaming Pie
LP
The Song We Were Singing / The World Tonight / If You Wanna / Somedays / Young Boy / Calico Skies / Flaming Pie / Heaven On A Sunday / Used To Be Bad / Souvenir / Little Willow / Really Love You / Beautiful Night / Great Day
July
The World Tonight / Used To Be Bad
Single
1997
November
Beautiful Night / Love Come Tumbling Down
Single
1999
Band On The Run ( 25 Th Anniversary Edition )
LP ( 2 CD )
(1) Band On The Run / Jet / Bluebird / Mrs Vandebilt / Let Me Roll It / Mamunia / No Words  / Helen Wheels / Picasso's Last Words / Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (2) Dialogue Intro-Band On The Run / Band On The Run ( Original ) / Band On The Run ( Rehearsal ) / Various Dialogue-Mamunia / Bluebird / Bluebird ( Original ) / Dialogue-No Words / No words ( Original ) / Jet ( Original ) / Jet ( Berlin Soundcheck 3rd Sept '93 /
Dialogue / 1985 ( Original ) / Mrs Vandebilt ( Original ) / Let Me Roll It ( Rehearsal 5th Feb '93 / Various Dialogue-Mrs Vandebilt / Helen Wheels / Band On The Run (Strum Bit )-Clement Freud ( Dialogue ) / Picasso's Last Words ( Original ) / Picasso's Last Words ( Acoustic ) / Band On The Run ( Nicely Toasted Mix ) / Band On The Run ( Comic Version )
October
Run Devil Run
LP
Blue Jean Bop / She Said Yeah / All Shook Up / Run Devil Run / No Other Baby / Lonesome Town / Try Not To Cry / Movie Magg / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / What It Is / Coquette / I Got Stung / Honey Hush / Shake A Hand / Party
November
No Other Baby / Brown eyed Handsome Man / Fabulous
Single
2001
May 8
Wingspan
LP ( 2 CD )
(1) Listen To What The Man Said / Band On The Run / Another Day / Live And Let Die / Jet / My Love / Silly Love Songs / Pipes Of Peace / C Moon / Hi Hi Hi / Let Em In / Goodnight Tonight / Junior's Farm / Mull Of Kintyre / Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey / With A Little Luck / Coming Up / No More Lonely Nights (2) Let Me Roll it / The Lovely Linda / Daytime Nightime Suffering / Maybe I'm Amazed / Helen Wheels / Bluebird / Heart of The Country / Every Night / Take It Away / Junk / Man We Was Lonely / Venus And Mars-Rock Show / The Back Seat Of My Car / Rockestra Theme / Girlfriend / Waterfalls / Tomorrow / Too Many People / Call Me Back Again / Tug Of War / Bip Bop-Hey diddle / No More Lonely Nights ( Playout Version )
2001
November 13
Driving Rain
LP
Lonely Road / From A Lover To A Friend / She's Given Up Talking / Driving Rain / I Do / Tiny Bubble / It Must Have Been Magic / Your Way / Spinning On The Axis /
About You / Heather / Back In The Sunshine Age / Loving Flame / Riding Into Jaipur / Rinse The Raindrops / Freedom
2002
November 26
Back In The U.S.
LP ( 2 CD )
(1) Hello Goodbye / Jet / All My Loving / Getting Better
Coming Up / Let Me Roll It / Lonely Road / Driving Rain / Your Loving Flame / Blackbird / Every Night /
We Can Work It Out / Mother Nature's Son / Vanilla
Sky / Carry That Weight / The Fool On The Hill
Here Today / Something (2) Eleanor Rigby / Here
There And Everywhere / Band On The Run / Back In The USSR / Maybe I'm Amazed / C Moon / My Love
Can't Buy Me Love / Freedom / Live And Let Die
Let It Be / Hey Jude / The Long And Winding Road / Lady Madonna / I Saw Her Standing There / Yesterday
Sgt Peppers - The End............
2003
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Back In The World
LP ( 2 CD )
Not Yet Released In OZ