Paul McCartney

From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his devoted parents, Mary and Jim; his songwriting partner, John Lennon; his "Golden Earth Girl," Linda Eastman; his wife, Nancy McCartney; and even Queen Elizabeth, among many others. Here are the origins of "Let It Be," "Lovely Rita," "Yesterday," and "Mull of Kintyre," as well as McCartney's literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Alan Durband, his high-school English teacher. With images from McCartney's personal archives--handwritten texts, paintings, and photographs, hundreds previously unseen--The Lyrics, spanning sixty-four years, becomes the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

1956 to the Present

The Lyrics

John Lennon

In His Own Write and a Spaniard in the Works

Martin Harrison

Annie Leibovitz

Alison Castle

Linda McCartney

Une rétrospective de la vie et de l'œuvre photographique de Linda McCartney. En 1966, alors qu'elle travaillait comme réceptionniste au siège du magazine Town and Country, Linda Eastman subtilisa un passe d'entrée pour journaliste et s'immisça à un concert promotionnel exclusif des Rolling Stones, à bord d'un yacht sur l'Hudson River. Les clichés spontanés et originaux qu'elle réalisa du groupe s'avérèrent bien meilleurs que les photographies formelles du photographe officiel du groupe, et elle se trouva très vite en position de devenir l'une des plus grandes photographes de l'âge du rock'n roll. Le 11 mai 1968, elle devint la première femme à avoir l'honneur de figurer en couverture du magazine Rolling Stone, avec la publication de son portrait d'Eric Clapton. Photographe privilégiée de la scène musicale de la fin des années 1960, elle fixa sur pellicule nombre de musiciens majeurs du rock, parmi lesquels Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Doors, et les Grateful Dead. En 1967, Linda se rendit à Londres pour photographier l'enthousiasme des "Swinging Sixties", et y rencontra Paul McCartney au Bag 'o Nails club, avant de photographier les Beatles au cours du lancement de leur album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Paul et Linda tombèrent amoureux, et se marièrent le 12 mars 1969. Au cours des trente années suivantes et jusqu'à sa mort à l'âge de 56 ans, elle se consacra à sa famille, à la promotion du mode de vie végétarien, aux droits des animaux, et à la photographie. De ses premiers portraits des grands noms du rock n'roll, et des dernières années des Beatles, en passant par les tournées qu'elle fit avec les Wings, jusqu'à l'éducation de ses quatre enfants avec Paul, Linda a immortalisé tout son univers sur pellicule. Ses clichés vont des clichés de famille pris sur le vif à des séances photos en studio avec Stevie Wonder et Michael Jackson, ainsi qu'avec les artistes Willem de Kooning et Gilbert et George. Constamment pleine de fraîcheur et de spontanéité, son œuvre dénote une chaleur et une intuition pour choisir le moment précis saisissant l'essence de n'importe quel sujet. Qu'il s'agisse de ses enfants, de célébrités, d'animaux ou des moments fugaces de la vie quotidienne, elle les photographia tous sans prétention ni artifice. Ce volume rétrospectif - une sélection brillante au sein de ses archives de plus de 200 000 images - a été réalisé en collaboration étroite avec Paul McCartney et leurs enfants. En tant que tel, il constitue un témoignage émouvant et marquant du talent de Linda.

Life in Photographs

Adrian Mitchell

Collects the ballads, love songs, poems, dreams, and lyrics of one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century culture.

Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999

Blackbird Singing

Jill Lepore

Eyes of the Storm

1964

"Companion to ... Hey Grandude!"--Jacket.

Grandude's Green Submarine

A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his devoted parents, Mary and Jim; his songwriting partner, John Lennon; his “Golden Earth Girl,” Linda Eastman; his wife, Nancy McCartney; and even Queen Elizabeth, among many others. Here are the origins of “Let It Be,” “Lovely Rita,” “Yesterday,” and “Mull of Kintyre,” as well as McCartney’s literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Alan Durband, his high-school English teacher. With images from McCartney’s personal archives—handwritten texts, paintings, and photographs, hundreds previously unseen—The Lyrics, spanning sixty-four years, becomes the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Vol. Two-Volume Set)

Philip Ardagh

Geoff Dunbar

Imagine a land where all the animals are free . . . To the creatures of the woodland, the land of Animalia sounds like a dream - a tropical island where all the animals live in harmony. They are over-shadowed by a much more evil community; the polluted Megatropolis, whose dirty skyscrapers block the horizon. And then one day, Wirral the Squirrel's woodland is destroyed by developers and he is thrown into the nightmare world of Megatropolis. But Wirral believes in Animalia and he joins with Froggo, a world-class amphibian balloonist, and Wilhamina, a girl squirrel, to lead the enslaved animals of the city to a new life. So begins an exciting adventure through the mean streets of Megatropolis, over the sea and through the sky. Developed out of an exceptional fusion of creative talents, this story explodes onto every page. The plot is fast, furious and funny; the illustrations are full of rich depth and colour; and the characters live on long after you have turned the final page. It will delight children of all ages and is sure to become an enduring classic. 'Young audiences will delight in the clever wordplay and smartly-drawn comic characters.' Independent

High in the Clouds

Paul Muldoon

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book Excerpted in The New Yorker A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through his most meaningful songs. Finally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 New York Times bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled musical genius of Paul McCartney. Spanning sixty-four years—from his early days in Liverpool, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo career—Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics revolutionized the way artists write about music. An unprecedented “triumph” (Times UK), this handsomely designed volume pairs the definitive texts of over 160 songs with first-person commentaries on McCartney’s life, revealing the diverse circumstances in which songs were written; how they ultimately came to be; and the remarkable, yet often delightfully ordinary, people and places that inspired them. The Lyrics also includes: · A personal foreword by McCartney · An unprecedented range of songs, from beloved standards like “Band on the Run” to new additions “Day Tripper” and “Magical Mystery Tour” · Over 160 images from McCartney’s own archives Edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, The Lyrics is the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney 'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.' In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul McCartney on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive. They intimately record the months towards the end of 1963 and beginning of 1964 when Beatlemania erupted in the UK and, after the band's first visit to the USA, they became the most famous people on the planet. The photographs are McCartney's personal record of this explosive time, when he was, as he puts it, in the 'Eyes of the Storm'. 1964: Eyes of the Storm presents 275 of McCartney's photographs from the six cities of these intense, legendary months - Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami - and many never-before-seen portraits of John, George and Ringo. In his Foreword and Introductions to these city portfolios, McCartney remembers 'what else can you call it - pandemonium' and conveys his impressions of Britain and America in 1964 - the moment when the culture changed and the Sixties really began. 1964: Eyes of the Storm includes: - Six city portfolios - Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami - and a Coda on the later months of 1964 - featuring 275 of Paul McCartney's photographs and his candid reflections on them - A Foreword by Paul McCartney - Beatleland, an Introduction by Harvard historian and New Yorker essayist Jill Lepore - A Preface by Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and Another Lens, an essay by Senior Curator Rosie Broadley

1964: Eyes of the Storm

Beatles

This songbook includes just about every song written and sung by The Beatles, arranged for guitar, in melody line with guitar chord symbols, strum marks and complete lyrics.'

The Beatles Complete

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This fourth compilation album from Sir Paul features nearly 40 songs from throughout the icon's unrivaled career, and our matching songbook features all in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Songs include: Another Day * Band on the Run * Dance Tonight * Ebony and Ivory * Goodnight Tonight * Jet * Let 'Em In * Let Me Roll It * Listen to What the Man Said * Live and Let Die * Maybe I'm Amazed * My Love * No More Lonely Nights * Say Say Say * Silly Love Songs * Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey * With a Little Luck * and many more.

Paul McCartney - Pure McCartney Songbook

Mary McCartney

Stella McCartney

Join the McCartney family for a feast of nearly 100 sustainable, plant-based recipes to save the planet and nourish the soul, in this deeply personal cookbook from Paul, Mary, and Stella honoring their late wife and mother, Linda McCartney “I have a passion for peace and believe it starts with compassion to animals." —Linda McCartney Linda McCartney was a trailblazer of meat-free cooking, and she shared with her family the pleasure that eating compassionately could bring. Now Paul, Mary and Stella have reimagined Linda’s best-loved recipes, in a modern collection that fits perfectly with how we want to eat now. Family favorites such as French Toast, Chili non Carne, Sausage Rolls, Shepherd’s Pie, Pulled Jackfruit Burgers and Crunchy Pecan Cookies are just some of the many simple, nourishing and sustainable vegan recipes included in this stylish book. Complete with personal stories and intimate family photos spanning three decades, Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen is not only good for you, but for the planet too.

Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul

Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen

Blackbird singing. Poesie e testi 1965-1999

Rock songs, from the 2018 album of the same title.

Paul Mccartney - Egypt Station

RIGG/MCCARTNEY

In 2009, Paul, Stella and Mary McCartney launched the Meat Free Monday campaign as a simple and straightforward idea to show everyone the value of eating less meat - and to make it easier for us all to do so. The Meat Free Monday Cookbook is for everyone who shares the campaign's aims and consists of menus for each of the 52 weeks of the year - two main dishes, plus four other ideas for each meal of the day. Packed with recipes such as Spiced Pumpkin Pancakes, Roasted Halloumi Wrap, Pilau Rice with Cashews and Watermelon Granita, as well as vibrant spring soups, inventive summer salads, appetising autumn bakes and comforting winter stews, it includes contributions from Paul and Stella McCartney as well as from celebrity and chef supporters of the campaign such as Skye Gyngell, Giorgio Locatelli, Theo Randall, Yotam Ottolenghi, Bryn Williams, Twiggy and Vivienne Westwood.

The Meat Free Monday Cookbook

Tetsuya Fujita

Complete Scores

The Beatles

THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A self-portrait in 154 songs, by our greatest living songwriter 'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The one thing I've always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. What I do have are my songs, hundreds of them, which I've learned serve much the same purpose. And these songs span my entire life.' In this extraordinary book, with unparalleled candour, Paul McCartney recounts his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career - from his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present. Arranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account, it establishes definitive texts of the songs' lyrics for the first time and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now. Presented with this is a treasure trove of material from McCartney's personal archive - drafts, letters, photographs - never seen before, which make this also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. We learn intimately about the man, the creative process, the working out of melodies, the moments of inspiration. The voice and personality of Paul McCartney sings off every page. There has never been a book about a great musician like it. Each volume is 480 pp, not available separately

(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line.

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