Author: Mccartney, Paul

Brand: Mpl

Format: Import

Release Date: 05-10-1999

Details: Amazon.caWhenever Paul McCartney’s storied life has hit personal or professional hard times, he’s wisely returned–figuratively and literally–to his musical foundations. In the Beatles’ final, troubled days, it was Get Back, the aborted return-to-roots project salvaged as Let It Be, and during his late-80s solo doldrums it was the 1950s rave-up CHOBA B CCCP (a.k.a. the “Russian Album”). In the wake of Linda’s passing, McCartney “gets back” to a motley dozen 50s hits, B-sides and obscurities and pens three surprising originals that neatly fit their mould. Using a band of seasoned British vets (including Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour and Mick Green from Johnny Kidd & the Pirates on guitars, and Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on drums) whose own unbridled affection for this music radiates from every track, McCartney tackles