Migliori Libri di Paul McCartney

Pubblicato per l’ottantesimo compleanno di Sir Paul McCartney, il libro racconta la vita e la carriera del musicista inglese: la storia di una leggenda vivente, da Yesterday ai giorni nostri. Dagli esordi a Liverpool alla gavetta delle notti di Amburgo, dal successo travolgente allo scioglimento dei Beatles, dalla costituzione dei Wings alla straordinaria affermazione come solista fino alle grandi sfide creative degli ultimi quarant’anni di carriera. Dopo la fine dei Fab Four, infatti, McCartney ha continuato a pubblicare album ricchi di grandi canzoni e di capolavori da riscoprire, mantenendo vivo il desiderio di esplorare terreni musicali per lui inediti, proprio come accadeva nei giorni dei Beatles: dalla musica elettronica e ambient alla classica, da standard jazz a canzoni per bambini, dalla musica per balletto alla colonna sonora di un videogioco. Il volume racconta anche le straordinarie avventure live di Macca, dal Live Aid del 1985 alle Olimpiadi del 2012, fino alle grandi collaborazioni con artisti come Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Elvis Costello, Kanye West, Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, Tony Bennett, David Gilmour, George Michael e moltissimi altri. Prefazione di Alan Parsons.

Tutte le canzoni. Manoscritti, lettere, fotografie. L’autoritratto di uno dei più grandi cantautori di sempre.

Con 25 album pop, 5 di musica classica e circa 500 canzoni pubblicate in oltre mezzo secolo, la carriera di Paul McCartney, da solo o con gli Wings, vanta un catalogo che cerca da sempre di liberarsi dell’ombra dei Beatles. Le storie dietro le canzoni, le demo e le incisioni in studio, gli inediti, le date di registrazione, i musicisti, le esecuzioni dal vivo e le cover: il libro ripercorre l’epoca post-Beatles di McCartney dal 1970 al 1989 attraverso 346 schede ricche di dettagli e aneddoti. Corredato da foto, interviste, recensioni e informazioni d’epoca, questo “reference book” traccia il ritratto di un artigiano della musica leggera, che ha elevato la canzone popolare a forma d’arte.

‘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

THE INSTANT TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Over thirty years ago, Linda McCartney first blazed the trail for meat-free cooking, and around the table of the family home in East Sussex, she shared the pleasure that eating compassionately could bring. Now Paul, Mary and Stella bring Linda’s kitchen up to date, re-inventing her best-loved recipes for the plant-based cook, alongside their favourite family stories and the dishes that they now eat at home. The original food pioneer, Linda McCartney believed in great tasting, wholesome, meat-free food, and embraced kindness and compassion in everything she did. Her legacy lives on in Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen, a collection of over 90 simple, fresh and inventive plant-based recipes that fit perfectly with how we want to eat now. In Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen, Paul, Mary and Stella have re-imagined Linda’s classic recipes, bringing them up to date for the modern, plant-based cook. Because how we eat is changing, with more and more people choosing a meat- and dairy-free diet, even if only for one or two days a week. Alongside family favourites such as American Pancakes, Chilli Non Carne, Sausage Rolls and Shepherd’s Pie, Paul, Mary and Stella share the dishes they cook most at home: Pad Thai, Pulled Jackfruit Burgers, Panzanella and Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies to name just a few of the simple, nourishing and sustainable 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.