McCartney III – Deluxe Edition CD Blue

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Secret demo edition McCartney IIIstore-exclusive softpak CD
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Written, composed, and produced by Paul McCartney

Cover Portrait by Mary McCartney

Made in Rockdown

50 years following the release of his self-titled first solo albumMcCartney, featuring Paul playing every instrument and writing and recording every song, Paul McCartney will releaseMcCartney IIIon December 18th. Paul hadnt planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of Rockdown, he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would becomeMcCartney III: a stripped-back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work marking the opening of a new decade, in the tradition of 1970sMcCartneyand 1980sMcCartney II. Recorded earlier this year in Sussex (UK),McCartney IIIis mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing, drumming, etc. atop that foundation.McCartney IIIspans a vast and intimate range of modes and moods, from soul-searching to wistful, from playful to raucous and all points between captured with some of the same gear from Pauls Rude Studio used as far back as 1971 Wings sessions. And Paul’s array of vintage instruments he played on the new album have an even more storied history, including Bill Black of Elvis Presley’s original trio’s double bass alongside Paul’s own iconic Hofner violin bass, and a mellotron from Abbey Road Studios used on Beatles recordings, to name but a few. Just as McCartneys 1970 release marked Pauls return to basics in the wake of the biggest band break-up in musical history, and the 1980 avant-garde masterpiece McCartney II rose from the ashes of Wings, McCartney III finds Paul back on his own, turning unexpected circumstances into a personal snapshot of a timeless artist at a unique point in history.

Tracklist:
1. Long Tailed Winter Bird
2. Find My Way
3. Pretty Boys
4. Women And Wives
5. Lavatory Lil
6. Deep Deep Feeling
7. Slidin
8. The Kiss Of Venus
9. Seize The Day
10. Deep Down
11. Winter Bird / When Winter Comes

Bonus Tracks:
Blue: Slidin Dusseldorf Jam
Red: Lavatory Lil Studio Outtake
White:The Kiss Of Venus Phone Demo
Yellow: Women and Wives Studio Outtake