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MCCARTNEY’S FIRST SOLO ALBUM

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 17, 2019…49 YEARS AGO PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS UNSURE OF HIS FUTURE AND RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM ‘MCCARTNEY’. SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THIS RECORD JOHN LENNON TOLD THE REST OF THE BEATLES HE WANTED “A DIVORCE” FROM THE GROUP. THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LENNON WAS NOT MADE OFFICIAL OR PUBLIC DUE TO BUSINESS REASONS.

MCCARTNEY WITHDREW TO HIS FARM AND ENDED UP RECORDING THIS ALBUM AT HIS HOME USING ONLY 4 TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYING EVERY INSTRUMENT HIMSELF.

WHEN MCCARTNEY RELEASED THIS ALBUM, HE INCLUDED A ‘SELF INTERVIEW’ AS AN INSERT IN THE ALBUM, THAT IN ESSENCE, ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD HE WAS LEAVING THE BEATLES.

THE NEWS OF THE BREAK-UP CAUSED CRITICS TO TRASH THE RECORD. HOWEVER THE INTEREST IN HIS SOLO CAREER HELPED DRIVE THE ALBUM TO #1 ON THE CHARTS.

THE ALBUM CONTAINED THE STUDIO VERSION OF THE LOVE SONG ‘MAYBE I’M AMAZED’. MCCARTNEY DEDICATED THIS SONG TO HIS WIFE LINDA, WHO HAD HELPED HIM GET THROUGH THE BREAKUP OF THE BEATLES. THIS SONG WAS NEVER ISSUED AS A SINGLE. THE LIVE VERSION WAS A HUGE HIT YEARS LATER WHEN IT WAS PICKED AS A SINGLE FROM THE ‘WINGS OVER AMERICA’ ALBUM.

HERE’S MCCARTNEY WITH THE STUDIO VERSION OF ‘MAYBE I’M AMAZED’