Thursday, April 22, 2010

“McCartney reissues post-Beatles albums” plus 2

“McCartney reissues post-Beatles albums” plus 2

McCartney reissues post-Beatles albums

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 08:52 AM PDT

Paul McCartney, shown performing in Halifax in 2009, has left EMI and struck an album deal with the U.S. label Concord Music Group.Paul McCartney, shown performing in Halifax in 2009, has left EMI and struck an album deal with the U.S. label Concord Music Group. (CBC)

Paul McCartney is reissuing his back catalogue of solo material and albums from his time with Wings on a label based in California.

"I'm always looking for new ways and opportunities to get my music to people," McCartney said late Tuesday.

The Concord Music Group will distribute the albums in CD form and online.

The move is a slap in the face for his old label, EMI, which had been his artistic home since the early days of the Beatles.

The singer-songwriter had been complaining about the way artists are treated at EMI, starting in 2007 when the label was bought by a private-equity firm, Terra Firma. The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Radiohead have also left the label.

In February, the ex-Beatle regained control of the albums he had produced between 1970 and 2006 from EMI.

Nil from EMI

The 67-year-old singer hasn't had a new release with EMI since the label was bought. His new deal with Concord means he has turned over about two dozen albums from his post-Beatle career.

He put out a new CD, Memory Almost Full, in 2007 in a joint deal with Starbucks and Concord, which also released his live album, Good Evening New York City, two years later.

In his announcement, McCartney said he likes working with Concord and has "enjoyed our mutual love of music."

The announcement coincides with the 40th anniversary of McCartney's first solo album outside of the Beatles. The album McCartney contained the hit single, Maybe I'm Amazed.

Concord says its reissue program will kick off in August with the re-release of 1973's Band On the Run by Wings.

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Paul McCartney Shifts Post-Beatles Albums From EMI To Concord

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:49 PM PDT

paulmccartney live09 6 15 Paul McCartney Shifts Post Beatles Albums From EMI To Concord

EMI has got to be wondering when the mercy rule kicks in. The struggling label is losing Paul McCartney, who announced Tuesday (April 20) that he's planning to reissue his post-Beatles catalogue through indie label Concord Music Group.

When McCartney's licensing deal with the London-based EMI recently ended, the Beatle's legend handed over his entire catalog of post-Beatles albums – totaling about two dozen releases covering solo work and Wings albums – over to Concord, reports Billboard.

In a statement on Concord's website, the label says it's reissuing Paul McCartney's post-Beatles solo and Wings catalog beginning in August with a remaster of the 1973 classic Band On The Run with enhanced packaging and rare bonus content.

"With this new exclusive global arrangement, fans can expect both physical and digital distribution of gems from his solo offerings like McCartney, Ram, Pipes of Peace, Give My Regards To Broad Street and Flaming Pie, as well as Wings landmarks such as Wildlife and Red Rose Speedway," reads the Concord statement.

Concord also notes that the re-releases will include stuff done under McCartney's pseudonyms: Percy "Thrills" Thrillington, The Fireman and Twin Freaks.

In a statement, McCartney said:

"Since the release of Memory Almost Full in 2007, I've had a good working relationship with Concord and enjoyed our mutual love of music. I'm looking forward to continuing this relationship with the new catalog campaign.

"I'm always looking for new ways and opportunities to get my music to people, and Concord shares this passion."

McCartney regained the rights to the library of titles – all his releases from 1970 to 2006 – in February from EMI.

The Concord deal with McCartney and his lucrative catalogue just so happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of his debut solo disc, 1970's McCartney. McCartney's last album with EMI was 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.

There is, however, some good news for EMI amidst the McCartney deal with Concord: the company still own rights to the Beatles catalog of material. EMI reissued remastered versions of the Fab Four's albums last September – with all the grand hoopla one might expect.

McCartney follows Radiohead and the Rolling Stones, who have also left EMI in recent years.

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Today In Music History: The Beatles Finish Recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 11:07 AM PDT

The Beatles recorded random noise for the end of "A Day In The Life" on this day in 1967, finishing the sessions for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Engineer Geoff Emerick took noises the Fab Four put down at Abbey Road, which included a whistle that could only be heard by dogs, cut them up, rearranged them and recorded some of them backwards. Although the dog whistle was taken out of American versions of the album, it made it onto British copies.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band came out on June 1, 1967, and "A Day In The Life" was released as a B-side to the album's title track, which came out as a single that day.

"A Day In The Life" is now seen as one of The Beatles' most important and most influential songs, and it's probably responsible for both great and terrible prog rock that would follow after.

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