18 Days of McCartney Day 16- Children, Children

Children, children, where are you?

Hiding in the forest, playing in the rain

I hope you're not too far away for me to see again

Heather;

Paul, Heather, Linda

Prior to Linda's marriage with Paul McCartney in 1969, she was engaged in a relationship with American geologist, Joseph Melville See Jr, whom she met at the University of Arizona and married on 18 June, 1962. Heather Louise See was born on 31 December, 1962 to the couple in Tuscon, Arizona. When she was six years old her mother and father had separated leaving Linda and Heather to go to New York where Linda pursued her career as a photographer. In 1967 Linda had met Paul McCartney and was soon invited to live with the musician in his St. John's Wood estate. Two years later on 12 March, 1969 Paul and Linda were married and Paul took over as Heather's adoptive father, where you can find her appearances in The Beatles film, Let It Be.

Heather McCartney

Just like her mother and now her adoptive father, Heather was interested in the arts, taking up photography where she won the Young Black and White Printer of the Year Award in Llford for a piece she called "Waterfall".  She went on to pursue her love for art throughout college where she took up pottery and design. 

In the early 1980s Heather was hospitalized after suffering from emotional disorders. On her release she decided to travel through Mexico where she became part of the Huichol and Tarahumara tribes. She moved around a few years later to live with her biological father, Joseph See in Arizona, but after her fathers sudden death on 19 March, 2000, after being found with a self inflicted gunshot wound, Heather moved to England and became a potter. In 1999 she launched her own house-ware products called Heather McCartney Houseware Collection.

 Mary;

Paul and Mary

Mary Anna McCartney was born on 28 August, 1969 in London becoming Paul's first child, in fact she was named after Paul's mother (read about her here).  When Mary was a few years old her parents had formed a group called Wings (read about Wings History here and Wings Tours here) where she would travel with the band as they played various gigs. She would grow up in the McCartney's Sussex estate as well as High Park Farm in Scotland. With her mother being a photographer, Mary is featured in many pictures of Paul on the road or photographic while growing up. Her most famous photograph is featured on McCartney's first solo album, McCartney, where she is seen tucked in her fathers jacket.

Traveling with Wings

Just as her mother she became a photographer and photo editor for Omnibus Press, a music book publisher; In 1992 she then became a professional photographer. Some of Mary's earliest work can be seen at the first official photo of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair with his family, after she had became close friends with Cherie Blair while campaigning for breast cancer awareness, in which Mary is a part of. Since then Mary has photographed Sam Taylor-Wood, Jude Law, Ralph Fienes, her young sister Stella, Paul McCartney, and much more.

In 1995 Mary met television producer and director, Alistair Donald, after being introduced by Mary's younger brother, James. The two dated for three years and arranged to be married for May 1998, due to the sudden death of Linda McCartney the wedding was postponed til 25 September, 1998. The following year on 3 April, 1999 and n the 1 August, 2002 the couple gave birth to Elliot Donald. The family would resign in Lauderdale Mansions South in Maida Vale, London. Unfortunately, in 2005 the couple separated with no public confirmation of divorce but the separation seemed to be permanent in 2007 when she began going back to Mary McCartney instead of Mary McCartney-Donald.

That same year she released her first exhibition with her work of offstage pictures of The Royal Ballet, London capturing the hard everyday lives of the performers calling the exhibit, Off Pointe: A Photographic Study of the Royal Ballet After in Brighton. Following this exhibit shes had several more solo;

Self portrait

1. Off Pointe; A Photographic Study of the Royal Ballet After- 2004, 2005, 2007
2. Playing Dress Up- 2007
3. Backup - 2007
4. British Style Observed - 2008
5. Collective  Works - 2009
6. From Where I Stand - 2010, 2011, 2012
7. Developing - 2013

She went on to have four group shows;

1. Schweppes Photographic Portrait Show- 1995
2. 31 Studio EXPOSED, Platinum Prints - 2004
3. Strength and Beauty Embodied by Avant- Garde Women - 2007
4. Gay Icons - 2009

Mary

After separating from her first husband Mary had begun seeing Simon Aboud, a director whom she would have her third child, Sam Aboud, on 11 August , 2008. The couple had a private ceremony on 12 June, 2010 in London at the Marylebone Register Office. 3 September, 2011 The Aboud family grew bigger with their last addition, Sid.

Mary is active in campaigns to spread cancer awareness, Smile Train ( where she was asked to take photos of four children from Volgograd and Bejing) and she is an animal activist taking a great part in the McCartney's Meat Free Monday. In 2012 she released her own vegan cook book, Food. 

 Stella;
 

Traveling with Wings

Stella Nina McCartney became Paul and Linda's second child on 13 September, 1971 in Lambeth, London being named after Linda McCartney's grandmother. Just like Mary and Heather, Stella became part of the Wings traveling, in fact the name Wings came while Paul was praying while Linda was rushed in to the emergency caesarean section while giving birth to Stella. Paul had sat outside the operating room and prayed for the safety of his wife and child where he prayed for her to be born "on the wings of an angel." with an image of wings in his mind.

With all the riches, Paul wanted his children to lead as normal as a life as they could leading to Stella and her siblings to attend local state schools in East Sussex, where Stella was a victim of bullying. By age thirteen she had designed her first jacket. It was only three years later she became an intern for Christian Lacroix where she began  working on his first fashion design collection. She later studied at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and graduated from Central St Martins in 1995 where supermodel and friends Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon, and Kate Moss modeled Stella's graduation collection for free.  The collection became a hit making front- page and being sold in a London boutique called Tokio and would be licensed to Browns, Josephs, Bergdorf Goodman, and even Neiman Marcus. After school  she began her passion for style and fashion starting her first collection. By 1997 she was working as a Creative Director of Chloe in Paris. In 1998 she designed her sister's wedding dress  for Mary's wedding to Alistair Donald.

In 2001 she launched her own fashion house with Gucci Group (now Kering) where she shared her first collection in Paris. Since then she now owns seventeen stores in London Mayfair, Manhattan's Soho, Paris' Palais Royal, LA's West Hollywood, Barcelon's Passeig de Garcia, Milan, Rome, and Miami. Her collections are being sold over fifty countries.

photographed by Linda

Two years later Stella launched her own perfume line calling it Stella. In 2004 her design was shown through a summer tour for Madonna's Re-Invention Tour and Annie Lennonx's tour. She also worked for the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow for Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law's costumes. Some of her most recent works were when she began working with Adidas having a long-term partnership with the athletic line in September 2004. Adidas by Stella McCartney can be seen in 2010 when she was appointed by Great Britain's Creative Director for the 2012 Olympics, the first time a leading fashion designer has designed clothes for both the Olympic games and Paralympic Games. 2005 she became releasing her products for H&M in hopes of  selling more affordable options to her fans; when the her line with H&M was released  in November 2005 it was sold out immediately. She then launched CARE a 100% organic skincare line in January 2007. In March of the same year she began working in one hundred target stores, primarily in Australia. In 2010 McCartney began working with Disney to create jewlry inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Her work has also been seen in New York City Ballet's Ocean's Kingdom, which is based on an album by her father from 2011.

Stella and British publisher Alasdhair Wills were married at Mount Stuart House on Isle of Bute on 30 August, 2003. The dress she wore was an updated version of her mother's dress worn in 1969. The couple has since had four children, James (2005), Bailey Linda Olwyn (2006), Beckett Robert Lee (2008), and Reiley Dilys Stella (2010).

Stella McCartney

Paul McCartney presented Stella with the Designer of the Year Award by VH1/Vogue in 2000. Three years later she recived the Woman of Courage Award, for her work against cancer.  Best designer of the Year Glamour Award and the Star Honoree at the Fashion Group International Night of the Stars were presented to her in 2004. In 2005 she recieved the Organic Style Woman of the Year Award. The Elle Style Award for Best Designer of the Year and the Best Designer of the Year at the British Style Awards became part of her award collection in 2007. She recieved an Elle Award for Best Designer of the Year in Spain in 2008, that same year she recieved the Green Designer of the year at the ACE Awards. The following year she was honored by NRDC, Glamour magazine Woman of the Year, and featured in the Time100. 2011 she was had recieved the Red Carpet Award by the British Fashion Council. On New Years Honours for service to fashion 2013 she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). As of February 2013 she became one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

As an animal activist like her parents, her clothing represents that, for example one of her designs for Adidas says "Suitable for sport vegetarians".

James:

photographed by Linda

12 September, 1977 the third McCartney child was born, James Louis named after Paul's father (read about him here) and Linda's Mother, Louise. As said with his older sisters, James would be on the road traveling with The Band on The Run, Wings. While on the road on McCartney's 1989 World Tour, James would have a tutor and would later attend Thomas Peacocke Communite College but started his love for music, surprisingly not because of his father but after seeing Michael J Fox perform in the film Back to the Future, James would later play Paul's Fender Stratocaster, previously owned by the great Carl Perkins, at age nine. The McCartney's had a scare when James was sixteen years old he was surfing with friends and was swept out to sea. The family was called and immediately arrived at the scene where they waited forty minutes for James, who returned on his own.

He would follow his love for music appearing on his fathers 1997 album, Flaming Pie, where he played guitar and drums on a few songs. In 1998 Linda released her own album, Wild Prairie, where James played lead guitar. He is also listed in Paul's 2001 album, Driving Rain as co-writer on certain tracks like "Spinning On An Axis" and "Back In The Sunshine Again".  In 2005 he joined his father on his US Tour.

Jame began recording his own music in 2008 with his father, David Kahne, and various other musicians.  He made his first US debut on 14 November, 2009 at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center where he performed his own solo material. He released his first EP on 21 September, 2010 with the name Avaliable Light.

James

"The music was inspired by The Beatles, Nirvana, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Radiohead - and all good music. It is basically rock 'n' roll, clean sounding and vocal. The words on the album refer to spirituality, love, family, trying to sort out one's life, and many other things."- James McCartney

 Since then he has toured the UK in February and March 2010 and the US in April, 2013, released his first solo album, Me.

Beatrice;

Beatrice

Beatrice McCartney was born on 28 October, 2003 by McCartney's second wife, Heather Mills. In great respect and trying to keep the innocence of a young girl, Paul has kept Beatrice out of the star light as much as possible.

Deliver your children to the good, good life

Give 'em peace and shelter and a fork and knife

18 Days of McCartney Day 15- Home in the Heart of the Country

I Look High, I Look Low,
I'm Lookin' Everywhere I Go,
Lookin' For A Home
In The Heart Of The Country.
I'm Gonna move, I'm Gonna Go,
I'm Gonna Tell Everyone I Know
Lookin ' For A Home
In The Heart Of The Country.

 Unfortunately, I do not have enough days to write about all of McCartney's estates but I'll write about my favorite, High Park Farm, Kintyre, Scotland. 

During 1966 The Beatles had become fully aware of the taxman and the money situation, George Harrison even wrote "Taxman" from The Beatles Revolver. 

"I discovered I was paying a huge amount of money to the taxman. You are so happy that you've finally started earning money - and then you find out about tax."- George Harrison, Anthology

It got to the point that the Beatles had thought about giving their money to a worker and have him go to the Bahamas where the money would be tax-free; the plan didn't work out it the end.  To protect his money Paul invested his money, after being advised by his financial advisers, in a Farm in Campbeltown, Kintyre, Scotland. The house has one hundred eighty-three acres, three bedrooms, and near the Mull of Kintyre,

"It's 200 acres and a farmhouse as well. It was well worth the money as far as I'm concerned. But don't think I'm a big property tycoon. I only buy places I like."- Paul McCartney, 1966

The McCartney's at High Park

Prior to McCartney buying the £35,000 home, it was owned and survived by Mr. and Mrs. Brown for nineteen years. After the Brown's moved out and  McCartney now owner, Paul and girlfriend, Jane Asher, would take weekends and vacations at High Park to escape the wild frenzy of Beatlemania.

On 12 March, 1969 Paul McCartney married photographer, Linda Eastman , and the two would resigned to High Park. The two would soon go on to grow a family with Linda's daughter from a previous marriage, Heather, and the couples three children, Mary, Stella, and James would grow up up visiting and living at the home where they would raise lambs, sheep, chickens, while taking care of their dogs like Martha, Jet, Poppy, and Lucky.

"Linda said, 'We could do this place up!' And I'd never thought of that, I thought it just stayed how you bought it. I just wasn't enterprising enough to actually think. We could clean this place up! Linda really turned me on to it. I quite liked it before, I like its isolation and I liked the privacy and the end-of-the-world remoteness compared to a city."- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles

Paul McCartney sheering

The McCartney's had then bought about six hundred acres and provided the land to his neighbors, his own recording studio and built his own Low Park Farm for his animal caretaker. With all the animals that where held at the farm The McCartney's didn't allow any to be killed, which was a reason why the town was proud to have the family as their neighbors. Another reason to backup how humble the family is, with all the money Paul had made as a Beatle and now into his new band Wings (read about Wings History here and Wings Tours here) , Paul had done the home projects, from painting the house to sheering the sheep, without making the home a giant mansion or attention seeking home most celebrities had.

Paul working on the home

 Horses, a love amongst Linda and then a love of Paul's were great for the large estate as the family would ride around their property and sometimes into town. Town citizen and vet, Alastair Cousin, took care of the animals and had very good memories of the McCartney's saying recalling a memory of a local girl who was digging at the beach and a man leaning over saying, 'You've a long way to dig to get to Australia.' When the young girl looked up she saw that it was Paul.  William Ross, another citizen who worked on the estate would say,

"They were the worst-dressed people here. They'd walk to town through the farm so they'd have torn their clothes and be covered in muck. They never bothered with airs and graces." -From The Telegraph

Music was wide at High Park. Paul sitting around with his acoustic guitar while Linda would photograph Paul and the kids. In fact, Kintyre was the estate Paul would head to after The Beatles break up where Linda and Paul would release and create the duo album, Ram. In 1977, while working with Wings, Paul McCartney and Denny Laine created the best-selling UK single beating out The Beatles "She Loves You", the single still remains as the best-selling single in the UK, called "Mull of Kintyre"

"Paul and I sat with a bottle of whisky on afternoon outside a cottage in the hills of Kintyre and wrote the song Mull of Kintyre. Paul had written the chorus and we wrote the rest of it together."- Denny Laine

"It was a love song, about how I enjoyed being there - imagining I was traveling away and wanting to get back there."- Paul McCartney

The song even features bagpipers, conducted by Tony Wilson, from Kintyre who were very eager and excited to release a single. The following video is "Mull Of Kintyre";

When Linda passed away after a short battle against breast cancer a memorial for her was held at Trafalgar Square in London where a bagpiper, on Paul's request, would play "Mull of Kintyre" in the memories of their time together. A memorial in Kintyre is held for Linda with a beautiful bronze statue of Linda. Mary and Stella had come out to say the following on the memorial to their mother;

"Scotland was one of mum's favourite places and it is wonderful to have a permanent statue to remind us of the great time we spent with her there."

Members of the town of Campeltown, including Alastair Cousin say;

"Much more importantly it will be recognized as an appreciation of Linda's generosity, always anonymous, to so many causes, her enthusiasm for Kintyre expressed in her photography and her determination to ensure that her family were exposed to the values whenever possible."

Unfortunately, after Linda's passing the estate remained with very little visits from McCartney and in 2010 was put up for sale with an estimate value of £2.93 million.

"Maybe he has got too many good memories of Linda here and now it is too painful for him to come. But he did a lot of good for the town. It is still a big draw for tourist to come here. He has got to be thanked for that."-William Ross

 Mull of Kintyre

Oh mist rolling in from the sea,

My desire is always to be here

Oh Mull of Kintyre

18 Days of McCartney Day 14- Meat Free Monday

Macca's on a mission to save the world and he wants you to get involved!

"If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty."- Paul McCartney

Meat Free Monday is a campaign started by Paul McCartney and his two daughters, Mary and Stella. The organization started on 15 June, 2009 after being participates in Meatless Monday.

Meatless Monday is an international program that encourages people to give up one day a week, Monday, to not eat meat. By not eating meat it can significantly help improve ones health and the health of the world. The organization was part of The Monday Campaigns Inc. founded in 2003 by Sid Lerner.  But the story of Meat free meals came long before that.

Paul McCartney;The Meat Free Monday Cookbook

It was during World War I when President Wilson promoted citizens to give up meat of Tuesdays and for one meat free meal a day. The Untied States Food Administration (USFA), which was run by Herbert Hoover at the time as well as the American Relief Association,  would advertise recipe books, menus, and magazines to support Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays.  Not too long afterwards, World War II broke out which called for this campaign to start all over again. Meat, along with sugar and gasoline. Although, it began with Wilson's  thinking to ship meat off to the U.S troops and feed Europe populations suffering during this era instead of saving the animals, with the slogan;

"Food Will Win the War"

 After meeting his first wife, Linda, Paul McCartney had became an animal activist and full vegetarian. It's no surprise though after his love of animals shown through his farm in Kintyre, Scotland, and for those who followed The Beatles must know about his love for his sheepdog, Martha. Paul had taken part in the UK's version of Meatless Monday called Meat-free Mondays, which was gaining big support from organizations like Goodlife Food and as an environmental campaign itself. Ghent, Belgium became the first city to have an official weekly vegetarian days, with Veggie Thursday (Donderdag Veggiedag) which was created by an organization funded by the Flemish government, the Ethical Vegetarian Alternative.  Paul and his daughters began the campaign on 15 June, 2009, from there Meatless Monday took off in Israel where they announced their Meatless Monday, Israel restaurant even started to create their own meals for Meatless Monday. Sao Paulo having a huge success being supported by the Brazilian Vegetarian Society. That same year in December, the campaign was launched in Australia.On 6 April, 2010, the first US city to officially become part of Meat-Free Monday, calling it Vegetarian Day, was San Fransisco. The Minitry of Environmental and Nature Protection of Croatia began their support for the project in March of 2012.

On 15 July, 2009 The McCartney's launched their own website, MeatFreeMondays.com, where they state;

"You don't have to join or become a member - or do anything else other than have one meat-free day each week - but by registering your support, you'll help show the world the power and positivity of the Meat Free Monday message"

To register and save lives of animals, your health, and the planet, simply go to MeatFreeMondays.com and click "Get Involved" to sign up for free where you will receive an email saying;

"Thanks for registering you support of Meat Free Monday!

Stella,Paul,and Mary;The Meat Free Monday Cookbook

Please encourage your friends and family to join in too and please continue to visit www.meatfreemondays.com for all the latest meat-free news, events and delicious recipes!

Warm regards,

The Meat Free Monday team

One day a week can make a world of difference.

Together we can have a huge impact!"

In 2011, Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney released the Gourmand World Cookbook Award, The Meat Free Monday Cookbook, with recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Dessert for every Monday in a year. That's right 52 weeks worth of Meat-free recipes from the McCartney household, Twiggy, Pink, Skye Gyngell, Giorgio Locatelli, Mario Batali, Tom Aikens, and many more other celebrities who care and support Meat-Free Monday. Books are being sold at The Meat-Free Monday website, order your copy today.

"The vast majority of people are conscientious and would want to do something in their own lives to help secure a happier future for the generations that follow. While many suggestions offered can be quite difficult to put into practise, the idea of one meat-free day per week is something that many people find doable and something that, with the help of this book, can be achieved relatively easily."- Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney, The Meat Free Monday Cookbook.

 I'd continue to write more about the organization itself but if I did that then you wouldn't visit the website! So while your sitting down, or standing, or what ever position you are in while reading this silly little post, click here, and became part of Meat-Free Monday today to change the world.

The following video is Paul McCartney's "Meat-Free Monday" song;

18 Days of McCartney Day 13- Albums

Let me tell ya, do you fancy a bit of Rock 'n' Roll?

From McCartney in 1970 to New in 2013,  Sir James Paul McCartney has released a total of twenty- four studio and eight live albums! In this post you'll find a little history of each album, from Paul solo, Paul and Linda, and even Paul McCartney and Wings. To hear each album simple click on the green, bolded album name for a Youtube link.

McCartney, 1970;

McCartney was released on 17 April, 1970. The album was recorded secretly during his parting time with The Beatles from December 1969- February 1970. In 1968 The Beatles began recording Let It Be which was set to be released in March of 1970, it had now became sure that The Beatles were bound to split with Paul releasing his first solo album and Ringo on the way with his Sentimental Journey, also, both albums being recorded after John made the statement that he wanted to divorce The Beatles on 20 September, 1969. His album was due to be released in mid-April, as it was settled with Apple Records that way. It had now became late March and Phil Spector had told the group that the Let It Be album was almost complete, it was at this point on 31 March that John Lennon and George Harrison tried to tell Paul he had to postpone his album to the 4th of June allow The Beatles Let It Be to get enough recognition. This caused a feud with Paul, he had already allowed The Beatles and their new manager Allen Klein to push his album back a week to allow Ringo's album to get publicized. The album, to spite of the other three and Klein, was released as told, on 17 April. The album consists the following tracks;

1. The Lovely Linda
2. That Would Be Something
3. Valentine Day
4. Every Night
5. Hot as Sun/Glasses
6. Junk
7. Man We Was Lonely
8. Oo You
9. Momma Miss America
10. Teddy Boy
11. Singalong Junk
12. Maybe I'm Amazed
13. Kreen-Akrore 

Ram, 1971;

After The Beatles break up Paul and his new wife, Linda, had found themselves living in Scotland to get away from it all. It was during this time that Paul and Linda had wrote the 1971 album, Ram. Read about the 2012 release of the album here.

1. Too Many People
2. 3 Les
3. Ram On
4. Dear Boy
5. Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey
6. Smile Away
7. Heart of the Country
8. Monkberry Moon Delight
9. Eat at Home
10. Long Haired Lady
11. Ram On
12. The Back Seat of My Car

Wild Life, 1971;

3 August, 1971 Paul had formed a new band that would go on to shape his career as an ex-Beatle along with shaping the 1970s; Wings. Read about Wings History here and Wings Tours here. The bands first album wasn't too successful as the group hoped with reviews saying "Just when he (McCartney) needed a break" and others feeling that the album was rushed.

1. Mumbo
2. Bip Bop
3. Love is Strange
4. Wild Life
5. Some People Never Know
6. I Am Your Singer
7. Tomorrow
8. Dear Friend

Red Rose Speedway, 1973;

By this time Wings had become known as Paul McCartney and Wings as credited to on their second album, Red Rose Speedway. To some critics surprise the album was not at all like their first, instead this album had reached it way to number 1 in Billboard 200. The album was released on 30 April, 1973 (US) and 4 May, 1973 (UK).

1. Big Barn Bed
2. My Love
3. Get on the Right Thing
4. One More Kiss
5. Little Lamb Dragonfly
6. Single Pigeon
7. When the Night
8. Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
9. Medley; Hold Me Tight/ Lazy Dynamite/ Hands of Love/ Power Cut

Band on the Run, 1973;

By this time in Wings history guitarist  Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell had quit the band, right before Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, and Denny Laine, wrote, recorded, and released Wings most successful album of all time, which later became 1974s top-selling studio album in both the United Kingdom and Australia; Band on the Run. Released on 5 December, 1973 (US) and 7 December, 1973 (UK).

1. Band on the Run
2. Jet
3. Bluebird
4. Mrs. Vanderbilt
5. Let Me Roll It
6. Mamunia
7. No Words
8. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Venus and Mars, 1975;

On 27 May, 1975 Wings released their fourth album, Venus and Mars, which would continue the success streak.  The album became the first post-Beatles Paul McCartney album to be released under Capitol Records label instead of Apple Records, which was co-found by Paul himself.

1. Venus and Mars
2. Rock Show
3. Love in Song
4. You Gave Me The Answer
5. Magneto and Titanim Man
6. Letting Go
7. Venus and Mars (Reprise)
8. Spirits of Ancient Egypt
9. Medicine Jar
10. Call Me Back Again
11. Listen to What the Man Said
12. Treat Her Gently/ Lonely Old People
13. Crossroads Theme

Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976;

During Wings World Tour, the band released their fifth album, Wings at the Speed of Sound on 25 March, 1976. The album would included each band member, now including Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Joe English, taking lead vocal.

1. Let 'Em In
2. The Note You Never Wrote
3. She's My Baby
4. Beware My Love
5. Wino Junko
6. Silly Love Songs
7. Cook of the House
8. Time to Hide
9. Must Do Something About It
10. San Ferry Anne
11. Warm and Beautiful

Wings Over America, 1976 (Live);

Due to Wings great success on it's World Tour, especially in America, an album to promote the band and their future live performances, a triple album with track listing of Wings live performances was released on 10 December, 1976; Wings Over America. The original release contained three records (as it was a triple album) and a poster of the band on tour.

1. Venus and Mars/Rock Show/ Jet
2. Let Me Roll It
3. Spirits of Ancient Egypt
4. Medicine Jar
5. Maybe I'm Amazed
6. Call Me Back Again
7. Lady Madonna
8. The Long and Winding Road
9. Live and Let Die
10. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
11. Richard Cory
12. Bluebird
13. I've Just seen a Face
14. Blackbird
15. Yesterday
16. You Gave Me the Answer
17. Magneto and Titanium Man
18.  Go Now
19. My Love
20. Listen to What the Man Said
21. Let 'Em In
22. Time To Hide
23. Silly Love Songs
24. Beware My Love
25. Letting Go
26. Band on the Run
27. Hi, Hi, Hi
28. Soily

London Town, 1978;

Once again Wings was back to Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine, as Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English had went off to focus on other music ambitions. The three original and remaining Wings members would release their sixth studio album on 31 March, 1978.

1. London Town
2. Café on the Left Bank
3. I'm Carrying
4. Backwards Traveller
5. Cuff Link
6. Children, Children
7. Girlfriend
8. I've Had Enough
9. With a Little Luck
10. Famous Groupies
11. Deliver Your Children
12. Name and Address
13. Don't Let It Bring You Down
14. Morse Moose and the Grey Goose

Back to the Egg, 1979;

Just like before, when two members leave the band, two members join, in this case it was drummer Steve Holly and guitarist Laurence Juber. On 24 May, 1976 (US), 8 June, 1979 (UK) Wings released their seventh and final album, Back to the Egg.

1. Reception
2. Getting Closer
3. We're Open Tonight
4. Spin It On
5. Again and Again and Again
6. Old Siam, Sir
7. Arrow Through Me
8. Rockestra Theme
9. To You
10. After the Ball/Million Miles
11. Winter Rose/ Love Awake
12. The Broadcast
13. So Glad to See You Here
14. Baby's Request

McCartney II, 1980;

After the release of Back to the Egg, Wings was pending with a tour soon to take place, as Paul began to work on his second solo album, McCartney II. The album would be released on 16 May, 1980 (US) and 22 May, 1980 (UK).

1. Coming Up
2. Temporary Secretary
3. On the Way
4. Waterfalls
5. Nobody Knows
6. Front Parlour
7. Summer's Day Song
8. Frozen Jap
9. Bogey Music
10. Darkroom
11. One of These Days

Tug of War, 1981;

Paul's third solo album was released on 26 April, 1982 and would reunite McCartney with old Beatles producer at EMI studios, George Martin. The album would feature "Here Today" a song written about his love for ex-bandmate, John Lennon, who was assassinated the previous 8 December. Stevie Wonder is featured on "What's That You're Doing" and "Ebony and Ivory"; the album also features Carl Perkins "Get It".

1. Tug of War
2. Take It Away
3. Somebody Who Cares
4.  What's That You're Doing
5. Here Today
6. Ballroom Dancing
7. The Pound is Sinking
8. Wanderlust
9. Get It
10. Be What You See (Link)
11. Dress Me Up as a Robber
12. Ebony and Ivory

Pipes of Peace, 1983;

On 31 October, 1983 Paul released his fifth solo studio album calling it Pipes of Peace. Featured on the tracks "Say, Say, Say" and "The Man" is Michael Jackson.

1. Pipes of Peace
2. Say, Say, Say
3. The Other Me
4. Keep Under Cover
5.  So Bad
6. The Man
7. Sweetest Little Show
8. Average Person
9. Hey, Hey
10. Tug of Peace
11. Through Our Love

Give My Regards to Broad Street, 1984;

The album is the soundtrack to the 1984 film, Give My Regards to Broad Street, a film about Paul McCartney with records from his Beatles days to Wings to solo.  The album would be released on 22 October, 1984.

1. No More Lonely Nights
2. Good Day Sunshine
3. Corridor Music
4. Yesterday
5. Here, There and Everywhere
6. Wanderlust
7. Ballroom Dancing
8. Silly Love Songs
9. Silly Love Songs ( reprise)
10. Not Such a Bad Boy
11. So Bad
12. No Values
13. No More Lonely Nights (reprise)
14. For No One
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. Eleanor's Dream
17. The Long and Winding Road
18. No More Lonely Nights (Playout version)
19. Goodnight Princess

Press to Play, 1986;

Released on 22 August, 1986, Press to Play became the sixth solo album by Paul McCartney.

1. Stranglehold
2. Good Times Coming/ Feel the Sun
3. Talk More Talk
4. Footprints
5. Only Love Remains
6. Press
7. Pretty Little Head
8. Move Over Buskers
9. Angry
10. However Absurb

Choba B CCCP, 1988;

Also known as the Russian Album, was released 31 October, 1988. The album being originally released in the Soviet Union with McCartney covering songs from Paul's teenage years of rock and roll.

1. Kansas City
2. Twenty Flight Rock
3. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
4. I'm in Love Again
5. Bring It On Home to Me
6. Lucile
7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
8. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
9. That's All Right Mama
10. Summertime
11. Ain't That a Shame
12. Crackin' Up
13. Just Because
14. Midnight Special

Flowers In The Dirt, 1989;

On the albums release Paul had launched another world tour, the fist since he was with Wings twelve years prior. The album was released on 5 June, 1989.

1. My Brace Face
2. Rough Ride
3. You Want Her Too
4. Distractions
5. We Got Married
6. Put It There
7. Figure of Eight
8. This One
9. Don't Be Careless Love
10. That Day Is Done
11. How Many People
12. Motor of Love

Tripping the Live Fantastic, 1990 (Live);

Released on 29 October, 1990. The album was released as a triple LP, Double cassette and CD.

1. Showtime
2. Figure of Eight
3. Jet
4. Rough Ride
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. Band On The Run
7. Birthday
8. Ebony and Ivory
9. We Got Married
10. Inner City Madness
11. Maybe I'm Amazed
12. The Long and Winding Road
13. Crackin' Up
14. The Fool on the Hill
15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
16. Can't Buy Me Love
17. Matchbox
18. Put It There
19. Together
20. Things We Said Today
21. Eleanor Rigby
22. This One
23. My Brave Face
24. Back in the U.S.S.R
25. I Saw Her Standing There
26. Twenty Flight Rock
27. Coming Up
28. Sally
29. Let It Be
30. Ain't That A Shame
31. Live and Let Die
32. If I Were Not Upon The Stage
33. Hey Jude
34. Get Back
35. Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight/ The End
36. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!

1. Got To Get You Into My Life
2. Birthday
3. We Got Married
4. The Long and Winding Road
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Can't Buy Me Love
7. All My Trials
8. Put It There
9. Things We Said Today
10. Eleanor Rigby
11. My Brave Face
12. Back in the U.S.S.R
13. I Saw Her Standing There
14. Coming Up
15. Let It Be
16. Hey Jude
17. Get Back
18. Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight/ The End

Unplugged (The Official Bootleg), 1991 (Live);

When it came to releasing bootlegs and demos, Paul was The Beatles to go to. He loved those and thought that the fans should hear them as well. Released on 20 May, 1991.

1. Be-Bop-A-Lula
2. I Lost My Little Girl
3. Here, There and Everywhere
4. Blue Moon of Kentucky
5. San Francisco Bay Blues
6. We Can Work It Out
7. I've Just Seen a Face
8. Every Night
9. She's a Woman
10. Hi- Heel Sneakers
11. And I Love Her
12. That Would Be Something
13. Blackbird
14. Ain't No Sunshine
15. Good Rockin' Tonight
16. Singing the Blues
17. Junk

Off the Ground, 1993;

Released on 2 February, 1993 (UK) and 9 February, 1993 (US) becoming the first solo studio album of the 1990s for McCartney.

1. Off the Ground
2. Looking for Changes
3. Hope of Deliverance
4. Mistress and Maid
5. I Owe It All to You
6. Biker Like and Icon
7. Peace in the Neighbourhood
8. Golden Earth Girl
9. The Lovers That Never Were
10. Get Out of My Way
11. Winedark Open Sea
12. C'mon People

Paul Is Live, 1993 (Live);

Just like Wings Over America, the album was in support of Paul's world tour.

1. Drive My Car
2.  Let Me Roll It
3. Looking For Changes
4. Peace in the Neighbourhood
5. All My Loving
6. Robbie's Bit
7. Good Rockin' Tonight
8. We Can Work It Out
9. Hope of Deliverance
10. Michelle
11. Biker Like an Icon
12. Here, There and Everywhere
13. My Love
14. Magical Mystery Tour
15. C'mon People
16. Lady Madonna
17. Paperback Writier
18. Penny Lane
19. Live and Let Die
20. Kansas City
21. Welcome to Soundcheck
22. Hotel In Benidorm
23. I Wanna Be Your Man
24. A Fine Day

Flaming Pie, 1997;

The album featured many friends and family members such as, Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller, Ringo Starr, and even Paul's own son, James McCartney. The album also contains "Little Willow" a tribute to Ringo Starr's first wife, Maureen Cox, who unfortunately passed away in 1994 from leukemia.

1. The Song We Were Singing
2. The World Tonight
3. If You Wanna
4. Somedays
5. Young Boy
6. Calico Skies
7. Flaming Pie
8. Heaven on a Sunday
9. Used to Be Bad
10. Souvenir
11. Little Willow
12. Really Love You
13. Beautiful Night
14. Great Day

Run Devil Run, 1999;

Just like Choba B CCCP, the album features rock and roll songs from Paul's childhood. It also contains three original songs by McCartney.

1. Blue Jean Bop
2. She Said Yeah
3. All Shook Up
4. Run Devil Run
5. No Other Baby
6. Lonesome Town
7. Try Not to Cry
8. Movie Magg
9. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
10. What It Is
11. Coquette
12. I Got Stung
13. Honey Hush
14. Shake a Hand
15. Party

Driving Rain, 2001;

The album was released prior to Paul's marriage with his second wife, Heather Mills (whom he married on 11 June, 2002), on 12 November, 2001.

1. Lonely Road
2. From a Lover to a Friend
3. She's Given Up Talking
4. Driving Rain
5. I Do
6. Tiny Bubble
7. Magic
8. Your Way
9. Spinning on an Axis
10. About You
11. Heather
12. Back in the Sunshine Again
13. Your Loving Flame
14. Riding into Jaipur
15. Rinse the Raindrops
16. Freedom

Back In the U.S, 2002 (Live);

A double live album from his Driving USA Tour to support his new release, Driving Rain. The album was released on 11 November, 2002.

1. Hello, Goodbye
2. Jet
3. All My Loving
4. Getting Better
5. Coming Up
6. Let Me Roll It
7. Lonely Road
8. Driving Rain
9. Your Loving Flame
10. Blackbird
11. Every Night
12. We Can Work It Out
13. Mother Nature's Son
14. Vanilla Sky
15. Carry That Weight
16. The Fool on the Hill
17. Here Today
18. Something
19. Eleanor Rigby
20. Here, There and Everywhere
21. Band on the Run
22. Back in the U.S.S.R
23. Maybe I'm Amazed
24. C Moon
25. My Love
26. Can't Buy Me Love
27. Freedom
28. Live and Let Die
29. Let It Be
30. Hey Jude
31. The Long and Winding Road
32. Lady Madonna
33. I Saw Her Standing There
34. Yesterday
35. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/ The End

Back in the World, 2003 (Live);
The same as Back in the US except it simply was not in the US but in the World. Released 17 March, 2003.

1. Hello, Goodbye
2. Jet
3. All My Loving
4. Getting Better
5.  Coming Up
6. Let Me Roll It
7. Lonely Road
8. Driving Rain
9. Your Loving Flame
10. Blackbird
11. Every Night
12.  We Can Work it Out
13. Mother Nature's Son
14. You Never Give Me Your Money/ Carry That Weight
15. The Fool on the Hill
16. Here Today
17. Something
18. Eleanor Rigby
19. Here, There and Everywhere
20. Calico Skies
21. Michelle
22. Band on the Run
23. Back in the U.S.S.R
24. Maybe I'm Amazed
25. Let 'Em In
26. My Love
27. She's Leaving Home
28. Can't Buy Me Love
29. Live and Let Die
30. Let It Be
31. Hey Jude
32. The Long and Winding Road
33. Lady Madonna
34. I Saw Her Standing There
35. Yesterday
36. Sgt.. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/ The End

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, 2005;

The album would be the last album released for McCartney's longtime recordings with EMI. Just like McCartney and McCartney II,  Paul would be featured playing nearly every instrument.

1. Fine Line
2. How Kind of You
3. Jenny Wren
4. At the Mercy
5. Friends to Go
6. English Tea
7. Too Much Rain
8. A Certain Softness
9. Riding to Vanity Fair
10. Follow Me
11. Promise to You Girl
12. This Never happened Before
13. Anyway

Memory Almost Full, 2007;

After ending his contract with EMI Studios, Paul signed with Starbucks Hear Music. Released on 4 June, 2007.

1. Dance Tonight
2. Ever Present Past
3. See Your Sunshine
4. Only Mama Knows
5. You Tell Me
6. Mr. Bellamy
7. Gratitude
8. Vintage Clothes
9. That Was Me
10. Feet in the Clouds
11. House of Wax
12. The End of the End
13. Nod Your Head

Good Evening New York City, 2009 (Live);

From Paul's three night performances in New York.

1. Drive My Car
2. Jet
3. Only Mama Knows
4. Flaming Pie
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. Let Me Roll It
7. Highway
8. The Long an Winding Road
9. My Love
10. Blackbird
11. Here Today
12. Dance Tonight
13. Calico Skies
14. Mrs. Vandebilt
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. Sing the Changes
17. Band on The Run

Kisses On The Bottom, 2012;

The album consists solely of McCartney covering traditional pop and jazz music. Paul however did write "My Valentine", which was written about his new wife Nancy Shevell,  and "Only Our Hearts".

1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
2. Home (When Shadows Fall)
3. It's Only a Paper Moon
4. More I Cannot Wish You
5. The Glory of Love
6. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
8. My Valentine
9. Always
10. My Very Good Friend the Milkman
11. Bye, Bye Blackbird
12. Get Yourself Another Fool
13. The Inch Worm
14. Only Our Hearts

New, 2013;

Unlike Kisses on The Bottom, New was a rather upbeat album with songs based around and was inspired by Paul's early Beatles days. The album had four producers working on it, Mark Ronson, Ethan Johns, Paul Epworth, and George Martin's son, Giles.

1. Save Us
2. Alligator
3. On My Way to Work
4. Queenie Eye
5. Early Days
6.  New
7. Appreciate
8. Everybody Out There
9. Hosanna
10. I Can Bet
11. Looking at Her
12. Roads
13. With hidden track "Scared"

Where will Sir Paul's music take him now?