McCartney’s MPL and Concord Music Group, one of the world’s leading
independent music companies today announced an historic agreement to
globally market and distribute McCartney’s venerated solo and Wings
catalog, which encompass 40 years of cherished, classic material from
the most successful songwriter and recording artist in music history. Indeed, the music legend has sold an astonishing 100 million solo singles and 700 million albums world-wide in his unparalleled career. The announcement coincides with the 40th anniversary of McCartney, his fabled first solo album released April, 1970.
This exclusive global arrangement, will cover both physical and
digital distribution of McCartney’s treasured post Beatles catalog
including landmark solo albums such as McCartney, Ram, McCartney II,
Tug Of War, Pipes of Peace, Give My Regards To Broad Street, Press To
Play, Flowers in the Dirt, Off the Ground, Flaming Pie, Driving Rain,
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Memory Almost Full, and Good
Evening New York City. The classic Wings albums include Wildlife, Red
Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus and Mars, Wings At The Speed of
Sound, Wings Over America, London Town and Back To The Egg. The
catalog also includes the inventive, highly regarded albums recorded
under the McCartney pseudonyms Percy “Thrills” Thrillington, The
Fireman and Twin Freaks.
The indispensible and remarkably enduring collection of songs
represented in McCartney’s post 1970 collected works include the gems
“Maybe I’m Amazed”, “Another Day”, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”, “My
Love”, “Live & Let Die”, “Band On The Run”, “Jet”, “Listen To What The
Man Said”, “Silly Love Songs”, “Let ’Em In”, “With A Little Luck”,
“Mull Of Kintyre”, “Coming Up”, “Ebony and Ivory”, “Say Say Say”, “No
More Lonely Nights”, “My Brave Face”, “Hope Of Deliverance”, “Fine
Line”, and “Dance Tonight” among many others.
McCartney fans can look forward to an ambitious and rewarding reissue
program beginning in August of 2010 with Band On The Run; Paul
McCartney & Wings’ classic 1 album from 1973 that spawned the
immortal title song as well as the smash hit “Jet”. It will be
available in a variety of configurations, including a special
collector’s multi-disc edition with remastered audio, enhanced
packaging and rare bonus content.
In 2007 Concord Records and Starbucks partnered to form Hear Music
whose inaugural release was Paul McCartney’s highly successful,
critically acclaimed album Memory Almost Full. The McCartney-Concord
relationship has since blossomed to include the 2009 release of
McCartney’s historic multi-disc live CD/DVD Good Evening New York City
and now this landmark multi-year global marketing and distribution
partnership.
“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,” stated McCartney. “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 share
this passion.”
“Working with Paul McCartney, the MPL team and this tremendous catalog
is an unbelievable honor,” stated Glen Barros, Concord Music Group
President and CEO. “To so many of us here at Concord and to millions
of people all over the world, Paul’s music has formed a big part of
’life’s soundtrack’. So to now be a part of representing this amazing
body of work is nothing short of a dream come true.”
About Concord Music Group:
Concord Music Group is one of the largest independent record and music
publishing companies in the world and owner of a rich and historically
significant catalog of recordings. Concord Music Group’s legendary
family of labels includes Concord Records, Concord Jazz, Fantasy,
Stax, Milestone, Riverside, Specialty, Telarc, Peak, Heads Up,
Prestige and most recent acquisition, famed American roots label
Rounder Records, further strengthening Concord’s independent
leadership position. They include titles from some of the most admired
and enduring names in music, including Ray Charles, John Coltrane,
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Isaac
Hayes, Little Richard, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Rosemary
Clooney, George Shearing and Mel Torme. The group’s current roster of
world-class artists includes: Alison Krauss, Chick Corea, Kurt Elling,
Robert Plant, Christian Scott, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sergio Mendes,
B‚la Fleck, Alejandro Escovedo, Esperanza Spalding, Macy Gray and
Angie Stone. In 2007, Concord partnered with Starbucks Entertainment
to form Hear Music, an innovative record label rooted in quality,
authenticity and passion. Hear Music works directly with artists, both
emerging and established, to bring quality music to the widest
possible audience, in both Starbucks locations and traditional music
retailers worldwide. Hear Music has released records from Paul
McCartney, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello and Playing
For Change.
Related posts:
- PAUL McCARTNEY “GOOD EVENING NEW YORK CITY” CD/DVD Multi-Disc CD/DVD Special Package Features Dazzling Performances of Beatles, Wings and Solo Classics From Citi...
- PAUL McCARTNEY NEW ALBUM DUE 6TH FEBRUARY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ERIC CLAPTON AND STEVIE WONDER Paul’s Tribute To Personal Favourites & Two New Self Penned Compositions Out February 6th /...
- Paul McCartney – Love We Make (DVD/Blu-ray) “This documentary follows Paul McCartney as he prepares for the Concert for New York, following...
- THE BEATLES’ ENTIRE ORIGINAL RECORDED CATALOGUE REMASTERED FOR RELEASE 09-09-09 Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original...
At the rate they’re moving, Paul’s great-grandchildren will have died from old age before they finish releasing his catalogue. This is garbage. Instead of making each album into some kind of event, just release the damn thing already. The longer they wait the less they will sell because the oldest of his fan base are already passing away.
E
You make a good point Phil. All that fanfare and now nothing! Maybe they decided to wait for a Christmas released?
Concord Music’s unwillingness to announce a definite release date or tracklisting so close to the originally intended release date is cause for alarm. I wonder if this Paul McCartney expanded CD series is on or off.