In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY VOL 1: 1969-73
captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the
Beatles a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed
by hundreds of interviews extensive ground up research and thousands of never-before-seen
documents THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY VOL 1 is an in depth revealing exploration of McCartney's
creative and personal lives beyond the Beatles. When Paul McCartney issued a press release in
April 1970 announcing that the world's most beloved band the Beatles had broken up no one
could have predicted that McCartney himself would go on to have one of the most successful solo
careers in music history. Yet in the years after the Fab Four disbanded Paul McCartney became
a legend in his own right. Now journalist and world-renowned Beatles' historian Allan Kozinn
and award-winning documentarian Adrian Sinclair chronicle in technicolor McCartney's pivotal
years from 1969 to 1973 as he recreated himself in the immediate aftermath of the Beatles
breakup ? a period when newly married and with a growing family he conquered depression and
self-doubt formed a new band Wings and recorded five epochal albums culminating in the
triumphant smash Band on the Run. Part 1 of a multivolume set THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY VOL. 1
documents a pivotal moment in the life of a man whose legacy grows increasingly more relevant
as his influence on music and pop culture remains as relevant as ever. It is the first truly
comprehensive biography and the most finely detailed exploration of McCartney's creative life
beyond the Beatles ever undertaken.
