Allan Kozinn – författare

The follow-up to The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, the most complete work on the life and work of Paul McCartney ever published. Volume 2 continues to paint the portrait of one of the world’s greatest musicians, his work post-Beatles, and his life from 1974 to 1980.This second installment of the groundbreaking multivolume Paul McCartney biography, THE McCARTNEY LEGACY, VOLUME 2: 1974-80 finds Paul McCartney in the afterglow of Band on the Run, an album that topped the Billboard 200 three times in 1974, and won him his best reviews since his time in the Beatles. But he also faced rebuilding his band Wings, and getting it into shape not only for the studio work that would follow his most successful album to date, but also to tour Britain, Europe and Australia before conquering the USA with the groundbreaking Wings Over America tour. This intensely creative time in McCartney’s life saw him writing and recording four studio albums with Wings (Venus and Mars, Wings at the Speed of Sound, London Town and Back to the Egg), the biggest selling British single of the 1970s, ‘Mull of Kintyre,’ and a solo album packed with electronic experimentalism, McCartney II. During a period of diverse musical evolution, McCartney melded his own melody-driven approach with in-vogue styles like disco, punk and new wave.Away from Wings, McCartney dabbled in music publishing, science fiction writing, semi-autobiographical filmmaking, animation, viral marketing, journalist boycotting, and smuggling cannabis past authority figures with mixed success. McGear, an album Paul co-wrote with his brother, Mike, tops a long list of lesser known projects and collaborations – some of which never saw the light of day – that kept McCartney busy between hit records.For the second half of this decade, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr remained ever present in McCartney’s life. Collaborations were mooted, and multi-million dollar offers for one-off reunion concerts were plentiful, but the scars of the Beatles’ bitter separation, and their complex, hard to untangle business ties complicated their private and public relationships.THE McCARTNEY LEGACY series is the first truly comprehensive biography, and the most finely detailed exploration of McCartney’s creative post-Beatles career, ever undertaken. As well as thousands of never-before-seen documents, this rich volume of music history is informed by hundreds of interviews, including exclusive collaborations with all four surviving members of Wings – Geoff Britton, Joe English, Steve Holley and Laurence Juber – plus countless other including producers, musicians, recording engineers, designers and architects who worked with McCartney between 1974-80.This definitive music biography offers an unparalleled look into McCartney’s most dynamic decade:The Wings Experience: From the chart-topping success of Band on the Run to rebuilding the Wings band for the groundbreaking Wings Over America tour.Genre-Bending Creativity: Witness McCartney’s musical evolution as he melds his signature melodies with the in-vogue sounds of disco, punk, and new wave.Beyond the Music: Explore a fascinating range of lesser-known projects, from co-writing an album with his brother to dabbling in science fiction, animation, and filmmaking.A Beatle Apart: Get the inside story on his complex relationships with John, George, and Ringo, and why the multi-million dollar offers for a Beatles reunion never came to pass.Meticulously Researched: Based on thousands of never-before-seen documents and hundreds of interviews, including exclusive conversations with surviving members of Wings.

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 and post-Beatles career ever undertaken.This meticulously researched Paul McCartney biography reveals:Beatles History: A definitive inside look at the personal and professional fallout of the world’s most famous breakup and the end of the Fab Four.Exclusive Access: Discover the true story pieced together from hundreds of new interviews and thousands of never-before-seen documents from McCartney’s personal archives.The Birth of Wings: Follow the journey of how Paul, along with his wife Linda, conquered self-doubt to form a new band and record five classic albums in just four years.1970s Music Deep Dive: Go behind the scenes for the creation of the triumphant, chart-topping smash album, Band on the Run, and other epochal records of the time.