History: Paul recorded this album with his touring band, largely recording all the tracks together at once to get a degree of a live feel. Some songs were rejects from Flowers in the Dirt including two he wrote with Elvis Costello, though Costello himself did not record with them this time. My own personal history […]
History: For the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 150th anniversary, they reached out to Paul to see if he would be interested in writing a piece for them to perform. Since Paul is not classically trained in music, he collaborated with Carl Davis, a classical composer and conductor. They took elements from Paul’s life to start […]
History: Paul took the failure of Press to Play to heart, trying out different producers to get a better feel for his own sound and also assembling a new band that he planned to tour with. He chose to collaborate with Elvis Costello at this time as well, a songwriter not too different from his […]
History: In 1987 after a jam session with other musicians, Paul decided to record an album of old rock and roll songs. His initial idea was to make the album look like a bootleg, with its Russian name on the cover to make it look falsely like an import. When EMI nixed that idea, he […]
History: After Give My Regards to Broad Street proved to largely be a commercial failure, Paul turned to producer Hugh Padgham to help give him a more contemporary sound. Padgham had worked with bands like XTC, The Police, and Genesis and helped give the album his signature sound. Paul also cowrote many of the songs […]
History: Paul, as a lover of film all his life, was given the opportunity to write a screenplay. He chose to pursue it much in the way the Beatles’ films were done, being primarily a music based film with a thin plot to tie the songs together. The critics hated it and the crowds did […]
History: Paul took the six remaining songs from the Tug of War sessions and went back into the studio in 1982 to record five more to make this album. Similar to his collaborations with Stevie Wonder, he chose this time to work with Michael Jackson on two tracks. He also did another song with jazz […]
History: Paul started production of a new album in the summer of 1980, initially with members of Wings but then alone once they decided to part ways. He also decided to call in George Martin to help produce the album. On December 9th, Paul and George mutually agreed to take a break after hearing of […]
History: Wings’ world tour was brought to an abrupt end when Paul was arrested for marijuana possession in Japan and spent 9 days in jail. After that time Paul returned back home to his farm in Scotland and began playing around again in his home studio. Linda provided some backing vocals but otherwise this was […]
History: Wings recruited Laurence Juber and Steve Holley to join them for what would end up being their last album. The album was a light concept album, with the story of a band that has returned to touring once again. Nearly all the songs were written by Paul this time around, with just one exception. […]
After The End 