History: Roy Kerr, using the alias Freelance Hellraiser, gained popularity in 2001 with his mashup song “A Stroke of Genius” combining Christina Aguilera and The Strokes. In 2004, he and Paul worked together to create mashups and remixes of some of Paul’s songs, and these were played as an opener before Paul’s concerts. Afterward they […]
History: Ringo once again changed record labels after feeling Mercury had let him down. He signed with independent label Koch and made another record with Mark Hudson and Dean Grakal, calling in famous friends like Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, and David Gilmour this time around. He also got permission from Paul to use a bit […]
History: Paul and Youth once again got together to create another album, this time without the constraints of only using tracks from Paul’s previous work. They did use pieces of unused songs here and there, but there was also original music created for the album. According to Youth Linda also worked closely with them on […]
History: EMI asked Paul to delay release of his next album after Off the Ground so as to not essentially compete with himself while the Beatles Anthology discs were released. As such Paul took his time putting this album together, working with Jeff Lynne, Ringo, George Martin and Steve Miller of Steve Miller Band on […]
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: 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: 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 […]
After The End 