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Author:	Paul McCartney
Title:	The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present
Publisher:	Allen Lane
Country:	UK
Date:	2 Nov 2021
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Music
ISBN-13:	9780241554586
Total Editions:	5
First Published:	2021
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A special deluxe limited edition of 175 numbered copies in a clamshell clothbound and embossed case (with the words to Hey Jude embossed in the fabric), each signed by Paul McCartney, with an exclusive print of a lyric sheet.

The special edition is being distributed only to selected bookstores in the UK and the USA, and has a recommended retail price of US $2083.00 or UK £1500.00.

Edited by Paul Muldoon.

From the publisher's website (www link as at 27 February 2021):

'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The one thing I've always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. What I do have are my songs, hundreds of them, which I've learned serve much the same purpose. And these songs span my entire life.'

In this extraordinary book, with unparalleled candour, Paul McCartney recounts his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career - from his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present. Arranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account, it establishes definitive texts of the songs' lyrics for the first time and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now. Presented with this is a treasure trove of material from McCartney's personal archive - drafts, letters, photographs - never seen before, which make this also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

We learn intimately about the man, the creative process, the working out of melodies, the moments of inspiration.

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Paul McCartney - The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present - Allen Lane - Hardcover - UK - 9780241519332 (2021)

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JPGR&B SUBS 28th Oct 2021		The Lyrics, publishing on 2 November, will tell the story of Paul McCartney’s life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career. To accompany the new book, the British Library has announced it will host a free display entitled Paul McCartney: The Lyrics (5 November 2021 – 13 March 2022), which will celebrate the songwriter and performer and feature previously unseen lyrics from his personal archive.



JPGR&B SUBS 27th Oct 2021		No. 1 in the Top 50 Books viewed yesterday, Tuesday 26 October 2021.



OldMod67 26th Oct 2021		@JPGR&B Yes that's the one! The competition isn't open to employees; not sure how I could possibly cheat (I wouldn't anyway). Good luck to you!



JPGR&B SUBS 26th Oct 2021		Waterstones are doing that (your company?) so I have ordered through them and entered the competition.



OldMod67 26th Oct 2021		The company I work for had a competition, when buying the standard (but still nice) edition, your name went 'in the hat' to win one of these. Unfortunately, the draw was not open to emp!oyees. Bugger!