Looking back a decade later, it’s clear the record was a mainstream breakout for the duo made up of singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. The Black Keys celebrate their seventh studio album, ‘El Camino,’ with a special 10th anniversary deluxe version, available in several formats including a Super Deluxe edition of five vinyl LPs. Released in December 2011, ‘El Camino’ was produced by Danger Mouse and the Black Keys and was recorded in the band’s then-new hometown of Nashville during the spring of that same year. The LP nabbed three awards at the 55th annual Grammy Awards: Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album. This week, it’s a landmark record from one of the truest rock and roll units of the past few decades. It might be a re-pressing of a landmark recording, special edition or new collection from a legendary act. Keep an eye on this spot as each week we’ll be looking at new or soon-to-be-released vinyl from a variety of artists. Playing with the Foos looks like it will be the only live performance from the legend for the near future, but both of these releases is a nice holdover for fans needing a temporary McCartney fix. The documentary, presented by Third Man Records, illuminates the process by which vinyl copies of ‘McCartney’ and ‘McCartney II’ were broken down and reformed into 333 limited-edition copies of ‘McCartney III’ at Third Man Pressing. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would become a stripped back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work marking the opening of a new decade, in the tradition of 1970’s ‘McCartney’ and 1980’s ‘McCartney II.īuilt from live takes of McCartney on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing, drumming and more atop that foundation, the LP is now available on vinyl and has been created in a truly unique way. ![]() This week also sees the release of ‘McCartney/333,’ a mini-documentary detailing the vinyl pressing process for the limited “333 Edition” version of his acclaimed 2020 solo album ‘McCartney III.’ The singer/songwriter hadn’t planned to release an album last year, but in isolation, he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. The voice and personality of Paul McCartney sings off every page, making ‘The Lyrics’ unlike anything that’s been done in the millions upon millions of words written about the musician. Readers will learn intimately about the man, the creative process, the working out of melodies and the moments of inspiration. Macca has said this is the closest he will probably come to penning an autobiography. Presented with this is a treasure trove of material from McCartney’s personal archive – drafts, letters, photographs – never seen before, which make it also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. (Photo courtesy of Michael Christopher)Īrranged 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. The book begins with Paul McCartney’s earliest boyhood compositions and goes through the legendary decade of the Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present. It begins with his earliest boyhood compositions and goes through the legendary decade of the Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present. ![]() The 960 page “lyrical autobiography,” spread across two volumes, is titled ‘The Lyrics: 1956 to Present” and features McCartney recounting his life through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career. Fresh off of inducting the Foo Fighters into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last weekend and jamming with the band on a spirited rendition of the Beatles classic “Get Back,” he’s got a massive book out and a mini-documentary about his latest record. Paul McCartney is certainly having himself a week.
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