“The Boys of Dungeon Lane"

 

 

“Radio was really a source of great information and music – the BBC was very good for all those things. I’m a big BBC fan,” he says firmly. The Boys of Dungeon Lane’s first single was premiered on the corporation’s local radio station, BBC Merseyside.

He remembers listening to “great little classical pieces, and they bore into your brain”. To this day, he can recall the names that appeared in the broadcast’s end credits: “Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz …” He delivers the name with a kind of delicious potency. “I love radio because it just sends your imagination wild.”

Paul McCartney intervjuas i The Guardian inför skivan av Laura Barton 29/5-26

 

När jag lyssnar slås jag av hur nuet och det förflutna smälter samman. Väldigt mycket. 

Som Days We Left Behind. 

  

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The Beatles första officiella studioalbum Please Please Me släpptes i Storbritannien den 22 mars 1963. Det var året jag skulle fylla elva. Jag kan faktiskt minnas sensationen. Den är så intimt förknippad med min stora barn- och ungdomsförälskelse. När jag minns henne minns jag också sångerna, från 1963 – 1970. Och The Beatles blev mina följeslagare, från första till de sista skivorna, The White Album som släpptes i november 1968 och Abbey Road 1969 samt Let it Be 1970.

 

“The Boys of Dungeon Lane is not only the 18th solo album to be released by Paul McCartney; it is a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared along with some newly inspired love songs, from one of the most culturally significant figures of our time.

With The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Paul McCartney turns the lens inward, revisiting the formative years that shaped not only his life, but the very foundations of modern popular culture. In a career defined by timeless storytelling and unforgettable characters, Paul now tells the most personal story of all, his own. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is his most introspective album to date and takes the listener back to where it all began.”

Andra viktiga halvan, John Lennon, som ung