[2021-11-02] Paul McCartney "The Lyrics" hardcover (Liveright)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:03 pm

Description
From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his devoted parents, Mary and Jim; his songwriting partner, John Lennon; his "Golden Earth Girl," Linda Eastman; his wife, Nancy McCartney; and even Queen Elizabeth, among many others. Here are the origins of "Let It Be," "Lovely Rita," "Yesterday," and "Mull of Kintyre," as well as McCartney's literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Alan Durband, his high-school English teacher.

With images from McCartney's personal archives -- handwritten texts, paintings, and photographs, hundreds previously unseen -- The Lyrics, spanning sixty-four years, becomes the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/163149256X/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:05 pm

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

There's another slipcase cover for other parts of the world which I'm hesitant to post here because the only one I've been able to find is quite large. Nothing to get excited about though. It's the same black and white picture used for the cover of "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard".

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:09 pm

Here's the UK edition, sporting the slipcase you described:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241519330/?tag=imwan-21

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

Thanks Linda!

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:46 am

The USA pre-order price has already dropped by $10, down to $89.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/163149256X/?tag=imwan-20

And WAN doubts this will be the last price drop between now and Christmas season.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:35 pm

Linda wrote:

The USA pre-order price has already dropped by $10, down to $89.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/163149256X/?tag=imwan-20

And WAN doubts this will be the last price drop between now and Christmas season.

See what I mean? It's down to just $60.00 now. That's 40% off the original price, so lock it in.

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

Thanks Linda

djshermanus · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2015 **Posts:** 121

Received my copy of "The Lyrics" today from Amazon. The pictures are beautiful.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Thank you to my wife for getting me The Lyrics for Christmas. Surprised more people didn’t get this excellent book(s). The Howard Stern interview with Paul last month was excellent. Talk about a must buy for any Beatles fan.

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

I enjoyed it a lot.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59405

[2021-11-02] Paul McCartney "The Lyrics" hardcover (Liveright)

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