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Paul McCartney asked to participate in festival in Cornwall

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Article May 1970 • John Lennon and Paul McCartney win five BMI Awards

Session May-August 1970 • Home recordings - "Ram" demos

Article May 02, 1970 • Paul McCartney asked to participate in festival in Cornwall

Interview May 02, 1970 • Paul McCartney interview for Melody Maker

Album May 08, 1970 • "Let It Be (UK - 1st pressing with "Get Back" book)" by The Beatles released in the UK

Next article May 10, 1970 • “Get Back” gets an Ivor Novello award

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McCartney sought for festival

PAUL McCARTNEY, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Jefferson Airplane — that’s the incredible line-up sought for a three-day festival in Cornwall this summer.

And behind the plan are Bud Fillipo Promotions, organisers of America’s famous Woodstock festival. Officials are expected in London this week to open negotiations. Also being approached are Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker and Ike and Tina Turner.

The festival will be held on the 6,000-acre estate of the Earl of St Germans, nine miles west of Plymouth, on July 16/17/18.

It would be Paul McCartney’s debut as a solo Beatle.

Said Lord Elliott, 29-year-old son of the Earl: “We hope to have 150,000–200,000 people as a minimum. And the St Germans railway station is 2000 yards from the festival site. I don’t know the line-up. That’s up to the promoters. I’m just providing the site.”

From Disc And Music Echo – May 2, 1970
From Disc And Music Echo – May 2, 1970

Going further

The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years

The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years

"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."

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The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

"An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship."

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The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2

The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2

This edition of the book compiles more outrageous opinions and unrehearsed interviews from the former Beatles and the people who surrounded them. Keith Badman unearths a treasury of Beatles sound bites and points-of-view, taken from the post break up years. Includes insights from Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Barbara Bach and many more.

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Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline

Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline

This very special RAM special is the first in a series. This is a Timeline for 1970 – 1971 when McCartney started writing and planning RAM in the summer of 1970 and ending with the release of the first Wings album WILD LIFE in December 1971. [...] One thing I noted when exploring the material inside the deluxe RAM remaster is that the book contains many mistakes. A couple of dates are completely inaccurate and the story is far from complete. For this reason, I started to compile a Timeline for the 1970/1971 period filling the gaps and correcting the mistakes. The result is this Maccazine special. As the Timeline was way too long for one special, we decided to do a double issue (issue 3, 2012 and issue 1, 2013).

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