McCartney III (Exclusive Red LP)
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- Release date:
- Dec 18, 2020
- Publisher:
- Capitol Records
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
5:17 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Drums, Harmonium, Hofner bass, Producer, Recorder, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
2.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:54 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Harpsichord, Hofner bass, Moog bass, Piano, Producer, Synth bass, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:00 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Double bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Harpsichord, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
4.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:52 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Double bass, Drums, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
5.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:22 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Moog bass, Producer, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
6.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:23 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alex Pasco :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Between 2017 and 2019
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Disc 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
8:26 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Drums, Electric guitar, Foot stamping, Hofner bass, Maracas, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
2.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:06 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Harpsichord, Producer, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:21 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Drums, Electric guitar, Hofner bass, Maracas, Piano, Producer, Rhodes, Tambourine, Vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
4.
Written by Paul McCartney
5:52 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Drums, Harmonium, Moog bass, Producer, Rhodes, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
5.
Medley
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
0:25 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Harmonium, Hofner bass, Mellotron, Percussion, Producer, Recorder, Vocals
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- April - June 2020 ?
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
2.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:47 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Keith Smith :
- Assistant engineer
- Bob Kraushaar :
- Recording engineer
- Steve Orchard :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- September 3, 1992
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
About
- Sold via Paul McCartney’s official online non-US shops (in the US, another Red LP made in collaboration with Third Man Records was available)
- When advertised online, it was said this released was “‘Limited to 3000 copies”. In reality, there were 6200 copies pressed by Optimal Media in Germany, numbered from 3001 to 9200 (the first 3000 numbers were used by Third Man Records for the US Red version)
From Paul McCartney’s UK official shop:
Written, composed, and produced by Paul McCartney
Cover Art and Typography by Ed Ruscha
Cover Portrait by Mary McCartney
Gatefold featuring photography by Mary McCartney, Sonny McCartney and Paul McCartney (it’s a family affair!)
Limited-edition (3000 units worldwide) store exclusive 180g red vinyl disc with printed inner disc sleeve
12” x 18” insert poster
‘Made in Rockdown’
50 years following the release of his self-titled first solo album McCartney, featuring Paul playing every instrument and writing and recording every song, Paul McCartney will release McCartney III on December 11th. Paul hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of ‘Rockdown,’ he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would become McCartney III: 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. Recorded earlier this year in Sussex (UK), McCartney III is mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing, drumming, etc. atop that foundation. McCartney III spans a vast and intimate range of modes and moods, from soul-searching to wistful, from playful to raucous and all points between — captured with some of the same gear from Paul’s Rude Studio used as far back as 1971 Wings sessions. And Paul’s array of vintage instruments he played on the new album have an even more storied history, including Bill Black of Elvis Presley’s original trio’s double bass alongside Paul’s own iconic Hofner violin bass, and a mellotron from Abbey Road Studios used on Beatles recordings, to name but a few. Just as McCartney’s 1970 release marked Paul’s return to basics in the wake of the biggest band break-up in musical history, and the 1980 avant-garde masterpiece McCartney II rose from the ashes of Wings, McCartney III finds Paul back on his own, turning unexpected circumstances into a personal snapshot of a timeless artist at a unique point in history.
Last updated on December 23, 2023