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Paul McCartney lodges a complaint against fans
February 1970
George Martin and Geoff Emerick win NME Awards
Feb 28, 1970
Designing the packaging for “McCartney”
March 1970 ?
“Let It Be” video clip shown on Top Of The Pops
Mar 05, 1970
The “McCartney” press kit is sent to UK press
Apr 09, 1970
Paul and Linda McCartney go and live in Scotland for a few months
April 10 to August 1970
“Maybe I’m Amazed” promotional video broadcast
Apr 19, 1970
“Let It Be” film is officially announced
Apr 23, 1970
“Get Back” gets an Ivor Novello award
May 10, 1970
First public screening of the “Let It Be” Film
May 18, 1970
UK premiere of the “Let It Be” film
May 20, 1970
US launch of the “Let It Be” film
May 28, 1970
Lee Eastman asks for The Beatles to be dissolved
Jun 15, 1970
August 1970
Paul and Linda McCartney travel to New York to record “RAM”
October 1-7, 1970
Paul McCartney holds secret auditions for a guitar player
October 9 to 11, 1970
Paul & family dressed up for Halloween
Oct 31, 1970
Paul McCartney acquires Low Ranachan Farm
December 1970 ?
Paul McCartney and George Harrison meet
Early December 1970
Paul McCartney places a full-page ad in New Musical Express
End of December 1970
What happened for Paul in 1970
From Wikipedia:
For the still unfinished Get Back album, one last song, Harrison’s “I Me Mine“, was recorded on 3 January 1970. Lennon, in Denmark at the time, did not participate. In March, rejecting the work Johns had done on the project, now retitled Let It Be, Klein gave the session tapes to American producer Phil Spector, who had recently produced Lennon’s solo single “Instant Karma!” In addition to remixing the material, Spector edited, spliced and overdubbed several of the recordings that had been intended as “live”. McCartney was unhappy with the producer’s approach and particularly dissatisfied with the lavish orchestration on “The Long and Winding Road“, which involved a fourteen-voice choir and 36-piece instrumental ensemble. McCartney’s demands that the alterations to the song be reverted were ignored, and he publicly announced his departure from the band on 10 April, a week before the release of his first self-titled solo album.
On 8 May 1970, Let It Be was released. Its accompanying single, “The Long and Winding Road”, was the Beatles’ last; it was released in the US, but not in the UK. The Let It Be documentary film followed later that month, and would win the 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. Sunday Telegraph critic Penelope Gilliatt called it “a very bad film and a touching one … about the breaking apart of this reassuring, geometrically perfect, once apparently ageless family of siblings”. Several reviewers stated that some of the performances in the film sounded better than their analogous album tracks. Describing Let It Be as the “only Beatles album to occasion negative, even hostile reviews”, Unterberger calls it “on the whole underrated”; he singles out “some good moments of straight hard rock in ‘I’ve Got a Feeling‘ and ‘Dig a Pony‘”, and praises “Let It Be“, “Get Back”, and “the folky ‘Two of Us‘, with John and Paul harmonising together”.
McCartney filed suit for the dissolution of the Beatles’ contractual partnership on 31 December 1970. Legal disputes continued long after their break-up, and the dissolution was not formalised until 29 December 1974, when Lennon signed the paperwork terminating the partnership while on vacation with his family at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
From Wikipedia:
On 10 April 1970, in the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, McCartney announced his departure from the group. He filed suit for the band’s formal dissolution on 31 December 1970. More legal disputes followed as McCartney’s attorneys, his in-laws John and Lee Eastman, fought Lennon, Harrison, and Starr’s business manager, Allen Klein, over royalties and creative control. An English court legally dissolved the Beatles on 9 January 1975, though sporadic lawsuits against their record company EMI, Klein, and each other persisted until 1989.
After the Beatles’ break-up in 1970, McCartney continued his musical career with his first solo release, McCartney, a US number-one album. Apart from some vocal contributions from Linda, McCartney is a one-man album, with Paul providing compositions, instrumentation and vocals.
I woke up and didn’t have a job anymore! Oh Jesus! No band. What do I do? I’ve got to work out something for myself now.
Paul McCartney
Last updated on March 28, 2022
Albums released in 1970
By The Beatles • Official album
By The Beatles • Official album
By The Beatles • LP
By The Beatles • LP
By Paul McCartney • LP
Singles and EPs released in 1970
Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
By The Beatles • 7" Single
The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Albums Paul McCartney contributed to, released in 1970
How The Web Was Woven / Thumbin' A Ride
By Jackie Lomax • 7" Single
By Badfinger • LP
By Ringo Starr • LP
The Magic Christian (Original Soundtrack Album)
By Various Artists • Official album
Films released in 1970
1970 • For The Beatles • Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
1970 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Charlie Jenkins
Sessions
Recording "I Me Mine" for the "Get Back" album (4th compilation)
Jan 03, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Recording and mixing "Let It Be"
Jan 04, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
Mixing "I Me Mine", "Across The Universe" for the "Get Back" album (4th compilation)
Jan 05, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Recording "For You Blue" for the Get Back album (4th compilation), Mixing "Let It Be"
Jan 08, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
Jan 27, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The Beatles
"McCartney" sessions at Morgan Studios
Feb 12-20, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Feb 18, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Mixing "The Lovely Linda", "Momma Miss America", "Singalong Junk"
Feb 21, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
"McCartney" sessions at EMI Studios, Abbey Road
February 21 to March 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Recording "Maybe I'm Amazed", mixing "That Would Be Something", "Valentine Day"
Feb 22, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Feb 23, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Mixing "Hot As Sun", "Every Night"
Feb 24, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Feb 25, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Feb 28, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Circa 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney - Archive Collection
Mar 16, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Mastering of the "McCartney" album
Mar 21, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Mar 23, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Tape copies of the "McCartney" album
Mar 23, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney
Mar 25, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Mar 26, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Mar 27, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Mar 30, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Overdubs for "Let It Be" album
Apr 01, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)
Apr 02, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (Limited Edition)

May-August 1970
"Ram" sessions (CBS Studios, New York City)
Oct 12 to Nov 20, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Oct 12, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why
Recording "Get On The Right Thing"
Oct 14, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Red Rose Speedway
Recording "3 Legs", "Eat At Home"
Oct 16, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Oct 19, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Live And Let Die / I Lie Around
Recording "When The Wind Is Blowing"
Oct 20, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Wild Life - Archive Collection
Recording "The Back Seat Of My Car", "Rode All Night"
Oct 22, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Recording "A Love For You", "Hey Diddle"
Oct 26, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram - Archive Collection
Oct 27, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Oct 29, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram - Archive Collection
Nov 02, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram - Archive Collection
Nov 03, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why
Recording "Monkberry Moon Delight"
Nov 05, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Recording "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Nov 06, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Nov 10, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Nov 13, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love (UK)
Recording "Smile Away", "Heart Of The Country"
Nov 16, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Recording "Little Lamb Dragonfly"
Nov 19, 1970 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Red Rose Speedway
Songs written in 1970
Officially appears on 4th of July
Officially appears on Wild Life - Archive Collection
Officially appears on McCartney
Officially appears on McCartney
Officially appears on McCartney
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Ram - Archive Collection
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Ram - Archive Collection
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Ram
Officially appears on Wild Life
Officially appears on Red Rose Speedway
Officially appears on Red Rose Speedway
1970 interviews
Apr 09, 1970 • From Apple Records
Apr 18, 1970 • From Record Mirror
Interview for the Evening Standard
Tuesday, April 21-22, 1970 • From Evening Standard
Paul & Linda McCartney send a telegram to Disc & Music Echo
Apr 25, 1970 • From Disc And Music Echo
Apr 30, 1970 • From RollingStone
Who does Paul McCartney think he is?
May 02, 1970 • From Melody Maker
May 23, 1970 • From BBC Radio One
Aug 15, 1970 • From Melody Maker
Aug 29, 1970 • From Melody Maker
December 1970 • From BBC Radio One
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