2021 highlights
- 50th anniversary releases,
- Activism,
- Auction,
- Award,
- Birthdays,
- Book,
- Charity project,
- Documentary,
- Get Back,
- Grammy Awards,
- Greenpeace,
- Hey Grandude!,
- Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen,
- LIPA,
- Meat Free Monday,
- Photo exhibition,
- Political actions,
- Private life,
- Release announcement,
- The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present,
- The Robin Hood Foundation,
- Tribute album,
- Vegetarian,
What happened for Paul in 2021
As the “McCartney III” album was released at the end of December 2020, its promotion continued in the first part of 2021, especially with the release of “McCartney III imagined“, a mix of covers and remixes of “McCartney III” by other artists.
2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the albums “Ram” and “Wild Life“. “Ram” was therefore reissued on vinyl, in May. It was announced in December that “Wild Life” would be reissued on vinyl in February 2022.
In July, the six-part documentary series created by Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin, named “McCartney 3,2,1“, premiered on the Hulu streaming platform in the US.
2021 was also pretty rich in terms of book publications:
- A new cooking book, co-created by Paul and his daughters Mary & Stella, was published in June.
- Also published in June, “Paul” is a photography book featuring images of Paul McCartney taken by photojournalist Harry Benson.
- In September, Paul’s brother, Mike, published a new photography book about Liverpool in the 60s and 70s. Paul McCartney and the Beatles are well represented in this book, with previously unpublished photographs.
- The sequel to Paul McCartney’s first picture book, “Hey Grandude!”, published in 2019, was published in September under the title “Grandude’s Green Submarine“.
- Released in November, “Paul McCartney – The Lyrics” was surely the most significant release. In this book, Paul browses us through 154 songs, from all stages of his career, and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.
In terms of Beatles news, “The Beatles – Get Back” movie, announced in January 2019, morphed into a 6-hours documentary series and was released on the Disney+ streaming platform in November 2021. In October 2021, a 50th-anniversary box set of the “Let It Be” album was released, as well as a book “The Beatles – Get Back“.
(photo by Hector Dockrill – from Twitter)
Last updated on July 29, 2022
Singles and EPs released in 2021
By Paul McCartney • Streaming
By Paul McCartney • Streaming
By Paul McCartney • Streaming
The Kiss Of Venus (by Dominic Fike)
By Paul McCartney • Streaming
Albums Paul McCartney contributed to, released in 2021
Good As Gold (Artefacts Of The Apple Era 1967-1975)
By Various Artists • Official album
By Steven Van Zandt • Official live
By Ringo Starr • EP
Concerts, TV & radio shows
Stella McCartney's 50th anniversary birthday party
Sep 18, 2021 • United Kingdom • Cliveden House Hotel, Buckinghamshire
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame - 2021 Induction
Oct 30, 2021 • USA • Cleveland • Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Recording sessions in 2021
2021 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on Let It Be (50th anniversary boxset)
2021 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on Higher
April 2021
Remixing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in Dolby Atmos
Circa 2021 / 2022 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Dolby Atmos - 2022)
Remastering / remixing sessions for The 7” Singles Box
Autumn 2021 • Songs recorded during this session appear on The 7” Singles Box
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Richard Wallis 3 years ago
Paul is so lucky to have Alan O’Duffy to work with. Alan has an exceptional music gift which has made life difficult for him. Working with music is his life. Sadly people with this unbelievable gift find ‘normal people’ very difficult to understand. However, Paul understands him which is why they work so well together. The extreme of this gift which is different for different folk, was made into a film “ The Rain Man.” That showed how hard life can be for people like Alan. However, through his life he has worked very hard to learn to live with people. Paul now has a warm ,kind, helpful soul, with extreme talent to work with in Alan Good luck to you both.