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Fly Away Paul
- How Paul McCartney survived the Beatles and found his Wings
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
The first definitive account of Paul McCartney's time in Wings, publishing on the fiftieth anniversary of the bestselling album Band on the Run
No comprehensive biography of the time Paul McCartney spent with Wings has ever been published. A period often dismissed as McCartney's 'missing' years, in fact the band lasted for a decade: two years longer than the Beatles, and wielded such impact and influence that they at one point achieved the status as the biggest live band in the world. Band on the Run sold over 6 million copies worldwide and became EMI's biggest selling album of the 1970s in the UK.
Music biographer Lesley-Ann Jones has met McCartney many times and knew his late wife Linda. Here she shows how crucial Linda was to the evolution of Wings - at great cost to herself given the ridicule she was to encounter. But Linda saw that McCartney needed the band in the wake of the break up of the Beatles.
Drawing on extensive interviews and her trademark meticulous research, the author shows how this period in Paul McCartney's career was to become crucial not only to his development as an artist, but to his very survival.
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- david williams
- 21-11-23
Once you get used to the style of narration it becomes thoroughly enjoyable.
Entertaining, funny and sometimes sad, a truly great book. Many things about Paul that I’ve not heard before.
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- KevG
- 10-11-23
Good.
Written with feeling and emotion whilst a little light on fact and detail. A really good listen all the same.
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- Mr. Richard Hammond
- 06-11-23
Good content, if you can get past the delivery.
A good book, with some insightful content.
However, Imogen Church’s delivery is so melodramatic and somewhat condescending, it makes listening very difficult.
Gives it the feel of a Radio 4 play… or Jackanory!
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- michael harrison
- 23-11-23
Great detail in this brilliant subject
unfortunately the narrator had a really irritating way of dramatising the story almost shouting out the the parts she felt needed extra concentration by the listener
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- Finlay Cluness
- 13-02-24
Insightful tale spoiled by poor narration
Dear oh dear oh dear!! Narration difficult to make out during quiet passages and repeated amplification to stress content quickly becomes a distraction. A straightforward even narration would enhance this greatly!
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- Book Worm
- 26-01-24
Cut and Paste Job
Complete waste of time if you’re a Beatles fan, just a cut and paste job
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