Mark your calendars for April 18, 2020, as one of the greatest solo debuts in rock history, Paul McCartney’s McCartney will receive a special 50th-anniversary release in a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing for Record Store Day.
Initially released in April 1970, one month before The Beatles’ swansong Let It Be, McCartney saw Paul was getting back to basics. Writing every song and playing every instrument (with backing vocals from Linda McCartney), the eponymous album represented a creative rebirth, bursting with new ideas, experiments, playfulness, and freedom.
In contrast to the professional difficulties that came with the demise of the world’s most iconic band, Paul personally enjoyed the contentment of family life as a newly married father. For instance, in a Q&A released at the time, Paul described the theme and feel of the album as, “home, family, love.” Indeed his lovely ode to Linda and his family’s felt throughout the album, listen below.
