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In The World Tonight
''Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight'' is a 1997 documentary about the making of Paul McCartney's ''Flaming Pie'' album. The film takes its name from the album's second track, "The World Tonight". Summary The film mostly consists of footage of McCartney working at his recording studio at Hogg Hill Mill during the production of ''Flaming Pie'', including video footage of a tour round the studio originally recorded for McCartney's '' Oobu Joobu'' radio show in 1995. McCartney openly admits the influence of ''The Beatles Anthology'' project on the album. His wife Linda McCartney, then suffering from breast cancer, is featured recording backing vocals for the album. McCartney also discusses the album in footage shot at the woods in Sussex near where he lives. Guests shown recording for the album include Steve Miller and Jeff Lynne, as well as McCartney's former bandmate Ringo Starr, who is featured recording drums and backing vocals for the song " Beautiful Night". The camera c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MPL Communications
MPL Communications (which stands for McCartney Productions Ltd.) (NAICS 512230, SIC 2741) is the umbrella company for the business interests of Paul McCartney and was established in 1969. In addition to handling McCartney's post-Beatles work, MPL is one of the world's largest privately owned music publishers through its acquisition of other publishing companies. MPL is headquartered in London and New York City. Profile The company was founded in February 1969 as Adagrove Limited but changed its name to McCartney Productions Ltd. in August 1969. One of the company's first projects was the purchase of the rights to a film adaptation of ''Rupert Bear'' in early 1970. Music publishing MPL publishing owns a wide range of copyrighted material – covering nearly 100 years of music – by composers including McCartney, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen and many others, with songs, such as "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |