Warner Music Entertainment: Paul McCartney — The McCartney Years (3-Disc DVD Box Set)

In VERY GOOD condition! As pictured! Buy with confidence!

Product Details

• UPC/EAN: 0825646983629
• Catalog Number: 2564-69836-2
• Product Type: 3-Disc DVD Box Set
• Brand / Label: Warner Music Entertainment / MPL
• Artist: Paul McCartney
• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Rock / Pop / Classic Rock
• Origin: Printed with vegetable-oil based inks; packaging: 100% recycled fibres & trays

Product Features

• Format: 3 × DVD-9, PAL 16:9 Widescreen, Colour
• Region Code: 2/3/4/5
• Total Duration: Approx. 375 minutes
• Audio: DTS 5.1 Surround Sound · Dolby Digital 2.0 · L-PCM Stereo
• Subtitles: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Português
• Executive Producer: Paul McCartney
• Director: Dick Carruthers
• 5.1 Audio Re-mix: Paul Hicks
• Condition: Used, very good — discs and packaging as pictured

Overview

Forty years of Paul McCartney's solo and Wings output, compressed into six and a quarter hours across three discs. The McCartney Years is the most comprehensive visual collection the man has authorised of his own post-Beatles work — and the commentaries he recorded personally for Volumes One and Two make it something more than a clip archive.

Volumes One and Two assemble the definitive collection of McCartney music videos, running chronologically from "Maybe I'm Amazed" in 1970 through to "Fine Line" from 2005. The films have been restored, re-graded, and presented in widescreen for the first time, with the original audio remixed into 5.1 surround. Three viewing modes are available: chronological order, personally curated playlists arranged by McCartney himself, and with his own commentary track — recorded exclusively for this release and described as honest, witty, and at times unexpectedly candid. Alongside the videos sit archive interviews by Melvyn Bragg and Michael Parkinson, alternative versions, and the full-length documentary Creating Chaos at Abbey Road. The Super Bowl half-time show and "Let It Be" from Live Aid complete the picture.

Volume Three turns to live performance. Rockshow — filmed during Wings' 1976 World Tour — captures the band at stadium scale. The 1991 Unplugged sessions have been newly edited. And the 2004 Glastonbury headline slot, widely considered one of the great festival performances of that decade, closes the set.

For Beatles fans who have followed McCartney's post-1970 output, this is the collection that finally treats it with the same archival seriousness the Beatles catalogue has always received.

Interesting Facts

• "Maybe I'm Amazed" (1970), the opening entry in the video collection, was the first major signal that McCartney's solo career would be capable of matching his Beatles output — the song has since appeared on virtually every list of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded.
• Wings' 1976 World Tour (Rockshow) was the first time McCartney had toured the United States since The Beatles' final concert in 1966 — a ten-year gap that made the shows an event of considerable cultural weight.
• The 1991 Unplugged sessions, included here in new edits, were recorded for MTV and were notable for featuring McCartney performing Beatles material acoustically at a time when he was still generally reluctant to do so publicly.
• Paul McCartney's 2004 Glastonbury headline set attracted an estimated 100,000 people to Worthy Farm and ended with a fireworks display — it remains one of the most-watched Glastonbury performances in the festival's history.
• Dick Carruthers, who directed this collection, also directed Led Zeppelin's 2003 DVD — making him the rare director with authorised access to both catalogues in the same period.
• Paul Hicks, who remixed the 5.1 audio for this release, is one of the principal engineers behind the Beatles remasters and the Love Cirque du Soleil album — his involvement signals the same level of audio care applied here.

Track Listing

Volume One & Two — Music Videos (1970–2005)

Full music video tracklist not printed on packaging. Covers McCartney's solo and Wings output from Maybe I'm Amazed (1970) through Fine Line (2005) — over 40 promotional films. Viewable in chronological order, in McCartney's personal playlists, or with his exclusive commentary track.

Also includes: Creating Chaos at Abbey Road (documentary) · Archive interviews: Melvyn Bragg, Michael Parkinson · Alternative video versions · Super Bowl half-time show · Let It Be (Live Aid)

Volume Three — Live Performances

Rockshow — Wings' 1976 World Tour Unplugged — 1991 (new edit) Glastonbury — 2004 headline performance

Publishers

Warner Music Entertainment / MPL. Executive Producer: Paul McCartney. Director: Dick Carruthers. Executive Production Consultant: Ray Still. MPL Project Co-ordinator: Lilian Marshall. 5.1 Audio Re-mixed by Paul Hicks.

Seen it? A quick review helps other McCartney fans find this box set.