Overview
- McCartney writes he felt "in so many ways... dead" as The Beatles split, citing draining legal battles and the resurfaced 1969 "Paul is dead" rumor.
- He recounts retreating with Linda and daughter Mary to a Scottish farm to reset his life, then suing in 1970 to dissolve The Beatles’ partnership, a decision later backed by a London court.
- The oral history tracks Wings’ early criticism and impromptu university gigs through to blockbuster success with Band on the Run and the UK record-setting single Mull of Kintyre.
- He describes a Lagos mugging during the Band on the Run sessions in which demo cassettes were stolen, forcing him to reconstruct songs from memory.
- New passages include his account of learning of John Lennon’s 1980 killing and his note that he is actively finishing about 25 new songs.