Paul McCartney signs new contract returning his solo career to Capitol
Paul McCartney is getting back to where he once belonged, renewing his relationship with Capitol Records, the label that ushered him and the rest of the Beatles to household name status in the U.S. in the 1960s.
The new contract, announced Wednesday by Capitol, will cover his complete solo catalog of some three dozen albums as well as new recordings he plans to release.
“This is genuinely exciting for me,” McCartney, 74, said in a statement, which also revealed that he was at work on a new album, though no release date was specified. “Not only was Capitol my first U.S. record label, but the first record I ever bought was Gene Vincent’s ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ on the Capitol label,” referring to Vincent’s 1956 proto-rock hit.
McCartney launched his solo career in 1970 upon the breakup of the Fab Four, with Capitol handling U.S. distribution of his solo albums released on the Beatles’ London-based Apple label. He continued with the company through most of the ‘70s before making a high-profile defection to competitor Columbia Records in 1979.
By: Randy Lewis
Source: L.A Times
