First Details of McCartney’s Hear Music Album
The excellent Rock Radio website reports “that Paul McCartney‘s upcoming debut for the new Hear Music label will feature both new songs and outtakes from his last two albums. According the fan run website themaccareport.com, McCartney previewed the album a few weeks ago in New York City for the new label. Among the songs included in the set are songs that Nigel Godrich, McCartney’s producer for his last album, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard, rejected for the project.
The album is said to feature his touring band on about half of the songs, with other studio musicians including a string section on other tracks, and some songs that only feature McCartney.
In a follow-up post the site added speculation that McCartney will hit the road sometime in the fall to promote his upcoming album, which is expected out in June. McCartney’s lead guitarist Rusty Anderson posted an update on his myspace.com blog saying that, “On the Paul McCartney scene, last I heard the tour is postponed ’til the fall. I’m not quite sure where yet. The record that we started and got over half done with Paul at Abbey Road (Studios) a while back should be finished by now. It sounds amazing. Very dynamic and colorful.”