It's in the (huge) bag -- the McCartney Deluxe Fireman package arrives

It's in the (huge) bag -- the McCartney Deluxe Fireman package arrives

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 12/21/08

Update (12/21/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

Paul's new Fireman project: Copies of "Electric Arguments" in stores next week will look different.

McCartney to sign copies of "Electric Arguments" in London: A reminder.

Cassette of recording by an inebriated Lennon to be auctioned this weekend: Where it can be found on unauthorized releases

Quick news links: Beatle biographer dies.

Our latest Beatles Examiner columns: 2008: That was the Beatles year that was: The McCartney divorce and Paul's "Electric Arguments" album is being reissued. Already. Yes, we're serious.

Quick news links: Former Beatle associate sues over newspaper story.

Don't forget our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want! for all your holiday needs. (Just added: Paul McCartney's "Amoeba's Secret.")

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Chad and Jeremy (updated 12/14/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the latest featured vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault. (updated 12/20/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's
Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition: "Yer Blog."

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Paul McCartney to sign autographs in London

Paul McCartney will be signing copies of his great Fireman album, "Electric Arguments," Dec. 21 at the HMV store, 150 Oxford St., London, says NME.com (at http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/41670). The session begins at 10 a.m. local time.

To be eligible to have your copy of the album signed, you'll have to have a special wristband, which the store will start distributing at 10 a.m. Dec. 18. NME says that only copies of "Electric Arguments" will be signed.

For anyone wondering if Paul might be coming to the U.S. to sign, his U.S. press rep told us a U.S. signing session was "not likely."

Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/23/08

Update (11/23/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

The 40th anniversary of the White Album: News, thoughts and events

"Beatles in India" exhibit now on view in San Francisco

Paul McCartney says he'd like to release "Carnival of Light": Another YouTube clip claiming to be COL, but this one has a Beatle voice.

Paul's latest collaboration - Yusef Islam (the former Cat Stevens): Video news.

Paul's new Fireman project: Is there a women's touch on the album?

UK White Album mono #0000005 up for bids on eBay: High bid update.

Movie production update: "How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin"

Philip Norman ("Shout!") authors new bio of John Lennon: Media links.

Breakfast With the Beatles with Andre Gardner: Playlist.

Quick news links: LIFE magazine Beatles photos now available in free search.

Don't forget our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want! for all your holiday needs. (Just added: Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Terry Sylvester and Elton John, (updated 11/21/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault. (updated 11/20/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's
Byte."

And then there's The Beatcomber

And the newest addition to our blog lineup: "Yer Blog."

Looking for tickets? Find them at Ticketmaster.com


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Abbeyrd Beatles Page news headlines for 11/20/08

Update (11/20/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

"Composing the Beatles Songbook - Lennon and McCartney 1966 - 1970" takes intelligent look at Beatles' later work: Our review of the DVD.

Paul's new Fireman project: Media praise for the Fireman; upcoming McCartney interviews to promote the album

Paul McCartney says he'd like to release "Carnival of Light": To release or not to release ... that is the question.

UK White Album mono #0000005 up for bids on eBay: High bid update.

Beatles Universe -- upcoming radio shows

Quick news links: It was eight years ago this week ...

Don't forget our handy list of the hottest new Beatle-related items in That's What I Want! for all your holiday needs. (Just added: Stan Williams' "Penny Lane Is In My Ears and In My Eyes" and Julian Lennon's "whaledreamers" DVD.)

Get the latest tour schedules and tickets for Ringo, Paul, "Cirque du Soleil's 'Love,' " Peter Noone and Eric Burdon and the Animals, (updated 11/15/08) and many more in our Beatle Calendar of Events.

Check out the newest vintage concerts from Wolfgang's Concert Vault include Focus, Dave Mason and Echo and the Bunnymen. (updated 11/20/08)

Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."

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Paul McCartney announces new Fireman album "Electric Arguments"

Paul's website now has the official announcement about the Fireman release. Here it is:

The Fireman Finds His Voice With Brand New Album Electric Arguments
Album Release Date: 17th November 2008

The Fireman are back after a ten-year break and this time they have something to sing about. For the first time ever the The Fireman have found their voice, Electric Arguments is their first release to feature vocals. Electric Arguments is their third and brand new studio album and it’s not the album people might expect from the mysterious duo…

“Ambient dreams in rainbow arches describe the circles of The Fireman”, is how the duo described their music in a rare interview around the release of their last album ‘Rushes’ in 1998. Their first album ‘Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest’, released in 1993, was a solid ambient dance album heavy on electronics. Around this time the identity of The Fireman was unknown until the press exposed the duo as none other than Paul McCartney and Youth. The now defunct music bible Melody Maker heaped praise on the project, “Paul McCartney has discovered dance music – the results are staggeringly brilliant. They (The Fireman) take a melody and, with dexterous genre-hopping through ambient, trance and house, evolve a number of breathtaking variations.”

Last year The Fireman returned to work again to start work on what would become Electric Arguments. The results this time are entirely different.

Earlier this year The Fireman donated a new track, Lifelong Passion, from Electric Arguments, to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield. This new track marked a directional change for The Fireman. Lifelong Passion showcased a new more traditional song based sound with vocals, going against the sound of the first two albums. And so the speculation began. A ‘studio source’ was quoted in The Times as describing their new sound ‘like Arcade Fire meets Led Zeppelin’. So what had The Fireman been up to and what does the album sound like?

Electric Arguments is an eclectic and varied album consisting of thirteen tracks recorded in thirteen days over the period of nearly a year. Each track was written and recorded in the space of one day. The Fireman went into the studio with no plan or clear direction of how they wanted the album to sound. The project took a life of its own and the results will surprise anyone expecting to hear the previous sound of the band.

The album’s opener Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight is classic rock and an instant attention grabber. A heavy guitar riff with loud drums and souring vocals, it’s like nothing The Fireman have ever done before. The second track, the acoustic driven Two Magpies immediately takes you in a different direction, calming things right down. Then we reach the third song Sing The Changes, a euphoric upbeat song with an instantly memorable melody. Electric Arguments continues in this fashion, keeping the listener intrigued as to where The Fireman will take them next. Each album track has an entirely different personality, yet somehow this collection sits together perfectly. Other standout tracks include ‘Light From Your Lighthouse’, ‘Sun Is Shining’ and ‘Dance ‘Til We’re High’, all in keeping with the genre-hopping spirit of the first two The Fireman albums. Electric Arguments demonstrates that Paul McCartney is still interested in pure musical possibilities. This is an album set to both surprise and delight the listener. Made with no record company restraints or a set release date to work to, Electric Arguments was made with complete artistic and creative freedom.

Track listing:
The Fireman - Electric Arguments

1) Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight
2) Two Magpies
3) Sing The Changes
4) Travelling Light
5) Highway
6) Light From Your Lighthouse
7) Sun Is Shining
8) Dance ‘Til We’re High
9) Lifelong Passion
10) Is This Love?
11) Lovers In A Dream
12) Universal Here, Everlasting Now
13) Don’t Stop Running

Produced By Paul McCartney & Youth
All tracks written by Paul McCartney

Electric Arguments is released on One Little Indian

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