Recordings from individual Beatles had appeared as early as 1966, with Paul Mc Cartney & George Martins Family Way soundtrack, but it wasnt until John Lennons string of superb late 1960s singles that anything emerged which appealed to Beatles fans in droves & started the ball rolling for two quite fascinating & wildly creative solo careers. Between the closing days of the Beatles through to the point at which Mc Cartney had just formed Wings & Lennon had just left the UK to live in New York, some of their finest individual solo work appeared. Composing Outside the Beatles
- Lennon & Mc Cartney 1967-1972 is an independent documentary film which reviews the music & impact of Lennon & Mc Cartney as solo composers, during this first post-Beatles period. From the avantgarde, Yoko influenced, brace of Lennon/ Ono albums, via some superb singles & albums from both players, & culminating with the first Wings record from Macca, & Lennon celebrating his new city of.. .