- Title: ENGLAND: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL McCARTNEY
- Date: 24th October 1979
- Summary: Interior. Paul McCartney and Geoff Petts seated face to face Zoom in to C.U. McCartney Pull back on McCartney 39 ft Zoom in on McCartney C.U. McCARTNEY 54 ft Pull back to McCartney and Petts 79 ft Zoom in on McCARTNEY Pull back to McCartney and Petts 149 ft Zoom in on McCartney 156 ft Different scene. C.U. Petts 167 ft PETTS: This award (Guiness Book of Records) covers 16 years, would you briefly go through them and tell me a few of the highlights McCARTNEY: No PETTS: ... anythings that stand out in your mind McCARTNEY: ... meeting Jimmy Saville ... meeting the queen ... going to America for the first time ... getting to number 1 in America ... and meeting you has been basically the highspot of all 16 years actually PETTS: When we look at your career in cold figures we're talking about millions and millions of sales of albums and singles. Yet we're hearing lots from record companies about dramatic slump in sales ... what do you think the main reason for this is? McCARTNEY: I think its just a slump, like happens anywhere ... I think its just one of those temporary things. PETTS: Understandably you get fed up with people asking about the Beatles and whether you're going to get together again .... there's a story circulating about the U.N. asking you to get together to do a concert for the boat people - anything in it? McCARTNEY: No, all that happened was I got asked to do a thing with Wings for the boat people .... got turned into a Beatles reunion ... asked George independently, he said yes he'd like to do something, but then it got blown up ..... PETTS: What are your immediate plans with Wings, are you going back on the road? McCARTNEY: We're rehearsing at the moment ... going to play some dates in Britain in November ... Japan in January Asking same questions, presumably for editing in Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 8th November 1979 12:00
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- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Entertainment,General
- Reuters ID: LVAEREH7D2Q3VIS7N33ZZZB6A101
- Story Text: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL McCARTNEY
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