McCartney is the debut album by English rock musician Paul McCartney. It was issued on Apple Records in April 1970 after McCartney had resisted attempts by his Beatles bandmates to have the release delayed to allow for Apple's previously scheduled titles, notably the band's Let It Be album. McCartney recorded his album during a period of depression and confusion, following John Lennon's private announcement in September 1969 that he was leaving the Beatles, and the conflict over its release further estranged McCartney from his bandmates. A press release in the form of a self-interview, supplied with UK promotional copies of McCartney, led to the announcement of the group's break-up on 10 April 1970.

I've been writing songs for as long as i can remember. At the moment I write for the band I've been with for 31 years - Uriah Heep - since 1970 we've played the world and released so many albums so many times i can't count.
I write songs all the time and I do believe a good song will last forever even though there are millions out there in the ether. I'm often asked where the ideas come from, but after having heard so much music there is only one answer - life! It's all there in the way we live. There is music in everything we do, every way we live, good or bad.
The first song, Mind Over Matter, is an ultra possitive rock epic. It says pull out the energy you have inside that's probably lying dormant. Second uptempo song is about the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly and from a true account. Third song Is a dream song about the possibility of us all standing up and saying - stop the hatei!!! The fourth song is about a man explaining to his son that though the world is in turmoil;l it's only life. I've let a little country feel enter on this track and also Carolin. Donna & Joe is about a sparing couple of Smugglers from the eighteenth century. The Bells is about a man who turned rain into Gold! And the Forest is the ending opus about a guy whose partner died and who visits him in the Forest. In the end he goes to her. I wanted something a little more personal in these songs and the musicians and singers who worked on this project helped me achieve that end. My love of strings and choir has been well placed in these arrangements and a lot of time and patience went into the production to make it just right. I hope you find something in these songs that rings true.

Это был конец 60-х, годы расцвета помпезного стиля под названием прогрессивный рок. Игры с классической музыкой, мистические тексты, концептуальные альбомы - все это пользовалось тогда огромным успехом и Procol Harum были на его вершине. По крайней мере одна песня группы известна абсолютно всем. Это знаменитая A Whiter Shade Of Pale, построенная на мелодии И-С.Баха. Собственно, благодаря ей, группа и появилась на свет.

Broken Barricades is the fifth studio album by British rock band Procol Harum, released in 1971. It was Robin Trower's last album with Procol Harum before his solo career.

В середине 70-х, когда Procol стали издаваться на лейбле Chrysalis, который многие долгое время недооценивали. "Grand Hotel", "Exotic Birds And Fruit" (по Брукеру, это альбом, в котором "мы решили вернуться к року") и "Procol's Ninth", записанные в 1973-75, были достойны похвалы и одобрения. Сравнительно невысокую популярность этих релизов клавишник приписывает тому, что "из первых четырех альбо- мов лейблы выдоили все, что можно. Они затратили на них не так уж много средств, а потом составляли и выпускали всякие компиляции вроде "Greatest Hits" и "Best Of». Для них это было более доходным".