1) The guitar McCartney was taught on - £280,000

A Rex acoustic guitar sold for £280,000 at a Cooper Owen auction in 2006. The guitar belonged to Ian James, a friend of McCartney’s from the Liverpool Institute grammar school. James came from a musical family and taught Paul his first set of chords during the 1950s.

James has claimed that this guitar was present on the day McCartney first met John Lennon at the Woolton Church fete. James has also said that it is possible that Lennon and George Harrison may have played the guitar that day.

British singer Paul McCartney and American computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced they would work together merdredi to digitize the archives of the Beatles.

The record company EMI has to watch another of his big names to pack up with its catalog and it is a big one.
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Paul McCartney, who launched his last two albums with Concord Music Group, a California company, has also decided to give him all his solo catalog by ending its contract with EMI.

In recent years, are Radiohead, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd even, somehow, who regained control of their catalog at the expense of EMI.

Paul McCartney has explained his decision to leave because he has with EMI Music Concord excellent relationship based on their common love of music. With them, he put on the market in 2007 Memory Almost Full "and" Good Evening New York City in 2009, a double CD of a DVD of his show in New York.

With his new company, he was heard out of his old records one by one with new bonus material for each of them. This Band On The Run, published in 1973, which will be the first to be updated with a release planned for August.

Here is a message from Paul about recent hospitalisation rumour.

Hi everybody,

Happy New Year!

I hope it’s a great one for all of us.

There’s been a lot of stuff in the newspapers over the past few months and as most of it is completely inaccurate, I have not bothered to deny any of it.

There is one report though, that is causing concern amongst many friends of mine which was a recent report about a heart operation that I was supposed to have had.

People are ringing and texting me saying “are you ok?” and I hadn’t seen the report so I was puzzled by so many enquiries about my health. So I think it’s a good time to put this rumour to rest. What happened was, over a year ago during a routine medical examination, there was a minor irregularity which I needed to have tests for and which I have now been assured is completely fine. The media have only just recently reported an exaggerated version of this and that is why people have been asking me if I am ok. So this is where the story has come from. The media reports have, as usual, completely distorted the story, calling it an angioplasty, which is entirely untrue, and this is why so many friends have been concerned about my health.

I’m happy to say that I feel great and I have passed my most recent medical with flying colours.

I would like to thank all of you and my friends and relatives for your concern and I’m very happy to put your minds at rest, although I have secretly been enjoying all the sympathy I’ve been getting!

Once again, happy new year and remember…don’t believe everything you read in the media.

I look forward to a rocking 2008!

Love,

Paul