MPL Communications

Holding company owned by Paul McCartney

MPL Communications

Logo since 1982

Company type| Music publishing activities
Founded| December 30, 1968; 55 years ago (1968-12-30)[1]
Founder| Paul McCartney
Headquarters|

London, England
New York City, United States

Website| mplcommunications.com

MPL Communications (which stands for McCartney Productions Ltd.) (NAICS 512230, SIC 2741) is the umbrella company for the business interests of Paul McCartney and was established in 1969. In addition to handling McCartney's post-Beatles work, MPL is one of the world's largest privately owned music publishers through its acquisition of other publishing companies.[2]

## Profile[edit]

The company was founded in February 1969 as Adagrove Limited but changed its name to McCartney Productions Ltd. in August 1969.[3] One of the company's first projects was the purchase of the rights to a film adaptation of Rupert Bear in early 1970.[4]

## Music publishing[edit]

MPL publishing owns a wide range of copyrighted material – covering nearly 100 years of music – by composers including McCartney, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser, Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen and many others,[2] with songs, such as "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (made famous by Al Jolson), "I'm Glad There Is You", "Blue Suede Shoes", and "That'll Be the Day". Lennon–McCartney songs such as "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" became part of the catalog in the late 2010s after McCartney reached a settlement with longtime Beatles catalog holder Sony/ATV Music Publishing allowing the co-author to reclaim his songs fifty-six years from their initial publication.[5] MPL also controls 25 subsidiary companies.[6]

In 1976 MPL bought the North American rights to the Edwin H. Morris & Co. catalogue from Morris himself,[7] and most of Buddy Holly's compositions,[8][9] and in 2003 the rights to Carl Perkins' works.[10] The Holly acquisition was followed by McCartney's launch of 'Buddy Holly Day' with a concert presented annually from 1976 to 1999. Additionally, MPL has acquired rights to other cover songs recorded by the Beatles, and solo recordings by John Lennon, McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Denny Laine as follows:

### Buddy Holly songs[edit]

* "Words of Love" (Beatles for Sale, 1964)
* "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Live at the BBC, 1994)
* "That'll Be the Day" (Anthology 1, 1995)
* "Peggy Sue" (Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll, 1975, John Lennon Anthology, 1998, Instant Karma, 2002, and Gimme Some Truth box set, 2010)
* Denny Laine's album Holly Days (1976)[11][12]

### Carl Perkins songs[edit]

* "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", (Beatles for Sale, 1964, and Live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2016)
* "Honey Don't" (Beatles for Sale, 1964)
* "Matchbox" (Long Tall Sally EP, 1964 and Past Masters, 1988)
* "Sure to Fall" (Live at the BBC, 1994, and Starr's Stop and Smell the Roses, 1981)
* "Blue Suede Shoes" (Anthology 3, 1996, The Beatles: Get Back, 2021, Lennon's Live Peace in Toronto, 1969, Lennon box set, 1990, and Instant Karma, 2002)

### Other songs[edit]

* "Twist and Shout" (Please Please Me, 1963, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, 1977, Anthology 1, 1995, The Beatles: Get Back, 2021)[13]
* "Till There Was You" (With the Beatles, 1963, Live at the BBC, 1994, Anthology 1, 1995)
* "Ain't She Sweet" (Anthology 1, 1995, Anthology 3, 1996, and the John Lennon Anthology, 1998)
* "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (The Beatles: Get Back, 2021, and McCartney's Unplugged (The Official Bootleg), 1991)
* "Bluejean Bop" (McCartney's Run Devil Run, 1999)
* "Let's Have a Party" aka "Party" (McCartney's Run Devil Run, 1999)
* "Sentimental Journey" (Starr's Sentimental Journey, 1970)
* "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" (Starr's Sentimental Journey, 1970)
* "Blue Christmas" (Starr's I Wanna Be Santa Claus, 1999)
* "Carolina Moon" (The Beatles: Get Back, 2021)

## Trademark[edit]

In October 2006, the Trademark Registry in London reported that MPL Communications had started a process to trademark McCartney's name on saleable goods.[14]

## See also[edit]

* Category:Music published by MPL Music Publishing
* Calderstone Productions

## Notes and references[edit]

1. ^ "MPL Communications Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. ^ a b "Music Licensing for Film, TV, Web, CDs, Performance and Merchandising - MPL Music Publishing Inc. - MPL Communications". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
3. ^ Wiener, Allen (1992). The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide. New York: Facts On File. pp. 39, 42. ISBN 0-8160-2511-8.
4. ^ "McCartney's Own Projects May Break Up Beatles". The Times. San Mateo, California. 7 April 1970.
5. ^ "Beatles song rights dispute: Paul McCartney and Sony ATV work it out". the Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 3 July 2017.
6. ^ List of MPL subsidiary companies Archived 2006-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ "Edwin H. 'Buddy' Morris; Founded Music Publishing Firm". Los Angeles Times. 8 April 1996. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
8. ^ "PAUL MCCARTNEY PICTURED CRICKETS DURING BUDDY Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image".
9. ^ Sanjek, t. l. R. (1988). American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years, Volume III: From 1900-1984. United States: Oxford University Press. p.539
10. ^ "McCartney buys rights to Carl Perkins' catalogue". ABC News. 4 April 2003.
11. ^ "Holly Days - Denny Laine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
12. ^ Madinger, C., Easter, M. (2000). Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. United States: 44.1 Productions.
13. ^ MPL Communications music search
14. ^ Muir, Hugh (14 October 2006). "McCartney bids to trademark his name". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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Studio albums|

* McCartney
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The Fireman|

* Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
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Classical|

* Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
* Standing Stone
* Working Classical
* Ecce Cor Meum
* Ocean's Kingdom

Live albums|

* Wings over America (with Wings)
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* Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
* Paul Is Live
* Back in the U.S.
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Remix albums|

* Liverpool Sound Collage
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Compilations|

* Wings Greatest
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* Wingspan: Hits and History
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Books|

* High in the Clouds
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* The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
* 1964: Eyes of the Storm

Filmography|

* A Hard Day's Night (1964)
* Help! (1965)
* Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
* Yellow Submarine (1968)
* Let It Be (1970)
* James Paul McCartney (1973)
* Wings Over the World (1979)
* Back to the Egg (1979)
* Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
* Rockshow (1980)
* Rupert and the Frog Song (1984)
* Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
* Put It There (1989)
* MTV Unplugged (1991)
* Get Back (1991)
* Liverpool Oratorio (1991)
* Paul Is Live (1993)
* In the World Tonight (1997)
* Standing Stone (1997)
* Tropic Island Hum (1997)
* Live at the Cavern Club (1999)
* Working Classical (2000)
* Wingspan (2001)
* The Concert for New York City (2001)
* Back in the U.S. (2002)
* Paul McCartney in Red Square (2003)
* The Music and Animation Collection (2004)
* Between Chaos and Creation (2005)
* The Space Within US (2006)
* Memory Almost Full – Deluxe Edition (2007)
* The McCartney Years (2007)
* Ecce Cor Meum (2008)
* Good Evening New York City (2009)
* The Love We Make (2011)
* A Rendez-Vous with Paul McCartney (2013)
* New – Collector's Edition (2014)
* A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney (2015)
* Pure McCartney (2016)
* Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool (2018)

Bootlegs|

* Cold Cuts
* Costello Album
* A Toot and a Snore in '74
* Return to Pepperland

Tours|

* The Paul McCartney World Tour
* The New World Tour
* Driving World Tour
* The 'US' Tour
* Summer Live '09
* Good Evening Europe Tour
* Up and Coming Tour
* On the Run
* Out There
* One on One
* 2018 Secret Gigs
* Freshen Up
* Got Back

Tributes|

* The Art of McCartney
* Let Us in Americana: The Music of Paul McCartney
* Pure McCartney (2013 album)

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* "Cut Me Some Slack"
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