holding company founded 1971 founder paul mccartney headquarters london new york city website mplcommunications.com mpl communications which stands for mccartney productions ltd. 1 is the holding company for the business interests of paul mccartney . in addition to handling mccartney s post beatles work mpl is also one of the world s largest privately owned music publishers through its acquisition of numerous other publishing companies . 2 mpl is based in london and new york city . contents 1 profile 2 see also 3 notes and references 4 external links profile edit it was founded on 12 february 1971 under the name adagrove limited and by the time mccartney wanted to distance himself from apple corps and allen klein it had changed its name to mccartney productions ltd. when it bought the rights to a film adaptation of rupert bear on 11 april 1970 the day after the beatles broke up . 3 mccartney stayed with apple records until it folded in 1975 . the first mention of mpl appeared on wings 1975 lp venus and mars . 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 that ll be the day as well as mccartney lennon s love me do and p.s. i love you in its catalogue those songs were credited with mccartney lennon originally . . mpl also controls 25 subsidiary companies . 4 mccartney s second eldest daughter photographer and photo editor mary mccartney runs the picture department . in october 2006 the trademark registry in london reported that mpl communications started a process to trademark mccartney s name on saleable goods . 5 see also edit category music published by mpl music publishing notes and references edit mccartney productions limited a b mpl music publishing miles barry ; badman keith eds . 2001 . the beatles diary after the break up 1970 2001 reprint ed . . london music sales group . isbn 9780711983076 . list of mpl subsidiary companies muir hugh 14 october 2006 . mccartney bids to trademark his name . the guardian . retrieved 20 july 2012 . external links edit official site paul mccartney v t e paul mccartney paul wix wickens rusty anderson brian ray abe laboriel jr. linda mccartney hamish stuart robbie mcintosh chris whitten blair cunningham studio albums mccartney ram with linda mccartney mccartney ii tug of war pipes of peace give my regards to broad street press to play flowers in the dirt off the ground flaming pie run devil run driving rain chaos and creation in the backyard memory almost full kisses on the bottom new with wings wild life red rose speedway band on the run venus and mars wings at the speed of sound london town back to the egg classical the family way thrillington paul mccartney s liverpool oratorio standing stone working classical ecce cor meum ocean s kingdom electronica strawberries oceans ships forest the fireman rushes the fireman liverpool sound collage twin freaks electric arguments the fireman live albums wings over america tripping the live fantastic unplugged the official bootleg paul is live back in the u.s. back in the world live itunes festival london amoeba s secret good evening new york city live in los angeles itunes live from capitol studios compilations wings greatest cold cuts unreleased all the best the paul mccartney collection wingspan hits and history pure mccartney tours wings university tour wings over europe tour wings 1973 uk tour wings over the world tour wings uk tour 1979 the paul mccartney world tour unplugged tour 1991 the new world tour the concert for new york city driving world tour back in the world tour 2004 summer tour the us tour summer live 09 good evening europe tour up and coming tour on the run out there one on one 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 rockestra unreleased 1979 concert for kampuchea 1980 rockshow 1980 back to the egg 1981 give my regards to broad street 1984 put it there 1990 get back 1991 paul is live 1993 in the world tonight 1997 live at the cavern club 1999 wingspan 2001 back in the u.s. 2002 paul mccartney in red square 2005 between chaos and creation 2005 chaos and creation at abbey road 2005 the space within us 2006 the mccartney years 2007 good evening new york city 2009 the love we make 2011 related articles discography song list awards music contributions and appearances paul mccartney concerts maxi singles paul mccartney many years from now mpl communications oobu joobu paul is dead lisa the vegetarian people artists the quarrymen the beatles heather mills albums wide prairie a garland for linda paul mccartney s glastonbury groove let us in americana the music of paul mccartney the art of mccartney book commons wikiquote category v t e paul mccartney singles discography 1970s 1971 another day oh woman oh why with linda mccartney uncle albert admiral halsey too many people with linda mccartney the back seat of my car heart of the country with linda mccartney eat at home smile away with linda mccartney 1979 wonderful christmastime 1980s 1980 coming up waterfalls temporary secretary 1982 ebony and ivory with stevie wonder take it away tug of war the girl is mine with michael jackson 1983 say say say with michael jackson pipes of peace 1984 no more lonely nights we all stand together 1985 spies like us 1986 press pretty little head stranglehold only love remains 1987 once upon a long ago 1989 ferry cross the mersey my brave face flying to my home this one o est le soleil figure of eight distractions promo 1990s 1990 put it there mama s little girl birthday live good day sunshine live all my trials live c moon live we got married promo 1991 the world you re coming into tres conejos save the child the drinking song 1993 hope of deliverance c mon people off the ground biker like an icon things we said today transpiritual stomp the fireman 1995 a leaf with anya alexeyev come together the smokin mojo filters 1997 young boy the world tonight beautiful night 1998 rushes the fireman 1999 fluid nitin sawhney remixes the fireman no other baby brown eyed handsome man vo ce with heather mills run devil run promo 2000s 2000 free now promo 2001 from a lover to a friend freedom from a lover to a friend i m partial to your abracadabra promo 2002 your loving flame promo lonely road promo hello goodbye promo 2004 tropic island hum we all stand together 2005 sgt. pepper s lonely hearts club band with u2 fine line jenny wren really love you twin freaks 2006 this never happened before promo 2007 dance tonight nod your head ever present past 2008 heal the pain with george michael sing the changes the fireman 2009 walk with you with ringo starr meat free monday dance til we re high the fireman 2010s 2010 i want to come home 2011 my valentine 2012 only our hearts christmas kisses the christmas song chestnuts roasting on an open fire wonderful christmastime he ain t heavy he s my brother the justice collective get yourself another fool promo 2013 out of sight the bloody beetroots feat . mccartney & youth new queenie eye 2014 save us appreciate early days hope for the future only one with kanye west 2015 fourfiveseconds with rihanna & kanye west all day with kanye west book category v t e paul mccartney family parents jim mccartney 1902 76 mary mccartney 1909 56 siblings mike mccartney born 1944 ruth mccartney born 1960 children heather mccartney born 1962 mary mccartney born 1969 stella mccartney born 1971 james mccartney born 1977 beatrice mccartney born 2003 wives linda mccartney 1941 98 ; married 1969 98 heather mills born 1968 ; married 2002 08 nancy shevell born 1961 ; married 2011 present relationships jane asher born 1946 ; 1963 68 francie schwartz born 1944 ; in 1968 v t e the beatles john lennon paul mccartney george harrison ringo starr stuart sutcliffe pete best history the quarrymen in hamburg at the cavern club decca audition beatlemania in the united kingdom north american releases in the united states in 1966 more popular than jesus the studio years in india breakup death of john lennon anthology love cirque du soleil the beatles rock band line ups religious views timeline live performances 1960 johnny gentle tour winter 1963 helen shapiro uk tour 1963 roy orbison tour 1964 world tour 1965 european tour 1965 us tour 1965 uk tour 1966 us tour rooftop concert list of live performances associated places 34 montagu square marylebone abbey road london abbey road studios the bag o nails beatlemania hamburg beatles platz blue angel the casbah coffee club candlestick park the cavern club kaiserkeller kinfauns 3 savile row the scotch of st. james shea stadium stanley street star club strawberry field tittenhurst park the top ten club wigmore street yellow submarine sculpture associated companies apple corps apple records harrisongs lingasong records mpl communications northern songs parlophone phillips sound recording services seltaeb sony atv music publishing startling music influence artists who have covered the beatles beatlemania british invasion cultural impact the fest for beatles fans fifth beatle jeff lynne and the beatles recording technology the rutles tributes lists awards and nominations bootlegs cover songs discography instruments performers post breakup collaborations recording sessions songs sgt. pepper cover related articles apple corps v apple computer apple scruffs around the beatles beatle boots the beatles tv series the beatles anthology book beatles day the beatles illustrated lyrics the beatles tapes from the david wigg interviews the beeb s lost beatles tapes the ed sullivan show everyday chemistry how i won the war in my life let it be musical lennon mccartney paul is dead rain a tribute to 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