Sir Paul McCartney says reuniting with The Beatles band mate Ringo Starr was 'magic'

Sir Paul McCartney has said working with Sir Ringo Starr once again was “a sort of magic.”

The 78-year-old has paired up with Starr, 80, on Beautiful Night, a track from McCartney’s 1997 Flaming Pie album which is due for re-release.

The release is coming as part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection which also sees 32 bonus audio tracks and a 128-page book containing previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney.

Starr’s contribution has now led to a new music video of Beautiful Night being released, as well as a new EP for the track.

Speaking to PA, McCartney explained: “I’d been saying to Ringo for years that it’d be great to do something, because we’d never really done that much work together outside The Beatles.

“One night Jeff (Lynne, Electric Light Orchestra co-founder) suggested, ‘Why don’t you get Ringo in?’ and I said, ‘OK.’ It just sort of happened.”

He continued: “I had this song Beautiful Night which I’d written quite a few years ago. I’d always liked it but I felt I didn’t quite have the right version of it.

Source: Kimberley Bond/standard.co.uk

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