No one likes to think about the moment they bow out, but Paul McCartney showed everyone how to reflect on their past with grace.

The McCartney Legacy depicts McCartney’s initial, tentative steps with his homespun, eponymous debut album and the indie favorite “Ram” through the early days of Wings.

'The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969-73' debuts a four-part biography on Paul McCartney after the Beatles — and, per its co-author, a labor of love.