
* 24 October 1979 at a party at the Les Ambassadors Club in Hamilton Place, London, Paul McCartney is awarded a rhodium-plated disc by the Guinness Book Of Records, recognising his record-breaking achievements in song writing and record sales and named the Most Honoured Man In Music. (The Rhodium disc is made of a metal much shinier than Platinum and twice as expensive. Paul's disc is actually worth an incredible £345 an ounce! Amazingly enough, the Guinness Book people were going to present to Paul a special disc made from Osmium, one of the world's densest metals. That was until they realised, just in time, that it was highly poisonous!) Paul collects the less-harmful award from Norman St. John Stevas, the Minister for the Arts.
He is now included in the Guinness Book of Records book as the most successful composer and recording artist of all time, his awards including 43 million sellers, 60 gold records and more total worldwide record sales than any other artist.
Also being honoured at the club today is the boxing champion John Conteh, the racing driver David Purley, the lyricist Tim Rice and George Schmidt, a man fluent in 31 different languages. Exclusively available today, within the new 1980 Guinness Book Of Records publication, is a special "Paul McCartney Bookmark", limited to only 200 copies.
* 24 октября 1979 года в лондонском клубе "Les Ambassadors" состоялось чествование Пола Маккартни за его достижения на ниве музыки.
Создатели "Книги рекордов Гиннесса" назвали Маккартни "самым выдающимся композитором и исполнителем всех времен и народов". Как оказалось, его произведения по итогам многолетних подсчетов во всем мире разошлись самым большим тиражом.
Полу был вручен уникальный диск, сделанный из родия - металла, который вдвое дороже платины! (Интересно, что сначала диск был сделан из осмия - самого дорогого металла. Однако вскоре было установлено, что пластинка имеет опасный для здоровья радиоактивный фон!)
Кроме того, тиражом в 200 экземпляров было напечатано юбилейное издание - "Paul McCartney Bookmark".