PAUL McCARTNEY / WINGS London Town RARE 78 UK PROMO

	£		29
	$		38

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Artist or Band: WINGS

Album Title: London Town.

Producer(s): Paul McCartney.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: London Town; Cafe on the Left Bank; I’m Carrying; Backwards Traveller; Cuff Link; Children Children; Girlfriend; I’ve Had Enough.

Side 2: With a Little Luck; Famous Groupies; Deliver Your Children; Name and Address; Don’t Let It Bring You Down; Morse Moose and the Grey Goose.

Label/Format: EMI – custom format (Please see my label scan).

Label Conditions: Both immaculate: clean, fresh and highly attractive with just a couple of very fine and faint spindle traces. This from a collection of very clean, barely played records where the owner got several Factory or Demo samples – more of which will follow soon.

Cat Number: PAS 10012.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 110 grams. A more typical weight for the era.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Moderate: like most-all McCartney releases, this sold very well. Less easy to find complete with an immaculate unmounted version of the giant poster and a record hardly played with an unsplit inner. This one more special and obviously rarer being an Demonstration Only copy with the detail clearly seen on the cover in close-up.

Original Year of Release: 1978

Matrix Nos: YEX 975-1 / YEX 976-2

Mother & Stamper Codes: 1 H / 1 GDD

Run-Out Groove Etchings: ‘MASTERED BY NICK W’ [on side one]

Musicians: Paul McCartney - Vocals, Bass, Drums, Guitar, Violin, Recorder, Percussion, Keyboards, Flageolet; Linda McCartney - Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals; Denny Laine - Bass, Flageolet, Guitar, Keyboards, Recorder, Percussion, Vocals.

Brief Info: The sixth studio album by Paul McCartney’s Wings, it proved to be their penultimate one. Released to good reviews and predictably, it initially sold well. Issued in early 1978, this was the new era of punk-rock and the sales were not sustained. An era of considerable change within the music era and tastes and even the most established artists powers were temporarily halted. This is a very fine complete example – and a rare demonstration copy with the proof being the cover embossed stamp gold print (as seen in close-up). The record looks barely played and offers super sound. The inside contents are in nigh-on pristine condition – the stunning giant double-sided poster is unmounted and like brand new, the inner unsplit which makes a nice change. Any cover wear, light and this is very prone to all forms of wear. So a more unusual example of this album, these demo copies seldom show up and this has been little used and well looked-after.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: a single unlaminated matt finished format. This has an embossed gold overprint stamp on the front top right corner which informs this is a demonstration copy. Printed and made in England. Includes card inner and giant double-sided poster.

Cover Front: A small few very fine and faint surface creases and minor surface marks seen under light. Little else really to fault on a cover that seldom wears well. The gold ‘demo’ overprint is superb and these will rarely get seen or offered.

Cover Back: Very light traces of surface rubbing near the centre, it shows very little. Any marks, blemishes or creasing tiny, very few and faint, the lack of ringwear always a bonus on this one too.

Top Edge: Barely any wear, one tiny compression trace, being ultra critical.

Bottom Edge: Practically wear-free.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, sharp with minimal traces of any wear and guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on this edge.

Spine and Text: Almost as made: Solid, straight with no compression, one tiny fine crinkle in manufacture with all text perfect and unworn.

Corners: Any tip rubs minuscule and all retain excellent shape or better.

Cover Summary: A scarce demo cover, these are immensely difficult to find and on the rare occasions they do surface, they are invariably in poor conditions. This is a strong example and clearly should be of interest to more specialist McCartney and Beatles related collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: MINT(-): and only very mild rim impression off full Mint. Unlined, ultra clean and all edges unsplit, this has the wide recessed top opening that remains crisp, sharp and very neat indeed.

The Poster: PRACTICALLY MINT: a huge double-sided poster that looks fabulous. Unmounted e.g. no pin holes or tape marks, this could easily pass for new and has clearly barely been handled or unfolded. Fresh, clean and colourful. So many of these would have been wall mounted, torn and discarded.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): a very fine visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and quite solidly pressed. A copy hardly even played on all the evidence and typical from this small lot of demo or factory example EMI pressings (more to come soon) with any fine surface marks few and light. It is very difficult to find these albums that came with unlined hard card inners totally devoid of minor surface blemishes. That’s why so many collectors immediately put their investments into lined inners to protect the vulnerable surfaces. So many records were marked even from brand new, Pink Floyd mid-to-late 70s albums were cases in point. Visually a super record that should please many collectors again.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This lovely record plays even above it’s high visual grading with practically nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds are minimal indeed and no pops or clicks were noted and this is an exceptional clean pressing. This far from guaranteed on the more mass-produced, bigger selling titles from the big labels of this period. Few copies will outperform this early pressing significantly I feel sure. This record will prove difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended. For collectors of the scarcer demos, this is an opportunity that seldom arises.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver terminated cable). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D5000 SLR Digital Camera.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection). The record(s) are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners and bubble wrap make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than one in two thousand based on over 7,000+ items sold in nearly 10 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Even one of these stiffeners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

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PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of FOUR days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site and they take the Ebay consequences (a strike or removal from the system). Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £10. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £3 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £14. Add £4 per extra LP. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.