PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS, Wings Over America [+poster] PROMO USA EXC- 3LP Beatles

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Wings (2) ?– Wings Over America Label: Capitol Records ?– SWCO-11593, MPL (2) ?– SWCO-11593 Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 10 Dec 1976 Genre: Rock Style: Arena Rock, Pop Rock TracklistHide Credits A1 Venus And Mars / Rock Show / Jet A2 Let Me Roll It A3 Spirit Of Ancient Egypt A4 Medicine Jar Written-By – Allen*, McCulloch* B1 Maybe I'm Amazed B2 Call Me Back Again B3 Lady Madonna Written-By – P. McCartney-J. Lennon* B4 The Long And Winding Road Written-By – P. McCartney-J. Lennon* B5 Live And Let Die C1 Picasso's Last Words C2 Richard Cory Written-By – Paul Simon C3 Bluebird C4 I've Just Seen A Face Written-By – P. McCartney-J. Lennon* C5 Blackbird Written-By – P. McCartney-J. Lennon* C6 Yesterday Written-By – P. McCartney-J. Lennon* D1 You Gave Me The Answer D2 Magneto And Titanium Man D3 Go Now Written-By – Banks*, Bennett* D4 My Love D5 Listen To What The Man Said E1 Let 'Em In E2 Time To Hide Written-By – Denny Laine E3 Silly Love Songs E4 Beware My Love F1 Letting Go F2 Band On The Run F3 Hi, Hi, Hi F4 Soily Companies, etc. Mastered At – Capitol Mastering Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville Designed At – MPL (2) Designed At – Hipgnosis (2) Manufactured By – MPL Communications Inc. Licensed To – MPL Communications Inc. Published By – MPL Communications Inc. Published By – J. M. Music Ltd. Published By – Maclen Music, Inc. Published By – Paul Simon Music Published By – Trio Music Co., Inc. Published By – Naimad Laine Songs Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – MPL Communications Inc. Credits Drums, Vocals – Joe English Engineer [Recording] – Jack Maxson, Mark Vigars, Phil McDonald, Tom Walsh (3) Graphics – Richard Evans (7) Painting [Inner] – Jeff Cummins Painting [Outer] – Richard Manning (3) Photography By [Poster] – Bob Ellis* Producer – Paul McCartney Saxophone – Howie Casey Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Thadeus Richard* Trombone – Tony Dorsey Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Steve Howard Typography [Lettering] – Geoff Halpin Vocals, Bass Guitar, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar – Paul McCartney Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass – Jimmy McCulloch Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Bass – Denny Laine Vocals, Keyboards – Linda McCartney Written-By – McCartney* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2, B5, C1, C3, D1, D2, D4 to E1, E3 to D4) Notes ? 1976 MPL Communications, Inc.  Jacksonville Pressing with variant sleeve from these Jacksonville and Winchester pressings which show 2 green/2 red lights on front, 2 red/1 green/2 red on rear.  This gatefold displays 2 red, 3 green lights (in that order) lower right front, none on rear (see images)  Custom graphic (numbered) inner sleeves and center labels; reversible poster included.  Published by:  A4 - J. M. Music Ltd.  B1, B3, B4, C4,5,6 - Maclen Music, Inc.  C2 - Paul Simon Music  D3 - Trio Music Company, Inc.  E2 - Naimad Laine Songs Ltd.  All other selections - MPL Communication, Inc. 
Matrix:  SWCO 1 11593 G1 Sub #2 MASTERED BY CAPITOL 0 / SWCO 2 11593 G1 Sub #2 0 MASTERED BY CAPITOL / SWCO 3 11593 G5 Sub #4 MASTERED BY CAPITOL 0 / SWCO 4 11593 G5 #1 0 MASTERED BY CAPITOL / SWCO 5 11593 G5 #2 0 MASTERED BY CAPITOL / SWCO 6 11593 G5 Sub #3 0 MASTERED BY CAPITOL.

USA PROMO PRESSING TRIPLE VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH POSTER AND ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVES.

Capitol Records promos did not usually have promo stamps and the label rarely pressed white label copies.  Capitol promos were usually indicated by a circular corner drill hole.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  CORNER DRILL HOLE.  POSTER EXCELLENT MINUS, SOME INNER SLEEVE SIDE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES.  DISC ONE HAS A FEW FINGERPRINTS, THE OTHER TWO DISCS DO NOT LOOK PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE, IF AT ALL. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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