WINGS Over America SCARCE ORIG UK 1976 EX++ 3 LPs with SUPERB RARE POSTER.

	£		21
	$		28

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Postage: UK £4.75 (£1 per extra record). Europe (including Russia) £14.50. Rest of World (including ALL parts of the USA) £18.50 (a heavy triple set). All boxes signed for in quality, safe packaging – I NEVER use mailing envelopes that offer virtually no protection at all – in fact I think these things should be banned as records WILL arrived damaged in them at some time. More details on my packing nearer the end of the listing.

Posting to Russia: Yes, I do post to Russia. But delivery can take up to 4 to 6 weeks from the UK. So please be patient. I will submit a tracking number to the winning bidder, and when the packet arrives there it can be followed online using the Russian post website.

ALSO: I now apply the Ebay ‘4-day’ rule for non-payment to keep things moving – cash-flow is important to any small business. I will always keep my P&P prices as low as possible, and even after yet another Royal Mail price hike from April this year, I have NOT raised my prices and will never compromise on solid, safe packing that is invariably heavier than most you will get. My P&P offers probably the best value-for-money for vinyl records available, and I even will pay for full insurance on any record that sells for over £100 at NO extra cost – that is UK and abroad. Also I aim to post the very same day after payment is received. You WILL see the difference when my packet arrives.

Artist or Band: WINGS

Album Title: Wings Over America.

Producer(s): Paul McCartney.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Venus and Mars/Rock Show/Jet; Let Me Roll It; Spirits of Ancient Egypt; Medicine Jar.

Side 2: Maybe I’m Amazed; Call Me Back Again; Lady Madonna; The Long and Winding Road; Live and Let Die.

Side 3: Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me); Richard Cory; Bluebird; I’ve Just Seen a Face; Blackbird; Yesterday.

Side 4: You Gave Me the Answer; Magneto and Titanium Man; Go Now; My Love; Listen to What the Man Said.

Side 5: Let ’Em In; Time to Hide; Silly Love Songs; Beware My Love.

Side 6: Letting Go; Band on the Run; Hi, Hi, Hi; Soily.

Label/Format: MPL Communications with custom labels, all different. These have matt, smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: All six very clean, fresh and attractive with spindle marks ranging from practically zero to a couple or three. These are all very small, light and show little. This three album live triple album appears hardly played and sounds absolutely superb.

Cat Number: PCSP 720.

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 these Records: 112, 112, 110 grams.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Moderately scarce, but hardly played copies that include a superb unmounted poster are considerably harder to find.

Original Year of Release: 1976

Matrix Nos: YEX 963-2U / YEX 964-1U / YEX 965-2U / YEX 966-2U / YEX 967-1U / YEX 968-3U

Mother & Stamper Codes: 2 TO / 1 GO / 1 RP / 2 AG / 1 T / 1 TL

Musicians: Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and bass guitars, piano, keyboards; Linda McCartney – backing vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion; Denny Laine – lead vocals and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano, keyboards, percussion, harmonica; Jimmy McCulloch – lead vocals on ‘Medicine Jar’, backing vocals; acoustic, electric and bass guitars; Joe English – backing vocals, drums, percussion; Tony Dorsey – trombone, percussion; Howie Casey – saxophone, percussion; Steve Howard – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion; Thaddeus Richard – saxophone, clarinet, Western concert flute, percussion.

Brief Info: An expansive triple album live album recorded in various venues of the United States. It proved another very successful album for this popular band featuring Paul and Linda McCartney and their band. Featuring all the popular Wings singles and some Beatles covers. Peaking at a respectable No 8 in the UK album charts, initial copies includes a superb double-sided poster that is now quite elusive, especially being preserved unmounted and undamaged, as the one included here. The very thick heavyweight cover is massively prone to wear and this has a little, but nothing serious. All three records play beautifully with hardly anything unwanted. A considerable piece of history in the McCartney catalogue, these six sides perfectly rounds together the Wings catalogue, and the poster is simply magnificent and quite rare.

Cover Grade and Format: NEAR EXCELLENT: a heavyweight unlaminated gatefold format with a massive thick spine and the right opening edges have dividers inside – one for each record, one for the poster. The surfaces are matt and smooth. Printed and made in England, includes the three coloured inner sleeves, all slightly different in design, also the large and beautiful poster.

Cover Front: These thicker card and robust heavy covers are very prone to all forms of wear and few will ever be found without any. Most of any rubbing on this front are near the very edges and corner tips. A few very fine and light surface marks seen more under light, but hardly any creasing at all. A very respectable front without major issues and still looking quite attractive.

Cover Back: All very similar with less rubbing, the lack of ring wear, always good news.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Absolutely superb artwork by Jeff Cummins and in gorgeous fresh condition as seen on my pictures.

Top Edges: Some fairly light, patchy rubbing, no splits and both thick and straight.

Bottom Edges: The bottom has four edges, in two stuck together pairs, again reasonably light patchy rubbing, a little more than the top.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly sharp with little wear, any burring or thickening light as seen viewed end-on, both are guaranteed untrimmed. Records entered on these two edges, there is divider card inside within the construction of the quite unusually designed cover.

Spine and Text: A massively thick and robust spine that somehow has almost escaped wear. Very solid, straight with no compression and folded square, so the edges meet up very closely together and parallel. The odd tiny rub trace and a little near the very ends, all probably the minimum to be expected. All text is pristine and unworn. There is no crushing or tilt to this beautifully defined spine at all.

Corners: Quite light on the spine ends, more moderate on the right ones. Most retain very fine shape.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this unforgiving and wear-prone 1970’s cover, one that will prove difficult to find much better. This unusual designed cover should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeves: ALL MINT(–): clean unlined card inners all with slightly different graphics. Any hints of creasing minimal and faint, and importantly (and probably unusually) all UNSPLIT with no repairs. Lovely fresh and undamaged inners that will take some beating.

The Poster: MINT(–): and totally magnificent. This is unmounted e.g. no pinholes, tape marks or any residues at all. This an integral part of the set and so often missing altogether (or aged, torn or badly damaged with chunks missing). So often wall-mounted, then pulled down and ruined, often discarded altogether. This one clean, fresh and hugely attractive on both sides. All the folds crisp and unweakened, I doubt if this had been unfolded for years or even seen light-of-day. This is now becoming quite rare and in this condition, especially so.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): side one Excellent with one tiny little mark near the beginning at emits 6 faint ticks, this practically the only audio blemish on the entire set. The other five sides are superb with any surface traces almost minuscule as seen under bright angled light. These three records appear hardly even played and should please most-all collectors.

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: All three records play up to their high visual grading and most-all above with hardly anything 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 and practically none at all, these records are very well pressed by EMI and few available copies will outperform them. I am certain they have been played very lightly and have been generally well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading these very fine records. This set will prove very difficult to find significantly better and can be strongly recommended.

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 Terrarium Black 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 10,000+ items sold in over 12 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 2 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). All postage costs are below and at the top of the listing.

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please ask me first.

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] = £4.75

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £8. (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 [£50 maximum]) = £12.50 (enhanced 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 [£50 maximum]) = £16.50 (£17.50 for double sets). Add £3 per extra LP. (enhanced 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’.