PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS Back To The Egg LP 1979 1st Press PROMOTIONAL BOX SET

	£		207
	$		274

On offer here is a VERY rare Box Set (especially in this condition!!!!) by Paul McCartney & Wings called "Back To The Egg" and is an ORIGINAL UK 1979 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Parlophone label!!!! THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS BOX SET WAS NEVER EVER MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE - AND WAS ONLY AVAILABLE AS AN 'IN-HOUSE' PROMOTIONAL COPY ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!

HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLEAR UP SOME MYTHS (AND EVEN FANTASIES) ABOUT THIS BOX SET, 'INVENTED' BY PEOPLE TO SELL IT FOR A HIGHER PRICE.  IT ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO CHECK YOU HAVE THE CORRECT VINYL FOR THE BOX TOO - AS SOME HAVE BEEN SWAPPED!!!!

THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS BOX SET:-

1) Contents vary wildly.  This is a stone cold fact.  Just looking at previous Box Sets over the years - you'll see that it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to find a set the same.  Essentially these boxes were filled with whatever promotional items were at hand!  The only common items seem to be the Back To The Egg Booklet, and Photos.  Anything else is a lottery.  Some have Fun Club magazines, some dont.  Some have 1 set of cards, some have 2 or more sets of cards!  And almost NO SET has the same Photos!  They vary wildly!  And for some obscure reason people think the photos were taken by Linda McCartney?  They werent.  One or two were, but the most were by different professional photographers unrelated to the band! 

2) This Box Set was NEVER available for sale.  It was strictly for use 'in-house' only - for promotion to the press, sales reps, and internal managers ONLY.  This one came from one of those internal managers working for EMI who obtained it from one of the photographers - and I even have his reference to prove it!

3) Virtually NO box sets had the T Shirt.  This isn't a lie.  If you HAVE the T Shirt it is super rare, make no mistake about it!  But most Box Sets NEVER had it to start with!  This Box Set came from an internal manager at EMI - and he had THREE Wings T Shirts (one of which I have listed now!), and he was absolutely POSITIVE this Box Set did NOT have the T-Shirt.  So whilst this Box Set is rarer WITH the T Shirt - the box set is definitely NOT incomplete without it, as most Box Sets never had it in the first place!

4) This Box Set was NEVER available from Wings 'Fun Club'.  Many Box Sets have a 'Fun Club' magazine or order form inside them leading people to believe this is where they came from.  Yet this is untrue.  If you look through the first 20 issues of the 'Fun Club' magazine, you can find 2 or 3 issues with a Wings 'Back To The Egg' Order form.  However this relates to certain contents ONLY - and NOT the box set.  Sometimes you see copies advertised as having a 'Press Pack' in a folder + contents.  THESE came from the 'Fun Club' - but the Box Sets never did!

5) Only around 500 Box Sets were ever made - making it VERY rare indeed.  Some people like to inflate rarity by saying 100 copies or 200 copies.  But information gained from the internal manager this Box Set came from - he told me categorically that 500 copies were made, no more and no less. 

6) Apparently fakes exist of the Box?  Well if that is true I have never seen one!  This one is definitely ORIGINAL and 100% GENIUNE - with FULL HISTORY and PERFECT printing to the top picture! 

7) And lastly and MOST IMPORTANTLY all Box Set LPs must have 1st Press 2/1 matrixes!  Often later records are swapped and put in the box set, if they are in poor condition.  But ALL Box Sets originally had the 1st Press ONLY 2/1 matrix record!!!!

AND JUST LOOKING AT THE CONTENTS OF THIS 'BOX SET' TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 'LOTTERY' OF CONTENTS PUT INTO THESE BOX SETS!!!!  AND THIS ONE WAS OWNED BY A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE RECORD COMPANY - AND HAS THINGS INSIDE THIS BOX THAT YOU WILL NEVER EVER SEE AGAIN!!!!  THIS BOX SET HAS:-

1) WINGS 'BACK TO THE EGG' SINGLE PAGE BLACK BOOKLET (Found in every box set - nice example, light ruffling and possible staining - hard to know with the black colour!)

2) INCREDIBLY THIS BOX SET HAS 16 PRESS PHOTOS!  ONLY 13 ARE SHOWN IN THE PICTURES, AS THERE IS 3 COPIES OF LINDA McCARTNEY AND 2 COPIES OF LAWERANCE JUBER & STEVE HOLLY'S PHOTO!  (Some of these photos are COMPLETELY UNKNOWN in this Box Set - and it was supposed to have 9 pictures, not 16!  All in nice order, some have faint red staining, which looks like the developing process to the edges) 

3) SOME OF PHOTOS HAVE THE DATES, TIMES AND WHO TOOK THE PHOTO ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF EACH PHOTO!  THESE ARE TYPED AND CLEARLY MEANT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHERS USE ONLY!  I HAVE PICTURED ONE OF THESE.  (This is almost NEVER seen in this Box Set!)

4) 2 SLIDES!  I HAVE MADE A HOPELESS ATTEMPT AT PHOTOGRAPHING THESE - BUT STILL YOU GET THE IDEA.  PERHAPS THESE WERE PICTURES THAT NEVER MADE IT TO BE PRESS PHOTOS?  I HAVE NEVER SEEN THESE PICTURES BEFORE - IN SLIDE FORMAT OR ANYWHERE ELSE!  (I have NEVER seen these slides before EVER in any Box Set!  They are in SUPERB condition!)

5) WINGS 'CLUB SANDWICH' ISSUE 14 'BACK TO THE EGG' (This is SUPER RARE!  Only 80% of Box Sets had these, and most had the later issue 15 - VERY nice example, factory folded)

6) WINGS FAN CLUB ORDER FORM (Superb example - found in many Box Sets!)

7) A HUGE WINGS 'PENGUIN' POSTER!  (Never seen this before in ANY Box Set and is in BRILLIANT order, apart from the multiple factory folds on such a large poster!)

8) 4 SETS OF CARDS!  THESE WERE ISSUED IN A SET OF 5.  (In this Box Set's Case there were for some reason FOUR Sets of 5, and 2 of these are UNTOUCHED and still kept together with their ORIGINAL Elastic Band.   The other 2 sets are stapled.  I have no idea why there are 4 sets.  There should only be one!). 

9) And lastly the 1st Press Record with 2/1 matrix endings (swapped records have 2/2 matrixes instead!)!!!!

A TRULY STUNNING BOX SET - AND WITH ONLY 500 BOXES EVER MADE, IT IS NOW ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  AND HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ONE BEFORE WITH THESE INCREDIBLE CONTENTS!!!!  MANY OF WHICH YOU WILL NEVER EVER SEE AGAIN!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS BOX SET IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  ALL CORNERS OF THE BOX ARE 100% SOLID AND 100% STRONG - AND HAS NO REPAIRS FOR ONCE!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1979 UK 'PROMOTIONAL ONLY' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS PARLOPHONE LABEL, 1ST PRESS 2/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS BOX CONTENTS (AS DESCRIBED ABOVE), AND 1ST PRESS OUTER BOX!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL 1979 Parlophone UK 1st Pressing and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The Cat. No is PCTC 257 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Parlophone labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these Box Set LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and the record has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition - and completely UNSPLIT!!!!  AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING INNER SLEEVE!!!!

The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, NO sticker tears, NO splits, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only VERY slight rubbing, NO sticker marks, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO stickers, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO sticker marks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!

The ORIGINAL 'Promotional' 1st Press Outer Box is in GREAT condition - and is 100% SOLID with NO splits!!!!  The Box still retains a VERY nice box shape and ALL the corners have NO splits and NO repairs AT ALL!!!!  The top picture is VERY slightly rubbed to the VERY edges, and the centre is slightly 'dipped' from standing pressure.  The edges are still 100% VERTICAL and the corners are 100% STRONG!   There is NO sticker tears, NO sticker marks, NO splits, only VERY slight edge wear (light rubbing ONLY - NOT through the black surface!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), a PERFECTLY WORKING 'hinge' and still PERFECTLY stuck on the inside (most are lifting here!), NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The under side of the Box is in BRILLIANT condition - with only 2 or 3 indentations, and importantly the 'under-hinge' is UNSPLIT!!!!  Even the inside of the box is in GREAT condition overall - with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, and NO rubbing!!!!  There is NO staining to the inside of the lid, but the internal white base does have some staining to the inside edges. The Outer Box MUST grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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