PERFECT SEALED 40 YEARS AGO "McCARTNEY / WINGS / BEATLES "LONDON" Great POP GEM
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40 YEARS AGO - FIRST PRESS = SEALED
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PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
"LONDON TOWN"
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USA - CAPITOL RECORDS - SW-11777
NO BAR CODE ... 40 YEARS OLD FIRST PRINT:::
STILL FACTORY SEALED ... never opened as a a now PERFECT artifact condition FIRST RELEASE ... flat & square and 4 sharp corners ... never opened / never played!
Just listened to another (opened) copy hanging-out here, and was pleasantly impressed. This Lp is about on the level of McCartney's Venus and Mars Lp: a nice upturn from Wings At The Speed Of Sound Lp that was then previously released.
The great songs are "Backwards Traveller" (a stroke of genius) and "Don't Let It Bring You Down", which manages to combine an Indian drone-y feel with something from a Renaissance festival. Both are full-on Beatles quality, including a great vibe; both are strong 9's on a 10-scale. The title track is almost, almost great; it's just a little too tentative to be all the way there, but is still quite Beatle-y and enjoyable; call it a strong 8.
There are several solid album tracks, far better than to call filler. "Famous Groupies" is a rather Monty Python-esque sendup: Paul's "Apple Scruffs". "Deliver Your Children" is sort of "Teach Your Children Well" meets something English and folky, like Pentangle. "Morse Moose and the Grey Goose" is a somewhat avant-garde, long, catchy, rocking shout-along, unique in Paul's catalog. Note that all the songs mentioned so far sound closer to the Beatles than to the pop-craft whimsy sound that Wings often created.
More Wingsy, and still quite solid tracks, include "Children Children" and the Elvis-y "Name And Address". Elsewhere, still listenable, are "Cafe On The Left Bank", "I've Had Enough" (catchy melody and doesn't rock hard enough), and "I'm Carrying", which has a sweet melody and a lyric could have used perhaps a half-hour's more work (i.e. probably triple what he put into it). "Cuff Link" is a decent instrumental that follows the fantastically retro, four-party harmony monster "Backwards Traveller" mentioned above.
Then there's the stuff; hits-ville gems on the radio: "With A Little Luck" , and "Girlfriend", written for a certain up-and-coming Beatle-catalog usurper.
One thing this album has right is the production and general sound. Kind of like the 80's equivalent of today's overly hot mastering.
A shame Paul, Denny and Linda couldn't just carry on in this vein. There was a nice synergy kicking in with Denny as co-songwriter, and the folky, English pop-craft approach had potential to maybe go in a progressive direction, which might have challenged Paul. Instead he remained more-or-less aimlessly eclectic and lost for quite some time, although all of his albums have at least essential songs on them -- at least if you're a Beatles fan like us, and feel that Ram and Band On The Run are at or very close to the BEATLES level.
London Town 4:10
Cafe on the Left Bank 3:25
I'm Carrying 2:44
Backwards Traveller 1:07
Cuff Link 2:03
Children Children 2:20
Girlfriend 4:31
I've Had Enough 3:02
With a Little Luck 5:45
Famous Groupies 3:34
Deliver Your Children 4:17
Name and Address 3:07
Don't Let It Bring You Down 4:34
Morse Moose and the Grey Goose 6:27
CONDITION: Perfect! FACTORY SEALED ... 40 years of age and NO bar code is a guaranteed FIRST press that has NEVER been opened rated as a "artifact final collection copy" ... no issues anywhere and not a better copy anywhere...no one interested would dare desire to pass on this copy!
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..
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