Wings – Wings Greatest  Label: Capitol Records – SOO-11905, MPL (2) – SOO-11905 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Goldisc Pressing Country: US Released: Nov 22, 1978 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock A1 Another Day 3:41 A2 Silly Love Songs 5:54 A3 Live And Let Die 3:10 A4 Junior's Farm 4:20 A5 With A Little Luck 5:45 A6 Band On The Run 5:09 B1 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 4:47 B2 Hi, Hi, Hi 3:10 B3 Let 'Em In 5:08 B4 My Love 4:07 B5 Jet 4:08 B6 Mull Of Kintyre 4:42 Manufactured By – MPL Communications Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MPL Communications Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MPL Communications Ltd. Copyright © – MPL Communications Inc. Trademark Owner – Capitol Records, Inc. Licensed To – MPL Communications Inc. Published By – Maclen Music, Inc. Published By – MPL Communications Inc. Published By – ATV Music Corp. Published By – Unart Music Corp. Mastered At – Capitol Mastering Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. Co-producer [With] – George Martin (tracks: A3) Lacquer Cut By – KP* Photography By – Angus Forbes (2) Photography By [Group Photograph] – Clive Arrowsmith Producer – Paul McCartney Sleeve – Paul And Linda McCartney* Sleeve [Assisted By] – Aubrey Powell, George Hardie Written-By – Laine* (tracks: B6), McCartney*

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH POSTER AND ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   POSTER AND INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.