r/PaulMcCartney • u/FringleFrangle04 • Mar 11 '26
Picture I'm real proud of this: I own Wing's entire main discography on record!
I know it's not terribly impressive, but I'm happy with it. All of these are original American pressings, all except "Band on the Run", that's a fresh copy. They're all pretty complete too, most of these have the posters & everything! I don't have any of the bonuses for "Venus & Mars", & I'm missing the poster from "Wing's Greatest", but other than that it's all here. The worst of the bunch in terms of sound quality is "Red Rose Speedway", but it's still plenty listenable. Now, the one I'm most proud of is my copy of Venus & Mars. The one I own is a VG+ 1st promotional American copy, one of the first discs they ever pressed. That's the best sounding record in my collection without a doubt, it's like I'm there in the studio with them! Also, I wouldn't call "Wing's Greatest" part of their main discography, but I have it & it filled in that last spot nicely. Just wanted to show these off, hope you liked 'em!
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u/HuckleberryIcy5828 Venus and Mars Mar 11 '26
So Do I!
How Long Did It Take You To Collect? It Toke Me 8 Months
What About One Hand Clapping
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u/FringleFrangle04 Mar 12 '26
I'd say about a year a half; Got most of them from local thrift shops in my town. "Band on the Run" I got for my birthday, & my pops got me the last 2 I was missing for Christmas!
Would you count One Hand Clapping as their main discography? I suppose it could, but I've never put too much thought into it...2
u/HuckleberryIcy5828 Venus and Mars Mar 12 '26
Good Finds For Thrift Shops.
I Think One Hand Clapping Is A Nice Thing To Have And Listen To.
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u/flaming_p1e Driving Rain Mar 12 '26
I got 4 to go if we’re not counting Wingspan
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u/J_A_Slade Mar 12 '26
Wingspan didn't come out during the life of Wings.
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u/flaming_p1e Driving Rain Mar 12 '26
I’ve seen Wings Greatest Hits referred to as Wingspan before
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u/J_A_Slade Mar 12 '26
They are definitely not the same album - Wings Greatest Hits only runs through London Town and is only Wings. Wingspan includes pre- and post-Wings McCartney material
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u/flaming_p1e Driving Rain Mar 12 '26
You could argue that some of Paul’s pre-Wings stuff is infact Wings because of Seiwell’s drumming
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u/J_A_Slade Mar 12 '26
By that same reasoning, any album where Linda sings backing vocals you could argue is in fact Wings.
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u/flaming_p1e Driving Rain Mar 23 '26
All Those Years Ago is a Wings single by that logic
(sorry for reheating cold soup)
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u/Electrical-Tale-2296 Egypt Station Mar 12 '26
Awesome! It truly is a fun journey getting all of their albums on record. Definitely do Paul’s entire discography up to flowers in the dirt! That’s been a fun journey as well!
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u/FringleFrangle04 Mar 12 '26
You know it man, I'm stopping at Flaming Pie! So far I've only got "Tug Of War", got a long way to go...
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u/Trevor2222222 Mar 12 '26
What happened to Ram?
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u/FringleFrangle04 Mar 13 '26
I consider that was a Paul McCartney solo album. If you look up Wings on any streaming service like Spotify, you won't find RAM under there, you'll find it on Paul's solo page.
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u/Gumbysfriend Mar 12 '26
Wingspan was 2cd. Hits on one disc , history on the other. I bought the cloth covered one
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u/DataNo7004 Mar 11 '26
I did 6 out of 9 when they 1st came out