Vintage Wings Back To The Egg 12" Black Vinyl LP 1979 EMI Japan Obi Rock Album

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Vintage Wings Back To The Egg 12" Black Vinyl LP 1979 EMI Japan Obi Rock Album

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Vinyl visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with strong gloss, a few light sleeve scuffs, faint hairline marks, and small surface specks on both sides; no chips or warps and center labels are clean and fully readable. Cardboard jacket is close to Near Mint with vibrant artwork, minimal ring impression, and only tiny corner and edge rubs, and the original Japanese obi strip remains present, bright, and firmly attached. Original printed inner sleeve and Japanese lyric/liner inserts are clean with mild age toning and light handling creases; playback has not been tested and the LP is sold based on visual condition only.

Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings

Title: Back to the Egg 12-inch black vinyl LP album, Japanese Toshiba EMI issue with obi strip

Format: 33 RPM record; Type: LP; Record size: 12-inch; audio format: stereo

Label and catalog number: EMI / Toshiba EMI with Odeon and MPL logos, catalog EPS-81200 printed on jacket, obi, inner sleeve, and center labels

Release year: 1979

Genre/Style: Rock, pop rock, classic rock

Material: Vinyl; Color: Black

Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan (manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd.)

Case type: Standard cardboard sleeve featuring front cover artwork of Paul McCartney and Wings gathered around a control-room style console looking down through an open hatch at planet Earth floating in space, with a turquoise and purple Japanese obi strip along the left edge carrying vertical Back to the Egg album titling, artist credits, catalog EPS-81200, and original ¥2,500 price.

Back cover details: Title Back to the Egg at upper left with English track list divided into Side One (sunny side up) and Side Two (over easy), monochrome portraits of Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, and Steve Holley, and production notes stating Produced by Paul McCartney and Chris Thomas with recording at Spirit of Ranachan Studio (Scotland), Lympne Castle (Kent), RAK Studios (London), and EMI Studios (London); © 1979 MPL Communications Ltd text at the bottom.

Inlay/Inner sleeve: Original black printed inner sleeve with die-cut center hole and English track listing, musician credits, production personnel, and acknowledgements; includes separate cream-colored Japanese fold-out lyric and liner-notes insert with photos of the band plus an additional Japanese information sheet, all as shown.

Track listing Side One (sunny side up): Reception; Getting Closer; We're Open Tonight; Spin It On; Again and Again and Again; Old Siam, Sir; Arrow Through Me.

Track listing Side Two (over easy): Rockestra Theme; To You; After the Ball/Million Miles; Winter Rose/Love Awake; The Broadcast; So Glad to See You Here; Baby's Request.

Label details: Custom fried-egg design center labels reading Back to the Egg Wings with side designations sunny side up and over easy, stereo and 33 RPM markings, catalog EPS-81200, and legal text around the rim referencing MPL Communications Ltd and Toshiba EMI Ltd in Japan.

Grading notes: Vinyl visually around Very Good Plus (VG+) with strong gloss and scattered light sleeve scuffs, faint hairline marks, and a few tiny surface specks on both sides; no chips or warps and center labels are clean and fully legible. Outer cardboard sleeve is close to Near Mint with deep color, smooth surfaces, minimal ring impression, and only very slight corner and edge wear; obi strip remains present, bright, and firmly attached. Original printed inner sleeve and Japanese lyric/liner inserts are clean with mild age toning and light handling creases only.

Playback has not been tested; record is sold based on visual inspection only.

Keywords: Wings Back to the Egg LP, 1979 Japanese EMI Toshiba vinyl record, Paul McCartney pop rock classic rock album.

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