Wings – “Back To The Egg”
Label: Columbia – FC 36057
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: USA
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock
DESCRIPTION
Original 1979 U.S. first Columbia pressing of Back To The Egg, the final Wings studio album before Paul McCartney resumed his solo career. Recorded across Spirit of Ranachan Studio (Scotland), Lympne Castle (Kent) and London’s Replica / EMI Studios, the record fuses polished pop craft with hard-edged rock energy.
Features the Grammy-winning “Rockestra Theme” alongside singles “Getting Closer,” “Old Siam, Sir,” and “Arrow Through Me.”
This copy remains factory-sealed in original shrinkwrap, complete with the yellow track-listing hype sticker and Variety Records $6.93 price tag — a perfectly preserved retail artifact from the late ’70s.
CONDITION
Vinyl: EXCELLENT (EX)
Cover: EXCELLENT MINUS (EX-) (original Shrink has 2 hype stickers and torned on corner)
NOTES
• U.S. first Columbia issue — catalog # FC 36057 (spine & labels).
• Distributed by Columbia Records / CBS Inc.
• Original “fried-egg” labels – Side A “Sunny Side Up,” Side B “Over Easy.”
• Pressed at Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman (NJ) — identified by “P” etched in runout.
• Mastered and lacquered at Columbia NY, first run lacquers (1A / 1AE).
• Produced by Paul McCartney & Chris Thomas; Published by MPL Communications Inc.
• A collectible first U.S. Columbia press before the 1980 Capitol re-release.
MATRIX / LABELS
| Side | Matrix / Runout (Etched) | Notes |
|---|
| A | AL 36057-1A P | 1st lacquer, Pitman pressing mark |
| B | BL 36057-1AE P | 1st lacquer variant E, Pitman press |
| Labels | Columbia custom “fried-egg” design | Stereo – 1979 MPL Communications Ltd. |
| Plant | Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman (NJ) | Etched “P” identifier |
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