Description: Vinyl: MINT! SEALED! This is the RARE Czech Republic Import of McCartney's return to form after his oddball "Kisses On The Bottom" and a hiatus on new material for 6 years. HRM-34848-01. The most aptly titled of his canon. This one shimmers with inventive hooks and has a diversity of pop, from plaintive acoustic numbers describing the early Beatles and kaleidoscopic psychedelia to pop trips into the modern. In short, he's pushing himself here to new heights. A great listen! It also includes a Digital Download Card! allmusic gives it 4 stars!! SEE REVIEW BELOW! Cover: SEALED! MINT! (see photos). Gatefold. Nice high gloss on cover. Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright, essentially flawless. Seams, corners and spine are solid and clean, essentially flawless, with no bumped corners. No writing. Hype Sticker on the Front, "Made In The Czech Republic" Sticker on the back. Spine print is crystal clear. Also includes the RARE PROMO CUBE for this Album Release!!! Has four different color settings including one that goes from color to color! See photos and VIDEO! The Cube is in beautiful condition with a Facsimile of Sir Paul's Signature! The shrink is in beautiful condition, essentially flawless. Also, the record appears straight; when I look down with one eye down all 4 edges there's no big, ominous bow to it that would suggest that it's warped. I will gladly accept the return of Sealed records as long as they have not been opened (i.e. as long as they are still in the condition I sent them in). Every record has a "fingerprint" of imperfections in the seal and/or the cover and I separately photograph and keep these details to prevent fraudulently returned items...yep, there are a few rotten apples out there!) I will not accept a previously sealed record that has been opened, even if the complaint is that the record is warped. This is why I look down the edge of all 4 sides of the record, to assess for potential bowing. Look for that in the description of the covers of all my Sealed items. Thanks! By the way, I've never (knock on wood!) had a buyer complain that they received a warped Sealed record. :) Goldmine Standards. See my other listings for other Beatles & Related items. I also have a treasure trove of Beatles LPs, 45s and memorabilia yet to be listed. Let me know what you're looking for. You can also click on "Save This Seller" and you'll be among the first to be notified when I post new listings. U.S. Shipping: FREE domestic shipping! Includes tracking. Combine any additional items and they're also shipped FREE! If you wish to take advantage of my COMBINED SHIPPING deal, simply select your items by clicking on "ADD TO CART" on the main listing page. Do this for all of your selections and then go to your cart to checkout. Your combined shipping discount will be computed automatically. 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Once you're satisfied with your purchase, please leave positive feedback and I will do the same for you. If you're unsatisfied, please let me know so we can resolve it. I do not give partial refunds. Take a look at my previous feedback and buy with confidence. I've qualified for the "Top Rated Plus" seal from eBay, awarded to the most reputable sellers who consistently deliver outstanding customer service. Check my other items this week, check back often & CLICK ON "SAVE THIS SELLER" at the top of my listings page to be notified of New Listings as I will be adding more Rare items in the coming weeks! Thanks! 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. On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant. The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music. New Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-] At its quietest moments, 2007's Memory Almost Full played like a coda to Paul McCartney's illustrious career; he seemed comfortable residing in the final act of his legend, happy to reflect and riff upon his achievements. Such measured meditation is largely absent from 2013's New, the first collection of original material he's released since 2007. New lives up to its title, finding McCartney eager, even anxious, to engage with modern music while simultaneously laying claim to the candied, intricate psychedelia of latter-day Beatles. Five decades into his career, reinvention isn't expected from McCartney, so the shock arrives in the avenues Paul chooses to follow and, here, he's enthusiastically embracing modernism and pop art. He brings in Mark Ronson, the producer best-known for hits by Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, to add a bit of modern snazz, but sharp guy that he is, McCartney knows that contemporary pop albums are created by a fleet of producers, so Paul Epworth, a collaborator of Adele, Foster the People, and Florence & the Machine, is hired along with Ethan Johns (a veteran of Kings of Leon and Laura Marling) and Giles Martin (the son of Beatles producer George Martin), each enlisted to give New a crisp, clean sheen. There are a lot of cooks in the kitchen but the chef is undoubtedly McCartney, with every song -- from the kaleidoscopic title track to the delicate folk of "Hosanna" and the pounding, overstuffed "I Can Bet" -- bearing his unmistakable stamp. From the moment it opens with the insistent, propulsive "Save Us," this is a bright, vivid pop album, robust with color and so confident in its swagger that its assurance is almost distracting. Macca is determined to dazzle: not only are the melodies bold but the production is over-saturated so his pop pops in a way it hasn't in years, not since the days when a Top 40 single was a genuine possibility. Paul isn't chasing a hit single but rather embracing pop as a vital, vivacious life force, which makes the presence of "Early Days" all the more baffling. A stark acoustic recounting of the dawn of the Beatles, McCartney seems uncharacteristically defensive here as he wonders how anybody who wasn't in Hamburg could possibly tell tales of the Fab's origins, strangely tone-deaf to how he and his band have turned into myth. But that unwillingness to accept his role in history books also gives New its nerve, letting McCartney create music that is thoroughly within his lineage but cleverly modern, eschewing nostalgia for a vibrant present. That's why New is one of the best of McCartney's latter-day records: it is aware of his legacy but not beholden to it even as it builds upon it.
Price: 149.99 USD
Location: Sonoma, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Paul McCartney
Speed: 33 RPM
Record Label: MPL
Release Title: New
Material: Vinyl
Catalog Number: HRM-34848-01
Edition: First Edition, First Pressing
Type: LP
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Format: Record
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Release Year: 2013
Producer: Paul McCartney
Era: 2010s
Style: 2010s
Record Size: 12"
Features: 180-220 gram, Sealed, INCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD!, INCLUDES RARE PROMO CUBE !
Genre: Pop, Rock 'n' Roll
Country/Region of Manufacture: Czech Republic
Number of Audio Channels: Stereo