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Artist: Wings Title: Venus And Mars [50th Anniversary Half Speed Master] Label: Universal Music Group Country: International Catalogue: TBA Barcode: Date: 21 Mar 2025 Format: Special Edition Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  2 Want Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Wings	Venus And Mars	McCartney	Rate
A2	Wings	Rock Show	McCartney	Rate
A3	Wings	Love In Song	McCartney	Rate
A4	Wings	You Gave Me The Answer	McCartney	Rate
A5	Wings	Magneto And Titanium Man	McCartney	Rate
A6	Wings	Letting Go	McCartney	Rate
B1	Wings	Venus And Mars Reprise	McCartney	Rate
B2	Wings	Spirits Of Ancient Egypt	McCartney	Rate
B3	Wings	Medicine Jar	McCulloch, Allen	Rate
B4	Wings	Call Me Back Again	McCartney	Rate
B5	Wings	Listen To What The Man Said	McCartney	Rate
B6	Wings	Treat Her Gently-Lonely Old People	McCartney	Rate
B7	Wings	Crossroads Theme	Hatch	Rate

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Venus and Mars, this special vinyl edition was cut at half speed using a high-resolution transfer of the original master tapes from 1975 by Miles Showell at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The album is presented as a meticulous reproduction of the original UK pressing, with recreations of the original “Venus and Mars are alright tonight” circular sticker and “comparative sizes of sun and planets” bookmark sticker, and comes with two posters with photography by Aubrey Powell and Sylvia de Swaan. The iconic album artwork by Hipgnosis has been meticulously recreated and presented in a gatefold sleeve.

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JPGR&B SUBS 28th Jan 2025		From paulmccartney.com Commemorate the 50th anniversary of Wings’ fourth studio album Venus and Mars with a half-speed master edition out 21 March, 2025. One of the world’s most beloved rock outfits, Wings came to define the era of 1970s arena rock, while dominating the airwaves with no fewer than 14 US Top 10 hits and 12 Top 10 hits in the UK. Following their 1973 masterpiece Band on the Run, Venus and Mars would represent another peak of Wings’ creative and commercial heyday. The band’s fourth studio album, it was released on 27 May 1975 ahead of the legendary Wings Over the World tour. Preceded by the US Number One single ‘Listen To What The Man Said’ and featuring ‘Letting Go’, a fan favourite in Paul’s live set to this day, Venus and Mars hit Number One in the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic and went on to sell over 4 million copies worldwide. This special 50th anniversary vinyl edition was cut at half speed using a high-resolution transfer of the original master tapes from 1975 by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The album is presented as a meticulous reproduction of the original UK pressing, with recreations of the original “Venus and Mars are alright tonight” circular sticker and “comparative sizes of sun and planets” bookmark sticker, and comes with two posters with photography by Aubrey Powell and Sylvia de Swaan. The iconic album artwork by Hipgnosis has been meticulously recreated and presented in a gatefold sleeve. Venus and Mars will also be available in Dolby Atmos for the first time, newly mixed by Giles Martin and Steve Orchard. Less than one year after Band on the Run’s release, the first recording sessions for Venus and Mars took place in November 1974, and featured a revamped Wings line-up. Following the departure of Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough on the eve of the Band on the Run sessions in Lagos, Paul and Linda McCartney and Denny Laine were now joined by guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton. After recording ‘Letting Go’, ‘Medicine Jar’ and ‘Love In Song’ at Abbey Road Studios, Wings left London for New Orleans’ Sea Saint Studios, facing another unexpected line-up shift with Geoff Britton’s exit, recruiting Joe English to complete the album. In tandem with Venus and Mars’ topping the charts worldwide, the album’s predecessor Band on the Run was continuing to build its global multi-platinum popularity. With a powerful new line-up solidified, Wings’ response to the overwhelming demand surrounding them was to launch the Wings Over the World tour - a 65-date run of shows starting in 1975 and stretching into October 1976. The first Wings release for 2025, Venus and Mars follows 2024’s theatrical release of the rare Wings live-in-studio performance film One Hand Clapping and its accompanying album landing in the Best of 2024 lists of Billboard, Uproxx and the Los Angeles Times, as well as last year’s 50th anniversary edition of Band on the Run. More exciting celebratory Wings activity and announcements are soon set to follow.
JPGR&B SUBS 28th Jan 2025		To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Venus and Mars, this special vinyl edition was cut at half speed using a high-resolution transfer of the original master tapes from 1975 by Miles Showell at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The album is presented as a meticulous reproduction of the original UK pressing, with recreations of the original “Venus and Mars are alright tonight” circular sticker and “comparative sizes of sun and planets” bookmark sticker, and comes with two posters with photography by Aubrey Powell and Sylvia de Swaan. The iconic album artwork by Hipgnosis has been meticulously recreated and presented in a gatefold sleeve.

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