WINGS FUN CLUB - recollections?
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Oh yes, I've still got all the postcards, posters etc.
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I not only kept allthe newsletters but all the merchandise order forms as well
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"Don't panic"
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I've also kept all of my membership cards & they're all in my Beatles scrapbooks.
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I've put all my membership cards and newsletters, order forms etc into a folder too
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All of my newsletters are in huge envelopes & stored in a trunk full of Beatles Memorabilia. Safe from dust, etc.
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I joined in 1993, I thknk that the Off the Ground issue was the first one I got. I don't remember getting any badges or freebies though - I think they did less of that as the years went by. Someone mentioned getting a Flaming Pie badge though - I don't remember getting one
I was talking to the guy at the Beatles Shop on Mathew Street and he told me that the earlier issues are very collectible, especially if they are still complete with a freebie gift. So many of you were so lucky to get albums and gig tickets - I'm very envious - I truly was born 20 years too late! Why wasn't I a 60s child? I swear it was wasted on my Mum!
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I think we got maybe one or 2 albums. While it was really special being a member, the UK members got so much more than those of us here in the US. We were overlooked a bit - only got to go to one or 2 tapings....
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My only regret is that I didn't join sooner than I had.
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Me too but I only started being interested in Paul and the music in 1982 and joined not long after. I do wish though I had ordered back issues at an earlier stage as they are not easy to get hold of now.
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SillyLoveSongs:
My only regret is that I didn't join sooner than I had.
Mine too! I joined after I'd seen him in Birmingham in 1990 if I remember rightly. I know for 1993 Earls court, I got my tickets through the Fun Club and great seats they were too! I bought my Flaming Pie badge and a few other bits and bobs through the fun club, and I remember getting free i.d.e.a badges sent to me that were metal that folded over to clip onto clothing. I'm pretty sure I still have one of them somewhere.
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How did you all find out about the Fun Club/Club Sandwich? I first found out about the Beatles and Paul McCartney back in 1993, but I never even heard of the club until after it had gone defunct.
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I think the address of the Fun Club was on the back of one of the albums, Red Rose Speedway I think and I must have written from that. I know when I first started listening to Paul it was not long before I started collecting the albums so guess maybe that was one of the first ones I bought, and then I joined the Fun Club
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I joined in January 1974 and i guess it was the Red Rose Speedway cover address that inspired me to join. If memory serves me rightly,I bought 'Live And Let Die' first having seen the James Bond film.That was my very first McCartney related purchase. Then it was the 'Helen Wheels 'single.Then I found a second hand copy of 'Back Seat In My Car'. Then it was the 'Band On The Run' album,followed quickly by 'Red Rose Speedway' With the official Fun Club still less than a year old, luckily it wasn't too difficult to get hold of the missing newsletters.
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Fiona and Kestrel, thanks very much for your replies.
The first McCartney album I ever bought (I think) was "Flaming Pie" on CD...no Fun Club address or advertisement on it, from what I can recall!
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One person who was unimpressed by the fun club address on Red Rose Speedway was a certain Mr. George Harrison, who (instead of joining)subsequently took the wee wee by flagging up the Jim Keltner fan club on his 'Living In The Material World' album.
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I remember going to Paul's in-laws law office with a friend to get Linda's calendar for free! We became friends with one of the older women that had worked for Lee & John Eastman for yonks & she'd always give us a coupla calendars & send us on our way with a warm smile!
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I became a member in '75 and some of the great stuff that came from it - well the BEST was being chosen as one of 5 NY area Fun Club members to meet with Paul at The Plaza hotel in 1984 to help promote Broadstreet!! Getting free tkt (given to NY tri-state area club members) to attend Paul's '89 tour rehearsal at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway. Getting free pass (given again to NY tri-state area club members) to attend the taping of MTV's "An Evening with Paul McC." at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in 'Dec 92. The last membership renewal price I paid in 1997 (before Paul closed it the following year) was $16!!! And I got a refund check for $10 for the remaining amount left on my membership since it wasn't a full year before Paul closed it. I told the fun club to keep the money and put it toward one of Linda's animal charities. On a separate note, I still have the refund check I got from The Beatles USA Limited Club in 1971 - I never cashed it since it had The Beatles logo, etc on it and it was only for 75 cents of left over dues I had.
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Sneaking in to not one but both of Paul's MTV tapings in NY, courtesy of one of my long-time Beatles guy pals in '92!
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Gypsy, I also used to go to Eastman's office on my lunch hour every January to get Linda's calendars. I would call from my office first to see if I could come over and then I'd walk over on my lunch hour and they'd buzz me in. The woman that I got to know there was Helena and she gave once also a London Town press kit. With the calendars, once John Eastman saw me take two and told me to take as many as I wanted. Their lobby was always full of boxes of the calendars, more than they could ever use. Helena also helped my friends & I to be able to buy concert tickets for other cities for '89 '90 and '93 shows - cities that weren't on our ticket order form (they sent forms with cities you could buy according to your region.) Sue, the Club Sandwich editor even went beyond duties to enable me to buy a ticket to Paul's Hamburg Germany '89 show when it had already been sold out. The Fun Club was truly a gem to belong to. It WAS fun. I'm sure other members also got some good favors from Sue and the Club, as well - they were very good to members. Thank you a million times, Linda, for starting and running that for us!