WINGS FUN CLUB - recollections?
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maccascruff:
retro had a picture published in it, Dani.
now you mention that I remember her telling me that. Thats pretty neat. I think thats part of the reason I like hearing these stories. Its a little more personal and nice when Macca fans could get certain things published
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calicoskych2001:
nowords:
wow have you got the full poem
Wings, the reality When I feel low I listen to Wings Watch my expressions change to glow No Words must be their best But like us all I love the rest Love in Songs makes me kinda sigh But it's only My Love that makes me cry There's Juniors Farm a rocker by far But not as fast as medicine jar Maybe I'm Amazed a McCartney oldie Performed by Wings it's a goldie Mull of Kintyre another good song With Wings in command you can't go wrong. Gary Russell Manchester
cheers
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DCBeatle64:
maccascruff:
retro had a picture published in it, Dani.
now you mention that I remember her telling me that. Thats pretty neat. I think thats part of the reason I like hearing these stories. Its a little more personal and nice when Macca fans could get certain things published
We found that issue at a Fest, as I wasn't in the club them, so I bought it.
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One of the things that was really nice is that Linda was the one who got Paul to agree to doing this for us fans.
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I knew about the Fun Club but didn't have any spare money to be a member back then. I was a real tight wad and had to be. Now, i wish I had some of this merchandise. I'd love a wallet and jacket plus all those t-shirts (maybe even some that fit nice on a lady's body)
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Kathryn O:
I knew about the Fun Club but didn't have any spare money to be a member back then. I was a real tight wad and had to be. Now, i wish I had some of this merchandise. I'd love a wallet and jacket plus all those t-shirts (maybe even some that fit nice on a lady's body)
yeah
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Some of the merchandise was really pricey but there were sales from time to time too
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we should have fun club page...
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When that HP cloud becomes available, the most basic package would do well by us if it had the FUn Club magazines available.
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Here they are some: http://www.wingspan.ru/magazines/magazines.html
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Memories, beautiful memories of the way things were!
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We are discussing the new membership card numbering here: http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=83312 So I thought I'd bump this delightful topic by way of comparison. Reading back through it seems that the first club members received newletters rather than what became the Club Sandwich magazine. Were they regular from the outset or just ad-hoc related to promotions? It seems Club Sandwich was a two monthly production with each edition spanning two calendar months. Did that follow UK magazine practice i.e. when would the edition have been sent out? Here in the UK a magazine with Feb/March on the cover would have actually been been despatched in January - August /September in July and so forth...... Was that the case with Club Sandwich, was there an actual despatch date which gave a reliable delivery day? I've read here they were greatly anticipated..... Martin
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I wonder if the premium members will be sent something every quarter, if memory serve me right, that's what happened with the fun club?????
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martinput:
We are discussing the new membership card numbering here: http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=83312 So I thought I'd bump this delightful topic by way of comparison. Reading back through it seems that the first club members received newletters rather than what became the Club Sandwich magazine. Were they regular from the outset or just ad-hoc related to promotions? It seems Club Sandwich was a two monthly production with each edition spanning two calendar months. Did that follow UK magazine practice i.e. when would the edition have been sent out? Here in the UK a magazine with Feb/March on the cover would have actually been been despatched in January - August /September in July and so forth...... Was that the case with Club Sandwich, was there an actual despatch date which gave a reliable delivery day? I've read here they were greatly anticipated..... Martin
The delivery was always reliable, i can't ever remember missing any, as in my other post, i can't remember how often they were despatched, i would have to go look them out but i'm sure someone will tell us
still pretty sure we got them 4 times a year, Summer, Winter etc..
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It started out as a two monthly magazine and later on, as Robert says, became available four times per year (spring, summer, autumn, Christmas/winter).
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calicoskych2001:
It started out as a two monthly magazine and later on, as Robert says, became available four times per year (spring, summer, autumn, Christmas/winter).
even i can't believe i'm right for once
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One of my memories was being invited to video shoots, i'm pretty sure i got one for With a Little Luck, i never went to any, what a dumpling eh? lol
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Below (hopefully?) is a very early letter, from my collection, which was sent out from the Wings Fun Club:
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Kestrel:
Below (hopefully?) is a very early letter, from my collection, which was sent out from the Wings Fun Club:
was the fun club first advertised on Red Rose Speedway? 1973!! btw great piece of memorabilia
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Macsback:
]was the fun club first advertised on Red Rose Speedway? 1973!!
I don't think so. RRS was first released in the US on 30th April 1973 and in the UK on 4th May 1973 and as the letter pre-dates those release dates by a couple of months, the first advertisement (or press news report) must have been elsewhere.