Venus and Mars Rock Show
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I've recently acquired a 45 promo for McCartney and Wings "Venus & Mars Rock Show", I'm having a hard time finding information about this single. There is only a white label with the title and length of the song hand written, mono on one side stereo on the other. The label print says copy right McCartney Music Inc., 1975 Available only to technical and other authorized personnel for limited purposes of testing and review NOT TO BE PUBICLY PERFORMED, REPORDUCED. SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED Mastered by Capital PRO-8261-H-1 on mono side 5-45-92103-A-J-6 on stereo side There also seems to be a master's signature on both sides but I can not make it out. Any information would be quite helpful, thanks. David
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Hi David -- seems kind of phony but I don't know for sure. I suggest clobbering this conundrum hard to be sure of its authenticity. I've never heard of hand written labels before, so you may have an absolute gem. If it was George Martin that wrote the labels, you got a good hunk of expensive nostalgia!
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It sounds like a bog standard radio promo copy of the single that made #12 in the US. It bombed in the UK completely. In the US, two earlier Venus and Mars singles (Listen To What The Man Said & Letting Go) also had stereo & mono versions on their promo copies.
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killrin:
I've recently acquired a 45 promo for McCartney and Wings "Venus & Mars Rock Show", I'm having a hard time finding information about this single. There is only a white label with the title and length of the song hand written, mono on one side stereo on the other. The label print says copy right McCartney Music Inc., 1975 Available only to technical and other authorized personnel for limited purposes of testing and review NOT TO BE PUBICLY PERFORMED, REPORDUCED. SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED Mastered by Capital PRO-8261-H-1 on mono side 5-45-92103-A-J-6 on stereo side There also seems to be a master's signature on both sides but I can not make it out. Any information would be quite helpful, thanks. David
Sounds like a test copy printed by the record company prior to pressing. It could be quite valuable to a collector if it's in excellent condition.
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hoodatnva:
Hi David -- seems kind of phony but I don't know for sure. I suggest clobbering this conundrum hard to be sure of its authenticity. I've never heard of hand written labels before, so you may have an absolute gem. If it was George Martin that wrote the labels, you got a good hunk of expensive nostalgia!
Especially since George Martin did not produce or have anything to do with Venus and Mars!
