AdamJNovak Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I was fortunate enough to score one of these at the new Wicker Park Reckless Records in Chicago. I was third in line (a buddy and I got there at 11:45 the night before). Went on social media around 6am and saw that they posted something about a mystery McCartney release, so I added it to the bottom of my list, not really thinking anything of it. Doors opened at 10am and it was pretty well organized, everything was behind the counter, you give your list to an employee and they grab what you want. Once I saw the employee I was dealing with almost done grabbing everything I wanted, I saw him walk up to the owner and then pointed at me. The owner handed me the 12" and said "You better hold on to this and I better not see it on Ebay" (I assured him). A photographer took a picture of me (never asked for my name, so they kind of botched the whole "put it on social media campaign" that went along with this) and I walked out happy with everything I wanted on my list. Now, I've done a little bit of research on this release and I guess it was supposed to be priced at $9.99 or lower, but not to be given away. When I got home, I was curious to see how much it was and took a look at my receipt, it was not on there. Also, is it actually initialed and handwritten by McCartney? It looks to be that way, but I'm not sure? I've also read that it was limited to 100 or 109 and that they did this in England a few weeks prior to RSD. I know that it's two remixes of "Hope for the Future". If anyone has any other information on this release, I would greatly appreciate it! http://imgur.com/XfzTy3V Jettkoral and stl_ben 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugazi Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Congrats man, that's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 There has been a lot of speculation about this, and I have put down my thoughts elsewhere. But here they are again. About a week before RSD, various shops I follow on Twitter kept posting about a limited white label by Macca. Only available in the shop. Several people got them. They are hand written. But I don't know by who. Then on the RSD thread here someone posted something about an RSD release, hand written by Macca, very limited. People freaked out, got upset that shops were already selling it. I pointed out the white label in shops was NOTHING to do with RSD as they were all legit shops and wouldn't break the rules like that. My view is that though it is a white label and limited, but not written by Macca and not limited to 100. I could be wrong, but editions of 100 don't crop up as often as this seems to have. It isn't RSD, that much is a given. My suspicious mind says the record label are riding the hype train around RSD and doing this, spreading rumours about 100 copies and who wrote on it. They aren't stupid at all. Either way, you have something rare, as right now, people are paying stupid amounts on ebay. When the dust settles we shall see. It could be 100 copies, but it just seems to have been around a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I could be completely wrong on all this, and if it is 100 copies and written by Macca, I am going to regret not swinging by a shop when they announced it. I passed on by recently and it wouldn't have been hard to drop in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidroje Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I'll trade you Brand New- Deja Entendu for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 This is the info that RSD sent to stores that were getting a copy. It doesn't say specifically they are signed by him so the general consensus is they aren't.http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:recordstoreday.com/CustomPage/3384 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoidantroyd Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Searching the hashtag #rsdmccartney yields results where stores claim it to be autographed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Searching the hashtag #rsdmccartney yields results where stores claim it to be autographed.It's not. Hand written. But not by Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoidantroyd Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Just stating that there are conflicting stories. It seems like a few distributed through the southeast "resemble" an autograph while others just have a generic looking "PM". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamJNovak Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 I emailed the @ info record store day address to see if I can get any information on it. We'll see if they respond. 213041284s, stl_ben and vinyl addict 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_ben Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I got the one at my local store. It appears they are limited to 100 copies, but not sure if that is 100 world wide or 100 US & 100 UK. Either way it is super cool. Now I just need to get a hold of a 3d printer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 grabbed one too and I've been scouring the web for more info. One store posted that this was limited to "109 in the US". Really weird number, but I guess that means that it's 100ish for both the US and UK? they could be totally wrong though and just adding to the confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 There's a possibility it is less than that.......I know for a fact that 25+ were damaged, but I have no clue whether or not the damaged ones were replaced or just sent back to him/them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 100 each for the UK and US sounds much more likely. If it was 100 total, I doubt many would have got over there to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampwick Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Sweet Trash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I thought from the pictures that were posted the handwriting was all over the place implying it wasn't one person that wrote out the labels (certainly not Sir Paul). As for the exact number, I don't know if anyone knows for sure other than the label, but I'm thinking the guess of 100 US / 100 UK / 200 Total is probably close. I'm wondering if now that the hype is going strong we'll see more copies released or if it was a "one time only" thing. If it isn't signed by Paul and they're not numbered there's really no reason they couldn't do 100 more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamJNovak Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 I've done a few searches on Macca's handwriting and in some cases, it does look pretty similar to the handwriting on the white label. Still not sure if he's actually signed it and no one has responded from RSD after I emailed them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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