Paul McCartney III (333 edition) Third man records black and yellow Beatles

$

2,475

Super rare and special record!
I was one of the lucky people was able to get my hands on this record. I bought it officially from the Third Man Records sight right when it went on sale. There was nothing to it - I happened to be in the right place at the right time. 
I am a huge Beatles/ Beatles related fan, however I can justify keeping something of this value, I figure an even bigger Beatles can praise it more than I can!
The Record
Overall the jacket is in NM- shape. For some awful godforsaken reason, Third Man Records decided to not ship it the best causing a slight bulge on the spine and cutting the inner sleeve (inner sleeve can be replaced very easily by just buying a regular press of the album and swapping them). To prevent this from ever happening, I will store/ship the record in a separate MOFI sleeve NOT IN THE RECORD JACKET. It did not actually cut the spine of the jacket, but just made it bulge out (see photo No. 5). 
The record is in M shape. The only problem would be the quality control from Third Man Records with the tinniest bit of label damage. It is super neat how the record is made up from 33 ground up copies of the previous McCartney l and ll. I have not play tested the record because I want the buyer to be the first one to hear it! The number on this record is 163 making it right in the middle of the production run of record. 
This record is in hand and ready to ship to the lucky bidder. I will ship it professionally and with care. It will come with the original box with all the cool shipping goodies. I have a perfect rating on Discogs however I found it too be unreliable, so im starting to sale on ebay.
Heres the Third Man Bio on the record; Happy bidding! 

McCartney III —333 Edition is limited to 333 copies and is pressed on 'yellow-with-black-dots' vinyl created using 33 recycled vinyl copies of McCartney and McCartney II by Third Man Pressing. This special "regrind" pressing is the first version of McCartney's third self-titled solo album available for purchase. 

Paul hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of “Rockdown,” he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would become McCartney III: a stripped back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work marking the opening of a new decade, in the tradition of 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s  McCartney II.

Recorded earlier this year in Sussex, McCartney III is mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing, drumming, etc. atop that foundation. The process first sparked when Paul returned to an unreleased track from the early 90s, When Winter Comes (produced by George Martin). Paul crafted a new passage for the song, giving rise to album opener Long Tailed Winter Bird—while When Winter Comes, featuring its new 2020 intro Winter Bird, became the new album’s grand finale.

Speaking about III, Paul said: “I was living lockdown life on my farm with my family and I would go to my studio every day. I had to do a little bit of work on some film music and that turned into the opening track and then when it was done I thought what will I do next? I had some stuff I’d worked on over the years but sometimes time would run out and it would be left half-finished so I started thinking about what I had.  Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up, it was a lot of fun.  It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job.  So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album.”

Long Tailed Winter Bird and Winter Bird/When Winter Comes bookend McCartney III's vast and intimate range of modes and moods, from soul searching to wistful, from playful to raucous and all points between — captured with some of the same gear from Paul’s Rude Studio used as far back as 1971 Wings sessions. And Paul's array of vintage instruments he played on the new album have an even more storied history, including Bill Black of Elvis Presley's original trio's double bass alongside Paul's own iconic Hofner violin bass, and a mellotron from Abbey Road Studios used on Beatles recordings, to name but a few.

In keeping with McCartney & McCartney II’s photography by Linda McCartney, the principal photos for III were shot by Paul’s daughter Mary McCartney—with additional photography by Paul’s nephew Sonny McCartney as well as photos Paul took on his phone (it’s a family affair).  The cover art and typography is by celebrated American artist Ed Ruscha. 

McCartney and McCartney II each saw Paul open up a new decade with reinvention, both personal and musical. Just as McCartney’s 1970 release marked Paul’s return to basics in the wake of the biggest band break-up in musical history, and the 1980 avant-garde masterpiece McCartney II rose from the ashes of Wings, McCartney III finds Paul back on his own, turning unexpected circumstances into a personal snapshot of a timeless artist at a unique point in history.