Music Packaging, Books and More!: Wings Over America Deluxe Box Set

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Wings Over America Deluxe Box Set - Grammy Winner

After January 26th's Grammy broadcast, I realized I needed to post this great Wings box set from Hear Music/Concord Music Group. Our congratulations to designers Simon Earith and James Musgrave from design studio YES in the UK for their vision and inspiration. This reissue was available in late May of 2013. There are so many cool details, I can't begin to show everything, but I'll try. This was a terrific project on which to work; full of unique and exciting details. Suffice to say if you are McCartney fan, you need to own this box set. On to the details!

This logo is foil stamped on the front cover of the tour itinerary and disk book. Sets the tone of the package.

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As you review this package, a little production note; the entire box set was printed stochastically, a printing method using high resolution random dots creating smooth images with no patterns.

When the shrink wrap is removed, you have a turned edge slip case with silk screen printing, tip-ons and holographic labels. Inside you'll find four books, plus a small tour book reproduction.

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Notice the really fun labels including a holographic.

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The four books; itinerary book, essay book, Linda McCartney's LOOK! personal tour photo book and artist Humphrey Ocean's sketches of the tour in book format.

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The itinerary book is covered with a high quality faux leather, folded over and glued. Inside you'll find replica photos made with a special technique to mimic old school photo paper. Four brass fasteners hold the contents, loose leaf style. The 3 CD disks and 1 DVD of the Wings Over The World CBS show are in the rear. Included are photographic fold-outs of each venue in which Wings played, a travel schedule, set list, costume sketches, and tour photography. This book also contains the lyrics to the songs as played in concert. In the very back is a reproduction of the tour book.