The „Paul McCartney 7-inch Discography“ Project - General

A little information concerning volumes 1 and 2 (1971 and 1972):

- Both volumes together will comprise approximately 260 A4 pages. They will be printed in full colour, on heavy quality, high grade paper (130g/m2) - They will be written in English and German throughout. - They will contain extensive information on more than 520 distinct pressings and variants from 54 countries, with 2,100 pictures and illustrations. - The information includes catalogue and matrix numbers, sleeve openings and rarity ratings. In addition, interesting collector comments are given for each and every release and issue. - Release dates and chart placings are also given, when available. - The books also contain general background information on Paul McCartney's singles, in addition to country-specific information.

Volume 1 (1971)

- Start of the preordering period: June 28, 2009 - Special price during the advanced preordering period: 29,90 Euro (valid from June 28 until August 2, 2009) - Regular price after the advanced preordering period: 35,90 Euro (valid from August 3 until September 13, 2009) - Preordering period ends: September 13, 2009 - Shipment of the books: October 4, 2009

Volume 2 (1972)

- Planned for the beginning of 2010

The idea

The main idea behind this fan-based project was to compile an exhaustive discography of 7" releases by Paul McCartney. With the help of many collectors and Paul McCartney enthusiasts from around the world, I have managed to create a unique catalogue of all of McCartney's single releases to date.

After several years of research, I am very proud to announce the impending publication of the first volume of the catalogue. Volume 1, which will comprise all of the single releases from the year 1971, will be published soon. Volume 2, containing the releases from 1972, is scheduled to follow approximately 3 months later.

The plan is for subsequent volumes to appear at intervals of approximately 3-6 months. Work has already commenced on the first chapter for 1973 (My Love) and is progressing nicely.

In order to achieve this ambitious goal, we still need your help! There are still some gaps that need filling and I am quite sure that there must be many more pressings and issue variations waiting to be discovered. If you are also a collector and you would like to participate, please contact me. Any help would be very much appreciated, no matter how small!

This is a non-profit project, but it should cover its costs. Unfortunately, printing costs are very high, particularly for relatively small print runs. But I do not wish to cut corners regarding the quality of the paper and print. If demand shows that it is worthwhile printing 100 copies more than originally planned, the price will drop considerably. I will keep you informed on the matter. If the decision is taken to lower the sale price later on, you can be sure that you will be refunded any excess money that you have already paid.

Features Volume 1 (1971):

Volume 1 (1971) includes all known worldwide issues of the following singles:

1. Another Day / Oh Woman, Oh Why 2. Eat At Home / Smile Away 3. Heart Of The Country (Russian EP) 4. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey / Too Many People 5. The Back Seat Of My Car

It has approximately 160 A4-format pages, with more than 1250 coloured pictures.

It also contains general background information on all the singles plus country-specific information for all releases and issues.

Features Volume 2 (1972):

Volume 2 (1972) includes all known worldwide issues of the following singles:

1. Give Ireland Back To The Irish / Version 2. Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love 3. Hi Hi Hi /C Moon 4. Singles released from the Wings Wild Life album.

It has approximately 104 A4-format pages, with more than 920 coloured pictures.

Printing & Paper Quality

I consider it very important for the print quality to be high, because the main section of the book comprises photographs of the sleeves and labels. For this reason, I have selected the digital offset method of printing, which is able to reproduce images very sharply and the colours retain a very high intensity. In the event that the print run amounts to over 400 copies, we will switch to standard offset printing.

The book will be printed on 130g/m² paper, which is a very good, heavyweight quality. In comparison, normal xerox-copy paper has a weight of only 80g/m².

Binding

Discussions as to the best way of publishing the discography went on for a long time. In the end, it was decided that the best and most convenient method would be to produce a loose-leaf publication housed in a ring binder. The benefit of this is that each subsequent chapter can be easily added. Also, each user can add his own amendments and corrections.

We would like to produce an attractive, custom ring binder for this project. Again, the main problem is the cost of producing it. Once more, we will require a minimum number of interested collectors before taking on the project. The plan would then be to supply the ring binder to coincide with the publication of the third volume, for the year 1973.

Collectors will therefore need to obtain a regular ring binder for themselves to keep the discography in until such time as the official ring binder is ready. Of course, it would be far better to have the custom binders ready for the start of the project, but unfortunately this is not possible.

Future Plans

It is my hope, that with the help of the many contributing collectors, we will be able to publish subsequent volumes of the discography at intervals of approximately 3 - 6 months. Work on the first chapter for 1973, which examines the My Love single, has already started.

Another big issue is the price of each volume. I hope that we will be able to print more copies in the future, which will bring the sale price down from its present level.

The „Paul McCartney 7-inch Discography“ Project - Preorder

General Preordering Information

To keep the price down to an acceptable level, it will be necessary to order a print run of approximately 250 copies for each volume. The final preorder price stated on this webpage is based on this minimum amount. If we are able to implement a bigger print run, we will of course be able to announce a lower price. On the basis of the last quote we received from our printing company, we originally thought that 100 copies would be sufficient. However, as it turns out, with such a small print run, the final price for the 1971 volume would be around 10 euros higher.

The preordering period is due to begin on June 28th and will go on for approximately 11 weeks. Volume 1 will be available at a special preorder price for the first five weeks, after which the regular preorder price will apply.

Please appreciate that this relatively long preorder period is necessary because of the nature of the project. Right now, there is no other way we can do it. You are able to download a PDF-file with lots of preview pages, showing a selection of the content of all five chapters of the first volume. If you like it, please promote it to other collectors and fan-clubs. Thanks!

Benefits of Preordering

1. You will benefit from the special preorder price, which will be much lower than the final price. 2. We will only be producing a very limited quantity of the book. Once these are sold out, no more copies will be available. 3. You will get online access to a working version of the next chapter. 4. You will be able to buy subsequent volumes of the discography at a special price. 5. You can have your copy signed by the author, if you wish.

There are sure to be a number of additions and corrections to the discography as the project progresses. If you preorder the book, you will be able to download all forthcoming additions as a PDF file for free, and print them out yourself!

Postage

Unfortunately, worldwide postage rates are relatively high. The best deal for our purposes is the air mail service offered by the German post office. You will only pay the actual postage charged by the post office (please see www.deutschepost.de). The cost of suitably sturdy packaging is already included. Please note that we only use registered mail to ship to certain countries, which costs an additional 2 euros

Germany: 2,50 Euros Europe*: 6 Euros Worldwide**: 12 Euros

Please note that it is our aim to minimise the cost of postage as far as possible. Be sure to have a look at the Special Offers for Fan Clubs & Dealers. You may be able to save on postage!

*European country group:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Azores, Belarus (White Russia), Bosnia, Belgium, Bulgaria, The Canary Islands, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, The Faro Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Herzegovina, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Slovakia, Réunion French Guiana, Rumania, The Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Switzerland ,Turkey, Ukraine & Vatican City

*World country group:

All countries that are not in the "European country group".

Special Offers for Fan Clubs & Dealers

1. Please contact us if you are a member of a fan club and wish to place a group order. We will make you a special offer depending on how many copies you require. If we are able to send the books to a single address, you can save a lot on postage! 2. Even if you are not in a fan club, you should still contact us if we can ship several books to the same address, to save on postage! 3. If you are a reseller and are interested in stocking the book, please contact us for special rates!

Payment

1. German customers pay by regular bank transfer. This does not incur any additional costs for either side. 2. The preferred method of payment for European customers is bank transfer using the IBAN & BIC number. Paypal* payments are also accepted but are subject to a small additional fee! 3. For customers in the rest of the world (including the USA) the preferred method is by Paypal*, to avoid the high cost of international bank transfers.

If you would like to pay any other way, please contact us!

*Please notice that PayPal is taking a much higher fee for every transaction than we charge!

The „Paul McCartney 7-inch Discography“ Project – the author

Markus den Boer was born in the German town of Bocholt in 1976, and grew up in Rhede in the Münsterland region of Germany. It was as a schoolboy that he first came into contact with the music of the Beatles, when his music teacher lent him some Beatles records. He was instantly bitten by the Beatles bug, and has been fascinated ever since by anything bearing the Beatles' name.

From the early 1990s, he began developing an interest in Paul McCartney's work as a solo artist, and in 1993, he went to his first McCartney concert, in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. In 1999, he came into even closer contact with the musician, when he attended a presentation of his rock and roll album, Run Devil Run – the presentation took place in the E-Werk in Cologne, with Paul McCartney himself in attendance.

After successfully completing his construction engineering degree at the technical university in Münster, his interest became increasingly focused on collecting promotional CDs, or promos – discs which are normally only sent out to radio stations and journalists. In 2000, he set up a website, www.jiggler.de, which is based on this CD collection. It has meanwhile grown into a world famous meeting place for Paul McCartney collectors. It was through this that he went on to develop his second passion: collecting Paul McCartney vinyl singles. He is fascinated by the small variations in the various issues of the small black discs, and the thrill of sourcing and owning these rare singles is a constant source of delight for him.

In 2003, he attended just about every concert that Paul McCartney gave in Germany as part of his Back In The World tour (Hanover, Oberhausen, Munich, Hamburg, and twice in Cologne). In Munich, he also had the thrill of obtaining an autograph from the man personally.

In the Summer Tour of 2004, he attended further concerts in Leipzig (Germany), Horsens (Denmark) and Paris (France). In Leipzig he was again lucky enough to obtain an autograph. As part of its report on the concert, the local newspaper, the Leipziger Volkszeitung published a portrait of the collector with the title Hardcore Fan with a Fine Detective Sense in its June 5-6, 2004 issue.

At the end of May 2005, he was a guest at the charity gala in Neuss organised to support the Adopt-A-Minefield organisation, whose aim it is to collect donations to pay for the disposal of land mines in former war zones. The patrons of the evening were Paul & Heather McCartney, who were also in attendance themselves.

In 2005, he went to the United States with a number of other fans, to attend two concerts in Boston and a further two at the legendary Madison Square Gardens in New York. He can be seen briefly on the official tour DVD.

As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Münsterland newspaper, the Westfälische Nachrichten, the special series entitled Time for the Future included a portrait of the collector. It was published on November 8, 2006, under the heading, Paul McCartney Has No Idea.

Over the years, Markus den Boer has contributed to numerous Beatles publications worldwide and was also one of the organisers of the Siegener Beatles Stammtisch series of collectors' meetings.