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McCartney, Ringo Starr start to get the word out about their new albums

With their respective album release dates starting to come into view, both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have started promoting fan pre-orders of the records through their respective websites. 

If you pre-order Paul McCartney's "Kisses on the Bottom" to be released Feb. 6-7, through his website www.paulmccartney.com, you'll pay $14.99 for deluxe physical CD and digital download (with access to a free live download), $9.99 deluxe digital download only, $15.99 for high resolution deluxe digital (with access to free live download), $29.99 for vinyl plus digital, $11.99 for standard CD and digital download and $7.99 for digital download only.   
 
The price is comparable with the competition on Amazon.com, though prices on Amazon fluctuate and anyone pre-ordering there will get the lower price if the it drops before the release date. The album can also be pre-ordered through iTunes. It's also available in import versions from Japan, the UK (which includes the deluxe version) and Canada.
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Meanwhile, Ringo Starr is also pushing a pre-order of his "Ringo 2012" through his website. His price is currently higher than the Amazon.com price and doesn't include the extra DVD Amazon has in its exclusive version. You can pre-order it at this link. The album is also available in versions from the UK, Japan and Canada.
 
The first single from Ringo's album, "Wings," is now available through iTunes.  The "Ringo 2012" can also be pre-ordered through iTunes as well. 

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