PAUL AND LINDA MCCARTNEY
Ram
2021 UK/EU limited edition 12-track stereo vinyl LP released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 masterpiece.
Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, cut on a specially adapted Neumann VMS-80 Lathe. The vinyl is UNPLAYED housed in the sealed gatefold picture sleeve with series obi.
A1. Too Many People 4:10
A2. 3 Legs 2:48
A3. Ram On 2:30
A4. Dear Boy 2:14
A5. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey 4:55
A6. Smile Away 3:53
B1. Heart Of The Country 2:23
B2. Monkberry Moon Delight 5:24
B3. Eat At Home 3:22
B4. Long Haired Lady 6:05
B5. Ram On 0:55
B6. The Back Seat Of My Car 4:29
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Paul and Linda McCartney’s 1971 masterpiece RAM, the album will be reissued 14th May 2021, as a limited-edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing.
Paul’s most recent release, the #1 album McCartney III, recorded in “Rockdown” last year, saw a return to the homespun, lo-fi style of the earliest days of his solo career. The eclectic charm and intimacy of 1970’s McCartney and 1971’s RAM found Paul redefining his post-Beatles creative identity, while unconsciously rewriting the rules of pop music and creating new genres along the way—or as Pitchfork would later describe RAM’s sustained influence on generations of fans and musicians alike, “inventing an approach to pop music that would eventually become someone else’s indie-pop.”
The only album to be credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney, RAM was created mostly at Paul and Linda’s farm in Scotland (following initial, more traditional studio sessions in New York). Unlike the completely solo sessions that resulted in Paul’s eponymous debut album, the recording of RAM found Paul and Linda enlisting a number of musicians, including Denny Seiwell, who would become a founding member of Wings, Paul’s next musical adventure.
The RAM sessions were completed in early 1971, also yielding the standalone single Another Day, a worldwide hit that preceded RAM’s May 1971 release.
RAM’s singular sonic palette was unlike its predecessor—or anything else for that matter—and has grown exponentially in stature and influence over the decades. Critically polarizing at the time, the album was instantly beloved by fans, hitting #1 in the UK and giving Paul his first post-Beatles American #1 single, the GRAMMY-winning Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. In recent years the record has continued to solidify its standing as one of the most loved in Paul’s unparalleled output. Fans and critics alike continue to sing its praises: Rolling Stone has hailed the album as a “masterpiece” and “a grand psychedelic ramble full of divine melodies,” Pitchfork has praised it as “a domestic-bliss album, one of the weirdest, earthiest, and most honest ever made,” and Mojo, perhaps most accurately of all, has deemed RAM “quintessentially McCartney.”
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PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS Junior's Farm (1974 first UK issue 7" vinyl single with solid centre, Factory Sample stickered to the first side of the Apple label for review prior to release. Also features Sally G, replica die-cut company sleeve. The vinyl is a nice EX/EX- with just light evidence of play R5999)
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PAUL McCARTNEY No More Lonely Nights (1984 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single including the Extended & Ballad Versions plus Silly Love Songs. The glossy picture sleeve displays some light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition 12R6080)
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PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS Venus And Mars - Deluxe Edition (2014 UK Deluxe Edition numbered 2-CD/1-DVD set comprising 13-track remastered album and 14-track bonus CD, plus 4-track DVD, manufactured in China for the UK market. Their fourth album,originally realeased in 1975, was recorded primarily at Sea-Saint Studios in New Orleans and at Abbey Road Studios in London. The album topped US and UK charts reaching #1 on both, spearheaded by the success of lead single Listen To What TheMan Said. Including 14 bonus audio tracks [including Junior's Farm] and a DVD featuring previously unreleased and exclusive content, including footage of the band in New Orleans and rehearsing the songs from Venus and Mars at Elstree Studios, and the original TV commercial for the album, directed by Karel Reisz. All housed within a 128-page hardbound book, numbered on the back cover, containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney and Aubrey Powell, album and single artwork and a full history of the album, including a new interview with Paul McCartney and expanded track by track information. Includes integral Nashville Diary 1975 booklet, 2 stickers, a band photo, replica ticket stub, sheet music insert, lyric insert and fold-out poster. The cover shows some scuffing and just a few of the pages have very faint foxing to the top. The discs are in Excellent condition with only minor surface marks. Overall an Excellent copy )
- Paul McCartney and Wings - Ram - Deluxe Anniversary Box - US - cd album box set - £150.00, $184.50, €177.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 10-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 22, 2025 at 6:52 am
PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY Ram (2012 US Individually Numbered Deluxe Edition FIVE Disc box set including four CDs & a DVD, with remastered 12-track album, an 8-track CD of Bonus Audio Tracks [including the hit single Another Day], the previously unreleased Mono version of the album and 11-track Thrillington instrumental album, with a DVD featuring previously unreleased content, complete with a 112 page book, 32 page scrapbook, eight full size facsimiles of Paul's handwritten lyrics, a mini photographic book of outtakes from the album cover shoot, five 10" x 8" photos and download card. All housed within a deluxe cloth bound hard cover box. The discs show the lightest of cosmetic surface wear and the box and contents display minimal evidence of wear ) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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