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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 and Wings - Wild Life - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $23.58, €21.42 (New Item) (arrived 06-Sep-2024 15:19)on September 8, 2024 at 12:23 am
WINGS Wild Life (1984 UK Fame issue of the group's 1971 8-track debut LP, housed in a glossy barcoded picture sleeve with a period shop price sticker attached. The sleeve shows general edge wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with barely any play)
- Paul McCartney and Wings - Wild Life - 2nd - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.85, €41.65 (New Item) (arrived 29-Aug-2024 16:18)on September 8, 2024 at 12:23 am
WINGS Wild Life (Scarce 70s UK second issue of the 1971 8-track vinyl LP with Paul and Linda picture labels, yellow inner, & 'MPL Communications' credit on the back of the picture sleeve. The sleeve shows very few signs of storage whilst the vinyl appears barely played PCS7142)
- Paul McCartney and Wings - Venus And Mars - Complete - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 29-Aug-2024 15:39)on September 8, 2024 at 12:23 am
WINGS Venus And Mars (1975 UK 13-track vinyl LP, the fourth studio album from McCartney's post-Beatles project, featuring the singles Listen To What The Man Said, Letting Go and the title track, thick card gatefold picture sleeve complete withillustrated card inner, two fold-out posters & two stickers. The sleeve shows light shelfwear, whilst the vinyl is Excellent with merely a couple of light signs of play PCTC254)
- Paul McCartney and Wings - Red Rose Speedway - 1981 + Booklet - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 29-Aug-2024 15:42)on September 8, 2024 at 12:23 am
WINGS Red Rose Speedway (1981 UK issue of the 1973 9-track LP, housed in a braille embossed gatefold picture sleeve with intact & integral twelve-page illustrated lyric booklet. There is some light shelfwear to the sleeve with a little edge scuffing/ringwear & the vinyl still looks barely played PCTC251)
- Paul McCartney and Wings - McCartney - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $23.58, €21.42 (New Item) (arrived 29-Aug-2024 15:47)on September 8, 2024 at 12:23 am
PAUL MCCARTNEY McCartney (1975 UK black Capitol label issue of the 1970 14-track solo LP, housed in a fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light shelfwear with some laminate creasing or lift & the vinyl looks barely played PCS7102)
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