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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Too Many People | |||
| 2. 3 Legs | |||
| 3. Ram On | |||
| 4. Dear Boy | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Another Day | |||
| 2. Oh Woman, Oh Why | |||
| 3. Little Woman Love | |||
| 4. A Love For You (Jon Kelly Mix) | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Too Many People | |||
| 2. 3 Legs | |||
| 3. Ram On | |||
| 4. Dear Boy | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. Too Many People | |||
| 2. 3 Legs | |||
| 3. Ram On | |||
| 4. Dear Boy | |||
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| Disc: 5 | |||
| 1. Ramming | |||
| 2. Heart Of The Country | |||
| 3. 3 Legs | |||
| 4. Hey Diddle | |||
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Product Description
Product Description
RAM forms one part of the Paul McCartney archive collection, personally supervised by Paul and newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios. RAM, originally released in May of 1971, is the only album to be credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney. The album topped the charts hitting number one in the UK and number two in the US, and also gave Paul his first post-Beatles US number one single with "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" and a Grammy win for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists.
This special edition includes:
• The original 12-track album, remastered at Abbey Road Studios
• 8 bonus audio tracks
• Remastered mono album (previously unreleased commercially)
• Remastered Thrillington album, the instrumental cover version of RAM originally released under the pseudonym of Percy "Thrills" Thrillington
• Bonus DVD featuring:
- Ramming (11-minute documentary on the making of RAM)
- Heart Of The Country (music video)
- 3 Legs (music video)
- Hey Diddle (Paul & Linda performing the track in Scotland, not used before in its entirety)
- Eat At Home On Tour (4 minute piece using behind the scenes footage from the 1972 European Tour with a live recording of the track Eat At Home from Groningen in Holland)
• All set within a numbered hardbound box containing a 112-page book, 32-page scrapbook, 5 prints in vintage style photographic wallet, 8 full size facsimiles of Paul’s original handwritten lyric sheets and mini photographic book of outtakes from the original album cover photo shoot.
• 24bit 96kHz high resolution audio versions of all 20 songs on the remastered album & bonus audio disc, accessed via a download code inserted on a card within the deluxe edition package.
This special edition includes:
• The original 12-track album, remastered at Abbey Road Studios
• 8 bonus audio tracks
• Remastered mono album (previously unreleased commercially)
• Remastered Thrillington album, the instrumental cover version of RAM originally released under the pseudonym of Percy "Thrills" Thrillington
• Bonus DVD featuring:
- Ramming (11-minute documentary on the making of RAM)
- Heart Of The Country (music video)
- 3 Legs (music video)
- Hey Diddle (Paul & Linda performing the track in Scotland, not used before in its entirety)
- Eat At Home On Tour (4 minute piece using behind the scenes footage from the 1972 European Tour with a live recording of the track Eat At Home from Groningen in Holland)
• All set within a numbered hardbound box containing a 112-page book, 32-page scrapbook, 5 prints in vintage style photographic wallet, 8 full size facsimiles of Paul’s original handwritten lyric sheets and mini photographic book of outtakes from the original album cover photo shoot.
• 24bit 96kHz high resolution audio versions of all 20 songs on the remastered album & bonus audio disc, accessed via a download code inserted on a card within the deluxe edition package.
Product Description
5CD Super Deluxe Edition Incl. 112 Pgs. Book, Photos & More
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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This is my favourite McCartney album, it should not be compared to Beatles albums, because it is not the Beatles! The album opens up with 'Too many people' this is a great song with the hooks Paul is king of, this song has a few hidden messages towards John eg "Too many people preaching fantasies". 'Three Legs' is an exellent blues workout. Ram On is has a beautiful melody and sound, and a reprise apears later on the album. 'Dear Boy' is fantastic. 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Hansley, is an experimental track that has severals songs in one, and is arguably the highlight of the album. Smile away is the rocker of the album and is quite bluesy. 'Heart of the country' is a bouncey country number reminiscent of Johns 'Crippled Inside' written a year later. 'Monkberry Moonlight' is a fun song and has an exellent vocal from Paul. 'Eat at home' is in the same vain as ' Too many people' and is just as good. 'Long haired Lady' is a fantastic tribute to Linda. 'Back seat of my car' is a fantastic prodution number and is right next to 'Uncle Albert..' That is the original album in full, but now it contains the coinciding single, the beautiful 'Another day' with the B side ' Oh woman why' which is a weak track, and is the only song on this exellent album that is not brilliant. If you expect a slick produced album, then you will be suprised. This not an album full of 'Let it be' and 'Yeserday' type songs, this is a raw sounding album, full of Pauls versitality as an artist, this represents his life at the time. If you buy it with an open mind for music, you are in for a treat.
50 of 51 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
There was a time when I blithely assumed that John & Yoko was where it was really at. In terms of the Beatles, Paul was just the old sweet-toothed loverboy with a penchant for writing saccharine songs while John provided the real meat. Everything I once thought I knew was consigned to the bin when I heard this album. Because, while John & Yoko were ploughing their lonely furrow of po-faced holier-than-thou realpolitik, Paul and Linda were down on the farm making one of the most beautiful albums of the 70's. I cannot believe that I never heard this album before. It is exquisite. It rocks, it's boisterous, it's funny, it's tender, it's deeply funky: it has everything. Two very wealthy young people making music that is brimming with simple, unassuming, confident love and putting a big cheesy smile on my face. If you only buy one Macca album this has got to be the one. You can even give Band On The Run a miss if you like. I listen to this album and I think - I'll have what they're having. It's beautiful. It's amazing. Buy it and get drunk on it. Maybe the 70's weren't so naff after all...
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By J. I. De Beresford
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Format:Audio CD
I bought this album when I was 16 or so and when I first heard it I didn't like it. Then I listened to it a second time and came under its spell- hynpotised by its romantic and melodic splendour. I cannot understand why this album was slammed and Band on the Run venerated so much more. Or why Back Seat of My Car is singled out as the strongest track when to me it has always been the weakest and slightly contrived. The album oozes precocious but real talent and those critics who were paid to write that they thought this album was rubbish ought to count on their fingers how many pop stars today write tunes so well crafted and performed. Indeed, if you trawl through the archives of Rolling Stone magazine and see how many classic albums they have slammed and bad ones praised you can see that no one should be paid to write reviews. Ok, taste is subjective but I think as time goes by this album will still sell because it is well worth buying when others that are 'subjectively' good have long fallen by the wayside. The lyrics also deserve praise. McCartney was seldom as mature or as sincere as Lennon but he writes impressionistic lyrics that are often overlooked for how clever they are in an abstract way. Check out 3 legs.
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Bad sound
First of all to make one point clear: this is my McCartney album ever! I love this album extremely.
As a big fan, I have of course the first Uk pressing (mint) and the first... Read more
As a big fan, I have of course the first Uk pressing (mint) and the first... Read more
Published 22 days ago by R. Van Rossum
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant album
after all these years it is still a classic album .... love this and all of Paul's solo albums ... can't wait for more
Published 1 month ago by Roland B. Dodd
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5 Star album
Maccas best album in my opinion when he was still good and didn't spend his on stage time winking at the audience as if he was still a cheeky mop-top. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Trubshaw
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Excellent Service
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Published 1 month ago by lisa lodwick
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Keeps Getting Better All The Time
A great album that just gets better all the time- I think the backlash against the Beatles splitting made people want to hate it--Now sounds even better being remastered and shows... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Amazon Guy
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Blown away
When I first heard this album, it blew me away. At the time I hadn't heard such a rock diversity of sounds. I remember Paul saying at the time, when asked what style it was. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Allen Trevor Dix
4.0 out of 5 stars
A real grower
Despite its reputation, Ram is actually a very good album which I think got some undue flak on release because of what it is NOT: some big musical statement from a key sixties icon... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Chiantibeatle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost a masterpiece
As a fan of Paul McCartney, I have his albums on vinyl already so as the Archive editions become available I'm building up the cd versions. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bluebottlethethird
4.0 out of 5 stars
another good CD
I have had this for years on vinyl it a cracker and now able to hear all over again great will buy a few more of paul CDs
Published 5 months ago by Patrick O Brien
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mcartney Magic
I like this a lot, my first hearing of this was only a couple of months ago. I knew that it existed an was interested to check out what it was like. I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 5 months ago by jontyc
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