PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY Ram 1971 UK APPLE 1st PRESS - UNPLAYED/MINT
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£ 216
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Jan 12, 2018
Sold Date
Jan 2, 2018
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PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY Ram 1971 UK APPLE 1st PRESS - UNPLAYED/MINT
PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEYRam
UK APPLE (PAS 10003) FIRST PRESSING (May 1971)
AN EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL COPY - UNPLAYED AND LIKE NEW
MATRIX: YEX 837 - 1 / YEX 838 - 1
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED SOFT BACKED DEEPLY GLOSSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL EMI INNER SLEEVE WITH BLUE PRINT
After the breakup, Beatles fans expected major statements from the three chief songwriters in the Fab Four.
John and George fulfilled those expectations -- Lennon with his lacerating, confessional John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Harrison with his triple-LP All Things Must Pass -- but Paul McCartney certainly didn't, turning toward the modest charms of McCartney, and then crediting his wife Linda as a full-fledged collaborator on its 1971 follow-up, Ram.
Where McCartney was homemade, sounding deliberately ragged in parts, Ram had a fuller production yet retained that ramshackle feel, sounding as if it were recorded in a shack out back, not far from the farm where the cover photo of Paul holding the ram by the horns was taken.
It's filled with songs that feel tossed off, filled with songs that are cheerfully, incessantly melodic; it turns the monumental symphonic sweep of Abbey Road into a cheeky slice of whimsy on the two-part suite "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey."
All this made Ram an object of scorn and derision upon its release (and for years afterward, in fact), but in retrospect it looks like nothing so much as the first indie pop album, a record that celebrates small pleasures with big melodies, a record that's guileless and unembarrassed to be cutesy. But McCartney never was quite the sap of his reputation, and even here, on possibly his most precious record, there's some ripping rock & roll in the mock-apocalyptic goof "Monkberry Moon Delight," the joyfully noisy "Smile Away," where his feet can be smelled a mile away, and "Eat at Home," a rollicking, winking sex song.
All three of these are songs filled with good humour, and their foundation in old-time rock & roll makes it easy to overlook how inventive these productions are, but on the more obviously tuneful and gentle numbers -- the ones that are more quintessentially McCartney-esque -- it's plain to see how imaginative and gorgeous the arrangements are, especially on the sad, soaring finale, "Back of My Car," but even on its humble opposite, the sweet "Heart of the Country."
These songs may not be self-styled major statements, but they are endearing and enduring, as is Ram itself, which seems like a more unique, exquisite pleasure with each passing year.
Side 1:
Too Many People
3 Legs
Ram On
Dear Boy
Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey
Smile Away
Side 2:
Heart Of The Country
Monkberry Moon Delight
Eat At Home
Long Haired Lady
Ram On
The Back Seat Of My Car
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels - no spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
A beautifully recorded album with a deep, rich, detailed warm sound - gorgeous audio reproduction and my play-check at volume found nothing to fault
SLEEVE: MINT
As clean, crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
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818 (GS 7.0.10 (818))
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