PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY Ram UK APPLE UNPLAYED/MINT

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Mar 14, 2013 Sold Date

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PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY Ram UK APPLE UNPLAYED/MINT

APPLE INNER SLEEVE - DEEP, RICH, WARM SOUND

PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY
Ram

UK APPLE (PAS 10003) MID 1970s PRESSING OF PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY'S "Ram" LP
SUPERB COPY - POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED - PRISTINE SOUND THROUGHOUT

MATRICES: YEX 837- 2 / YEX 838- 3
THE ALBUM IS HOUSED IN A LIGHTLY GLOSSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL APPLE INNER SLEEVE

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
Clean, bright, factory-fresh labels - no spindle traces or signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with its possibly unplayed status my play-check at loud volume found no audio issues of any kind - playback is immaculate throughout with a warm, deep, rich and full sound
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT++
Printed with a light glossy finish the gatefold is clean, sharp and fresh with little wear to speak of - just a little rubbing/fading to the spine
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The Apple inner sleeve is unmarked but there is a touch of age-related discolouration around the edges - there are however, no seam splits

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A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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