Paul and Linda McCartney’s Legendary Album RAM Set for Deluxe Reissue
Paul and Linda McCartney’s 1971 album will be released across a variety of formats with new and exclusive content including a beautifully packaged Deluxe Edition Box Set– the ultimate collectable.
Tracklisting confirmed today
“Ladies
and gentlemen, this is an album from a long, long time ago, when the world was
different. This is an album that is part of my history – it goes back to the
wee hills of Scotland where it was formed. It’s an album called
RAM. It reminds me of my hippie days and the free attitude with which
was created. I hope you’re going to like it, because I
do!”
Paul
McCartney, 2012
Following
the announcement last month that RAM is to be the latest album
from Paul’s iconic back catalogue to get the deluxe Paul McCartney Archive
Collection treatment, today the full tracklisting of the album is
announced.
As with
the previous releases in the series, Paul has personally overseen every aspect
of the project and the result is spectacular.
The
standard release tracklisting is today confirmed as:
Standard
Edition
1. Too
Many People
2. 3
Legs
3. Ram
On
4. Dear
Boy
5. Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile
Away
7. Heart
Of The Country
8.
Monkberry Moon Delight
9. Eat At
Home
10. Long
Haired Lady
11. Ram
On
12. The
Back Seat Of My Car
In keeping
with the reissue campaign to date, the Deluxe Edition Box Set is the ultimate
collectable for any fan of this album. Its stunningly presented 112-page book,
photo prints, handwritten lyrics and notes, four CDs and a bonus film DVD, tells
the full story of a classic album that has gone down in music history as one of
the most revered in McCartney’s catalogue.
The
deluxe edition tracklisting is revealed as follows:
CD 1 -
Remastered Album (as listed
above)
CD 2 -
Bonus Audio
1. Another
Day
2. Oh
Woman, Oh Why
3. Little
Woman Love
4. A Love
For You (Jon Kelly Mix)
5. Hey
Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
6. Great
Cock And Seagull Race (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
7. Rode
All Night
8.
Sunshine Sometime (Earliest Mix)
CD 3 -
Remastered Mono Album
1. Too
Many People
2. 3 Legs
3. Ram On
4. Dear
Boy
5. Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile
Away
7. Heart
Of The Country
8.
Monkberry Moon Delight
9. Eat At
Home
10. Long
Haired Lady
11. Ram On
12. The
Back Seat Of My Car
CD 4 -
Thrillington - Remastered Album
1. Too
Many People
2. 3 Legs
3. Ram On
4. Dear
Boy
5. Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile
Away
7. Heart
Of The Country
8.
Monkberry Moon Delight
9. Eat At
Home
10. Long
Haired Lady
11. The
Back Seat Of My Car
DVD -
Bonus Film
1.
Ramming
2.
Heart Of
The Country
3.
3
Legs
4. Hey Diddle
5. Eat At Home On
Tour
- Menu music features
a selection of jingles from the promo disc Brung To Ewe By
Other
content:
112-page book with 32
page scrapboook, 5 photo prints, wallet including facsimiles of Paul’s
handwritten lyrics and notes, mini-photographic book of outtakes from the album
cover photo shoot, plus digital-only premium membership to paulmccartney.com.
RAM, originally released in May of 1971, is the only album to be credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney and was Paul’s second post-Beatles LP. It was overshadowed at the time by the drama of the dissolution of The Beatles, as played out in the world’s media. The album topped the charts hitting #1 in the UK and #2 in the US. While RAM polarized critics upon its release, music fans and critics alike since have overwhelmingly embraced it, with Rolling Stone, for example, revising their original review up to 4 stars. Recently RAM has enjoyed even further re-appraisal and acknowledgement including a number of tribute albums.
RAM was
written by Paul and Linda, mostly at their Scottish farm on the Mull of
Kintyre. In the autumn of 1970 they flew to New York to start the recording
process. Without a band in place they auditioned and drafted musicians, who
included future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarists David Spinozza and
Hugh McCracken.
The band
completed the album in early 1971 along with non-album tracks ‘Another Day’ and
‘Oh Woman, Oh Why’ which were released together as Paul’s first post-Beatles
single ahead of the release of RAM and became a Top 5 global hit.
The multi-disc editions of the RAM reissue include both songs as bonus tracks.
The album also gave Paul his first post-Beatles US number 1 single with ‘Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey’ and a Grammy win for Best Arrangement Accompanying
Vocalists.
RAM
was also issued in mono with alternate mixes, which were only made
available to radio stations at the time. This version has gone on to become one
of the most sought after McCartney collectables. It will now be commercially
available for the first time ever on CD as part of the Deluxe Edition as well as
a limited run on vinyl.
1977 saw
the release of Thrillington, an instrumental interpretation of
RAM, which was originally recorded in 1971 at London’s Abbey Road
Studios and was arranged by Richard Hewson. It was released under the pseudonym
Percy ‘Thrills’ Thrillington, an unknown eccentric socialite who often cropped
up in mysterious newspaper classifieds. In reality Percy was a character
devised by Paul and Linda. The idea behind it was simply to have some fun and
the concept of doing a full orchestral album was an ambition long held by
Paul.
The
additional film content features previously unreleased and exclusive content
including the brand-new documentary, “Ramming” narrated by Paul, as well as the
original music videos for “Heart Of The Country” and “3
Legs”.
The
remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently
remastered the complete Beatles’ catalogue.
Available
across a variety of different formats, the additional format tracklistings are
as follows:
Special
Edition:
CD 1 -
Remastered Album
1. Too
Many
People
2. 3
Legs
3. Ram On
4. Dear
Boy
5. Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile
Away
7. Heart
Of The Country
8.
Monkberry Moon Delight
9. Eat At
Home
10. Long
Haired
Lady
11. Ram
On
12. The
Back Seat Of My Car
CD 2 -
Bonus Audio
1. Another
Day
2. Oh
Woman, Oh Why
3. Little
Woman Love
4. A Love
For You (Jon Kelly Mix)
5. Hey
Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
6. Great
Cock And Seagull Race (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
7. Rode
All Night
8.
Sunshine Sometime (Earliest Mix)
Vinyl:
Disc 1 -
Side A
1. Too
Many People
2. 3
Legs
3. Ram
On
4. Dear
Boy
5. Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile
Away
Disc 1 -
Side B
1. Heart
Of The Country
2.
Monkberry Moon Delight
3. Eat At
Home
4. Long
Haired Lady
5. Ram
On
6. The
Back Seat Of My Car
Disc 1 -
Side C
1. Another
Day
2. Oh
Woman, Oh Why
3. Little
Woman Love
4. A Love
For You (Jon Kelly Mix)
5. Hey
Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
Disc 1 -
Side D
1. Great
Cock And Seagull Race (Dixon Van Winkle Mix)
2. Rode
All Night
3.
Sunshine Sometime (Earliest Mix)
Download
Remastered album
& bonus audio disc as high quality MP3s via a download code inserted on a
card within the vinyl package
Limited
Edition Mono Vinyl:
Side
A
1. Too Many
People
2. 3
Legs
3. Ram
On
4. Dear
Boy
5. Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey
6. Smile Away
Side B
1. Heart Of The
Country
2. Monkberry Moon
Delight
3. Eat At Home
4. Long Haired
Lady
5. Ram
On
6. The Back Seat Of
My Car
Digital:
RAM will be
available for download across a variation of digital configurations including
Mastered for iTunes and High Resolution. Two digital-only bonus tracks
will be available via paulmccartney.com and iTunes:
1. Eat At Home/Smile
Away (Live in Groningen, 1972)
2. Uncle Albert
Jam
Single:
Limited
edition 7” vinyl single as a special release for ‘Record Store Day’ on
21st April 2012, for independent record stores
only
Side
A
Another
Day
Side
B
Oh Woman,
Oh Why
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