{"title":"Paul And Linda McCartney","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ram-2","title":"Ram","description":"\u003cp\u003edouble 180 gram, gatefold vinyl with download. paul mccartney's classic album, 'ram' gets the same deluxe treatment recently enjoyed by 'the band on the run', 'mccartney' and 'mccartney ii' albums. 'ram', which is technically credited to paul and linda mccartney, was mccartney's second post-beatles lp. it was released in may 1971. the album was written by both mccartneys, mostly at their scottish farm on the mull of kintyre. in the fall 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 session 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'. the remastering work was done at abbey road studios using the same team who remastered the complete beatles' catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LPx2","offer_id":50424478105931,"sku":"351273","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Ram_Archive_Collection_2012_Remaster_57267e96_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726778741"},{"product_id":"ram","title":"Ram","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only album credited to both \u003cstrong\u003ePaul\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLinda McCartney\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRam\u003c\/em\u003e reached Number 1 in the UK and stayed in the US Top 10 for five months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecording after he’d left The Beatles and before the formation of Wings, \u003cstrong\u003ePaul\u003c\/strong\u003e initially flew with \u003cstrong\u003eLinda\u003c\/strong\u003e to New York to record the songs they'd written but arrived without a band. As \u003cstrong\u003ePaul\u003c\/strong\u003e recalls, “We were thinking of forming a group at that time, Wings. We went to New York, found a really grotty little basement somewhere and auditioned a bunch of people. We got someone to throw a lot of drummers at us, out of which we picked Denny Seiwell who’s one of the best, and his personality fitted. Then we went in, worked with him, Hugh McCracken, Dave Spinozza, a couple of New York session men, and did \u003cem\u003eRam\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo avoid arousing too much interest, the auditions were held under the guise of a session for a commercial jingle. As well as \u003cstrong\u003ePaul\u003c\/strong\u003e’s lead vocals there are harmonies from \u003cstrong\u003eLinda\u003c\/strong\u003e. “I gave her a hard time, I must say, but we were pleased with the results. Elton John later said somewhere that he thought it was the best harmonies he’d heard in a long while. It was very much the two of us against the world at that point.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite an initially lukewarm Rolling Stone review, it was later hailed by them as one of his best solo albums.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capitol","offers":[{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50427843969355,"sku":"1020576","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50427842789707,"sku":"1020577","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50427844854091,"sku":"2212687","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2b1a2916-d85c-44aa-b759-602cacf790f0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726827935"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/paul-and-linda-mccartney.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}