{"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":34.99,"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\/products\/ram","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}