Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971) [DCC 24 KT Gold CD, 1993]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 272 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers - 71 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: DCC Compact Classics (GZS-1037)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 272 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers - 71 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: DCC Compact Classics (GZS-1037)
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…