PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY, Ram RARE Green Apple label both sides USA 1st press LP
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Paul & Linda McCartney – Ram Label: Apple Records – SMAS-3375 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Los Angeles Pressing, Full Apple Both Sides Country: US Released: May 17, 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock A1 Too Many People 4:09 A2 3 Legs 2:48 A3 Ram On 2:30 A4 Dear Boy 2:14 A5 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 4:50 A6 Smile Away 4:01 B1 Heart Of The Country 2:22 B2 Monkberry Moon Delight 5:25 B3 Eat At Home 3:22 B4 Long Haired Lady 6:05 B5 Ram On 0:55 B6 Back Seat Of My Car 4:29 Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc. Artwork – Paul* Engineer – Armin*, Dixon*, Jim*, Phil*, Ted*, Tim* Engineer [Mixing] – Eirik The Norwegian Lacquer Cut By – EW/N* Photography By [Cover] – Linda McCartney Producer – Paul & Linda McCartney Another early Los Angeles pressing has full Apple labels on both sides, with "Mfd, by Apple Records, Inc." in black text at the bottom of side 1, under the production credit (not along the perimeter). This variation known only for LA pressing. "Paul And Linda McCartney" credit on spine and inside gatefold, "PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY" on labels. Gatefold Packaging, with Apple Records' New York address on lower left back jacket.
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.
- Matrix: SMAS-1-3375-Z1--I EW/N ✲ / SMAS-2-3375-F-33- 2 ✲
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD ONLY DUE TO SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE, RING WEAR AND BOTTOM SCUFFING (SEE PHOTOS). INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLAY SCUFFS AND FINGERPRINTS. CLEAN LABELS.
Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?
First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl. Why experience the worse elements of both formats? These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared. They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound. There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.
First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider. Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.
- 1. USA IS $6.99 FOR ANY AMOUNT OF LPs PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME.
- 2. INTERNATIONAL BY EBAY
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