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Paul & Linda McCartney – Ram  Label:Apple Records – SMAS-3375 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester, Gatefold Country:US Released:May 17, 1971 Genre:Rock Style:Pop Rock Tracklist A1Too Many People4:09 A23 Legs2:48 A3Ram On2:30 A4Dear Boy2:14 A5Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey4:50 A6Smile Away4:01 B1Heart Of The Country2:22 B2Monkberry Moon Delight5:25 B3Eat At Home3:22 B4Long Haired Lady6:05 B5Ram On0:55 B6Back Seat Of My Car4:29 Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc. Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Credits Producer – Paul & Linda McCartney Written-By – Paul & Linda McCartney (tracks: A4, A5, B1 to B4), Paul McCartney (tracks: A1 to A3, A6, B5, B6) Notes

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: SMAS-1-3375-F12 #3  —◁ /  SIDE B: SMAS-2-3375-F39 —◁.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. CORNER DRILL HOLE.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. 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.