The Story Behind The Recording of Paul McCartney's 'Ram Album.

[@PatrickPleau]

One of my favorite album of all time! the harmonies are so good. Dear Boy is a masterpiece

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Yeah! I love it. I bought an original vinyl copy last week and had a listen all the way through for the first in a long time. I enjoyed it so much I had to find out as much as I could about it.

[@ericwalter4771]

It’s really his best work.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@ericwalter4771 His best post-Beatles work is Band On The Run.

[@ericwalter4771]

@@CB-xr1eg Nah just his more celebrated . Ram sounded better and he had better musicians on that one as well.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@ericwalter4771 BOTR is a complete album with complete songs. Not half finished little ditties. It's more celebrated because it's clearly a far better album.

[@simonhusseyofficial]

Without doubt his best album. Incredible musicianship and production.

[@Sungodv]

I agree....Back to the Egg is my second fave

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

It’s a toss up for me between this and band on the run - I love em both, but I listen to RAM more :)

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

@@Sungodv Ohh WOW, great choice for #2!! You think so huh..I'm gonna listen to it again right now!

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

I like this and Venus and Mars....and, all of them haa.

[@denniswilson6673]

I agree followed by Band on the Run, Tug of War and Chaos

[@toddburgess6792]

This album helped me to get through my brother's drowning in June '71. Paul and Linda had no idea of the therapeutic value of "Ram" .

[@markwestervelt9708]

People always knocked Linda’s singing. But I love her voice on ram and wings albums. 👍

[@markwestervelt9708]

Paul’s genius never fails. Taught Linda to harmonize and sing and she sounds great. Remember, No auto tune or pitch adjustments like what is going on in today’s music industry.Nothing is real in today’s music.

[@ontheruntonowhere]

@@markwestervelt9708 Birds aren't real.

[@jake105]

@toddburgess6792 - As a kid I spent the summers in RI staying at my cousins. 1971 My cousin Nicky bought Ram and we played & played it. When I left in early Sept he gave it to me out of the clear blue really as he was my older cousin and spent my time with his kid brother who was my age. I still have it and cherish those memories.

[@johntomanio3374]

What were those critics snorting? I recognized the brilliance of RAM upon first hearing it in 1971. Today it stands as The Greatest Solo Beatles Album! RAM contains many poignant moments, an abundance of exciting guitar licks, oodles of heartfelt singing. And no music on earth can match the joyful abandon of Monkberry Moon Delight.

[@hw343434]

Greatest solo Beatles album is Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass. Ram is up there for some folks, great album

[@niemann3942]

Like so many rock critics (or critics in general) they were snorting self-importance -- the need to make themselves feel important and "superior" by reflexively bashing people who are infinitely more talented and beloved than they will ever be.

[@Meneervdberg]

​@@hw343434 I go with RAM

[@MichaelStefano-k3b]

@@MeneervdbergI go with ram too… John did good songs, but Paul was a visionary and ram is a whole experience… not a mere collection of songs

[@ginghamt.c.5973]

Linda deserves so much credit for her input, especially her harmony vocals, I'm glad more and more people "get it" the album always sounds so fresh and vibrant. So many melodies and little songs within songs, and imagery.. I live it, Ram really is a masterpiece.

[@dcool2u2]

Yeah, I always thought that her voice sounded so good with Paul's.

[@angelomisterioso]

I enjoy her vocal harmonies, but too bad Wings didn't get a real keyboard player. Just look at what Billy Preston brought to the Beatles.

[@tomasfagerberg6323]

I think Ram is Pauls best album. There is so much music in it. Very loveable and very charming.

[@redadamearth]

While Wings' "Band on the Run" is probably McCartney's best post-Beatles project in terms of a consistent sound, "Ram" is absolutely his best solo album - and the most "Beatles"-ish. It's just an endlessly inventive album and demands multiple listens. The criticism it received when it was released, which most people don't understand these days, as it's been re-assessed as a classic, was mostly based in the fact that at the time, Lennon had released the Plastic Ono Band album, which had incendiary, blisteringly emotional and nakedly honest lyrics - and Harrison had released "All Things Must Pass", which had similarly emotional content - both were just astounding albums with very sincere feelings in them - while McCartney's first solo album - and then "Ram", of course - were seen as more playful and frivolous, with no real confessional aspects - it was just McCartney "playing around", or at least that was the thought at the time by critics. The early 70's was a time when confessional and political and emotional songwriting was prized, as coming out of the 60's, everyone was in an introspective, contemplating, INWARD-looking mood - so in the face of that, McCartney's JOYFUL, and playful albums he had put out, including "Ram", were seen as lesser work and not reflecting the times, while Lennon and Harrison were being more serious-minded. This was, of course, a deeply flawed response by critics, and it's something McCartney's often had to deal with. He's always thought that writing "happy" songs and just songs that make people feel good, were just as - if not more - important - which is why a lot of his solo work has ended up only being truly appreciated as time went on. "Ram" is a masterpiece of songcraft and it's a brilliant songwriter just writing what he likes, with no real "theme" or truly confessional content - but apart from "Yesterday" and a few others, he's just never been that kind of lyricist. He goes where his muse takes him, which often results in records that are uneven in terms of style and content - and he just wasn't the kind of confessional songwriter that Harrison and Lennon were; in other words, it was more the TIMES that resulted in critics dismissing "Ram" when it was released, which was extremely unfair. Harrison and Lennon were going through some serious problems - drug addiction, divorces, depression, etc., so their songs reflected that - while McCartney was just in a great mood, living on a farm and in a happy marriage - so he wasn't exactly writing from the point of view of the zeitgeist. As a result, critics saw Lennon and Harrison's work as "important", and McCartney's as a "gag", really, which felt, to a lot them, that Paul was just "having a laugh".

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you. That’s a great summary (and explanation) to the reasons for its poor initial reaction.

[@latinhellas6383]

There is nothing wrong with and everything right about silly love songs.

[@RJLKMRD]

What an amazing take...I feel that Paul's music has to be read between the lines, especially lyrically...e.g. "Too Many People" is a political protest song by protesting Lennon and Ono's schtick..

[@hw343434]

@@RJLKMRDa silly “protest song” maybe 😅

[@Steven-d6b7x]

A good summary, but I don't think McCartney would appreciate you referring to Ram as a solo album.

[@MarionJInce]

Bought this album as a teenager when it was first released. I loved it, and still do. It's one of my favorite albums.

[@HEDGE1011]

What a great album. I got it as a young teenager and “Eat At Home” is still one of my favorite McCartney songs.

[@angelomisterioso]

Eat At Home is surprisingly good, in the sense that Paul wasn't really known for that particular style of country rock/blues music.

[@StreetCarNamedLuLu]

Very interesting background information, thanks. BTW, I bought RAM when it first came out, I was a freshman in high school, and thought it was a masterpiece. still love it.

[@Trombonology]

_Ram_ is easily my favourite solo McCartney album: beautiful songs and production.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Mine too I think, it does change from time to time but at the moment it’s definitely Ram!

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

I love the sound of this LP! It’s beautiful x

[@rayl6901]

My older brother owned RAM and we listened to it a lot. When I started seriously getting into the Beatles around 1977-78 (I was then 12, when I learned to play guitar) and their respective solo albums, with Band on the Run being an obvious favorite and Mull of Kintyre being THE single of the year, I was surprised and VERY pleased that RAM was actually a Paul McCartney album. Although I have different moods and have many favorites, RAM is generally accepted as my absolute favorite on most days. Nice little retrospective video, thanks! 🙂

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@sarahsherwood6866]

I too have this album and Dear Boy is one of my faves and Too many people

[@juancarlosnunezf96]

Ram is an album that whenever I listen to I get the feel it's the best album ever recorded, I know it probably isn't but whenever I listen to it I get that certain feeling I'm listening to the best freakin' recording ever. Truly a jewel.

[@Zoro007]

Fantastic album, one of his best. The songs all stand on their own and his voice was at its strongest. Brilliant, I bought it when it was first released.

[@jaysgood10]

This album has a soul. All great albums have a soul and is an entity upon itself.

[@jamesrobert6571]

Ram is one of the best albums ever recorded. It is humorus, tremendously musical, and deeply intelligent. The vocals are beyond good. Have you ever listened to the craziness at the end of "Smile Away"? Nobody else could have possibly written "Man, I can smell your teeth a mile away..." I consider it to be a work of genius.

[@curly_wyn]

I fucking hate Smile Away, it’s so annoying. Every other song on the album is great tho!

[@jamesrobert6571]

@@curly_wyn "I can smell your teeth a mile away". Don't you realize how brilliant that is? And the insanity of the music at the end? Yikes.

[@Meneervdberg]

I love Smile Away

[@Meneervdberg]

Fuzzzzzzz basz

[@jabohonu]

4:18 is it that strange? I usually leave my bass at the end when producing and nobody teach me anything

Still a great effort....Thank You Paul

[@chrisnewman7281]

Credit to you for your approach a lot of other people when preparing material tend to skip over the more interesting elements of the story of ram. Glad you’ve found some good photos from the era

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! It was really interesting to find some good pictures I hadn't seen before.

[@ArmchairRamb0]

This is fascinating. I'm going to give the album another listen. Fell like I should like it, even just for its sound. Good ingredients.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Enjoy!

[@petersonlafollette3521]

You will learn how the album defied the critics and won popular public support.

[@timdrums1]

What a fantastic little piece. Thanks so much. I’m old enough to remember that early solo Paul records were just critically panned as trite, and it’s nice that hindsight and time and so much subsequent music has allowed this actually very sweet, experimental and warm music to resurface and be appreciated.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! It must be nice for Paul to get the overdue praise for not just taking the easy route and playing it safe.

[@BillPeschel]

so that's what that was all about. I pulled Ram from my bro's record collection (I was 11 in 1971) and loved the raw sound and intriguing lyrics. I think he fulfills Sting's advice (in his Rick Beato interview) not to be boring. Looking back on the whole Beatles is dead / will they reunite, I realize just how silly it all was.

[@BIZARBIES]

I listened to this album and Tug of War so much as a kid. I still love them both.

[@paulagavin8190]

Love this album!

[@mirrortime]

I will go out on a limb and say... 'RAM' is a masterpiece. Doubt me? put on some headphones and listen deeply. It will blow your mind!

[@pinkenbajedi2119]

Just amazing, so ahead of its time ❤❤❤

[@GregGLG58]

Thanks. Really enjoyed this. The most creative vocal album of any of the solo Beatles, or any artist for that matter.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@clarkewi]

I first heard this LP in Yosemite late summer. Remains one of my favorites.

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

RAM is an absolute masterpiece from Start to finish! Especially Love MonkBerry..

[@lg4360]

Love your channel. Well done!!!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you! 😃

[@mriamnathanjohnson]

Wonderful video. Great info. Thanks!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@jariheikkila4782]

One of my favourite Paul album. Monkberry is marvelous 🎤🇫🇮

[@Youareme42o]

What a great freaking album RAM is 😊

[@alafenetre81]

My favourite McCartney's album. Many great songs on it, "The Back Seat Of My Car" for instance.

[@ejames6431]

I love these albums and Paul McCarthy & Wings. The best years of my childhood.

[@birchsongsltd.6831]

I loved both first and second efforts from Paul.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Me too, Junk is one of my favorite melodies from Paul.

[@birchsongsltd.6831]

@@mixingmasteringonline I was just a kid when McCartney came out and I remember laying in the dark on my back listening to the drumming at the end of the album in one of the odder experimental tracks (at the end of side two) playing with flashlights to the music. I was like 12 at the time and thought that record was just the coolest. Years later it never wore thin. Still love it.

[@beatleowl]

Love this album. Nice video

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@baritonfelix]

4:14 that image is flipped. Paul always plays left handed. Also, volume pot is seen at the top proving this is a right handed axe strung for LH.

[@lg4360]

About the Ringo "Shea Stadium" kit. Ringo NEVER sold that one. He still owns it. The ONLY Black Oyster Pearl drums that Ringo used that have been sold/auctioned was his first Ludwig kit (minus the snare) which Ringo sold raising money for his Lotus Charitable Foundation. It sold for 2 million dollars to Jim Irsay who owns the Indianapolis Colts. In 1969, Paul used a combination Ringo's first kit and Ringo’s second Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl Downbeat kit when he recorded his first solo album, McCartney, in 1970. Paul used the 8” x 12” tom and the 14” x 20” bass drum from the first kit and the floor tom and snare from the second kit. Ringo used the original Ludwig rail consolette only of his first kit, opting to replace them with the more flexible Rogers Swiv-o-matic tom mount on all of his subsequent Ludwig Classic sets. Ringo stored some of his drums at McCartney's Cavendish Ave house because it was so close to Abbey Road Studios. McCartney used the combination of sets for that time period and that is how Denny Seiwell ended up using this kit for a while before McCartney returned them to Ringo (minus The Beatles bass drum head). Ringo ALWAYS used his first Black Oyster Pearl snare with all of his various sets. It was very unique in that is was 5.5" deep Jazz Festival vs. the standard 5" deep. McCartney used the Black Oyster Pearl snare from Ringo's second kit (which Ringo NEVER used as it was a standard 5" deep Jazz Festival snare). So, no this story of "buying" one of Ringo's old sets for $300 is absolutely NOT true.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Interesting, in interviews Denny still tells the story about the kit. It did sound a bit far fetched actually. He must have been scammed! Thanks for the detailed info 👍.

[@lg4360]

​@@mixingmasteringonline His friend was definitely scammed! McCartney had a drum set there for the auditions. When he decided to hire Denny, he called him and asked if he would like to do the record with him. It was then, that Denny brought in his own kit to the CBS studio, which is a Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl set he acquired that were the same as Ringo's, but NOT Ringo's. He used a snare he borrowed from his father for the sessions. After the sessions he sold the drums apparently keeping the bass drum head with "The Beatles" on it. No, it was NOT one of Ringo's "Beatles" heads. I know the gentleman who owned Ringo's original Ed Sullivan drum head which he sold for $2 million. Lives near me. There were 8 "The Beatles" heads that Ringo had used, one being the orange "Love" drumhead painted by Ringo and used on his 1964 Ludwig Super Classic drum kit. It was first seen when The Beatles performed All You Need Is Love on a BBC "Our World" broadcast in 1967. The head was also seen in the movie Magical Mystery Tour and other promotional films like "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" but with the word "Love" painted over. Now when he became one of the founding members of Wings, he used the drums McCartney borrowed from Ringo and they rehearsed Ram at McCartney's "Rude" studio. There are pictures of Denny sitting behind those drums. Whether he used those drums at Abbey Road Studios where they recorded Ram, I'm not sure. I personally own a 1965 Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl kit that was manufactured the same week as Ringo's Shea kit.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Wow, thank you for sharing your knowledge on this. It' really interesting to learn the actual series of events.

[@ricksalt6860]

My favourite McCartney album . The 1st telephone voice in a pop song . Brilliant production .

[@CaptainRon1913]

I bought Ram when it first came out, and loved it. Still do to this day. I can play a pretty good "Ram on" on my Kamaka ukulele

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Cool!

[@brucecall1595]

My only mcartney solo disc. Sounds amazing

[@woodyreed2882]

Such a great LP. His best IMHO.

[@SceneComparisons]

best Beatles solo album alongside All Things

[@dokholladay]

Ram is a masterpiece of modern music

[@jugibur2117]

A great album and great info here, thanks! I think the critics were still largely against Paul because of his breakup of the Beatles. He only received the widespread recognition he deserved late on.

[@markwestervelt9708]

Ram is my favorite solo Paul album. A true rock and roll album.

[@erestube]

My favorite post-Beatles Paul album. Back Seat of My Car is as good any Beatles song for me. Acoustic rock out of the heyday of CSNY, etc. Even my daughter likes to sing along with Smile Away, but tells me to turn The Beatles down! I could never understand Ram's critics. I always stood by it. Good to see it get some love.

[@NeatBeatZone]

nice vid. enjoyed it 😀

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@kekeboj8476]

The McCartney album I’m most fond of. I just love it.

[@thisklik]

Love RAM!!❤❤❤ never noticed the 2 beatles on the cover 😂😂😂 thanks!!

[@johngammon963]

I'm a John fan but make no mistake Paul is a real musical genius and it must have been difficult for the others to deal with his talent and their insecurities.

[@PennyAuction]

I've always found it amazing how much stellar music was recorded by that band between 1969 and 1971. You've got Let it Be, Abbey Road, McCartney, Plastic Ono, All Things Must Pass, Ram, and Imagine all out before 1972. I also find it quite interesting that the majority of those songs were written while they were all in the Beatles. After 1971 only "Band on the Run" stands up as an LP. Some Time in New York City and Wild Life are almost unlistenable. "Living in the Material World", "Red Rose Speedway" and "Mind Games" are okay but nowhere near their previous work. To me it indicates that a) they broke up at the right time and b) despite their differences they always brought the best out of each other and were better together.

[@lerpack455]

A superb album - from someone who is a serious ear-lugs born in the late 40’s.

[@johnaldred6864]

Great album....

[@contextiseverythingmediane2816]

Great video

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you!

[@laurencaulton103]

I love it.

[@tbx59]

Great album.

[@n.oneimportant5]

I haven't read all of the comments so forgive me if I'm restating something which has already been posted. Technically, McCartney's 2nd solo album was McCartney 2. RAM was credited to Paul and Linda McCartney. Fans tend to eyeroll that factoid, but it is nevertheless true.

[@paulhaworth6399]

I love Ram ,played the original to death. Ended up with the super deluxe box set and books plus half speed version.IMO the best solo Beatle album

[@Uetti]

Never knew about the percussive instruments used on Heart Of The Country, but I've always noticed that unusual metallic sound used as a hi-hat, I've always wondered what it was… Now I know it was a sheet of metal 🙂 Nice also to know about the reversed bin. I already knew about the phone book on Too Many People but never investigated on the percussions on Heart Of The Country. Thank you for those infos. Also, quite a number of photos I'd never seen before (Like the ones of Paul in the control room at Sunset Sounds). Thanks!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Great, glad it was useful! There's a lot of really good photo's on the www.the-paulmccartney-project.com website. Definitely worth a look..

[@clust11]

The guitars arrangments on this albums are the best in Paul’s discography

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci.

[@stephenwoolston1106]

May I add I add it is my favorite of his post-Beatle albums.

[@RJLKMRD]

Probably my favorite album of all time although it's tough..

[@Ola_na_Tungee]

3 legs , long haired lady and back seat of my car are my favorites. 😊

[@kennethhymes9734]

If what we are talking about is never playing an open A (always smart anyway) and tuning the string slightly flat, which seems to be what Sewell reports, then it could totally be compensating for bad intonation on the Rick. An alternative interpretation is that he would favor pulling the fretted notes a bit into pitch, achieving some form of slightly scooped vocal sound or subtle vibrato. Bears looking at and listening to his technique across the album.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

I don't know about the rick but he did say his Hofner's were terrible for intonation so maybe it started there.

[@latinhellas6383]

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is one of my earliest childhood memories. To my ears, Ram and Band on the Run are masterpieces from start to finish, Wings at the Speed of Sound is excellent too, and every other solo and Wings album has at least one masterpiece song.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

I really like "Wings at the Speed of Sound' too, great album!

[@hw343434]

Ram and Band on the Run yes. The other albums not at all imo

[@meyou-dv8ns]

By far his 6th best album!!!!!!!!

[@stevewill9495]

I loved Ram as soon as I heard the 1st track- Too Many People. Mac was in top form rocking and chewing out Lennon (who I luv too) the guitar solo is fab. 3 Legs is way too cool, I can go on- Heart of the Country is great! A perfect album. It only shows how amazing the Beatles were. How do you break apart a band and get Ram, All things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band for starters? I confess, I usually fade a minute out of the ending of Monkberry Moon Delight, sorry Sir Paul!

[@gregwilliams3120]

The critics at the time were expecting Let It Be or Eleanor Rigby. They were looking for more groundbreaking, smash hits when Paul was starting over from scratch. Extremely unfair. Personally, I love that too-short era of his post-Beatles, pre-Wings music, I wish he would've stayed on that track a bit longer.

[@Meneervdberg]

Monkberry Moon Delight, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey and The Back Seat Of My Car are groundbraking to say the least. They saw Paul as the villain and his first 3 albums were very strange for the time, (classic) rock was at it's zenith

[@vir2ul1]

Here’s my take on the critics: All of them and their reviews are either dead and forgotten or otherwise irrelevant. But the music? The music lives on.

[@ManubibiWalsh]

This album is the reason why I do not care about any opinions a “music critic” has. They’re all bullshit, this album is a fucking masterpiece.

[@GranulatedStuff]

'McCartney' Tracks 1, 6, 7 recorded at Rude Studio Track 2 recorded at Abbey Road Studios Tracks 3-5 recorded live at The Apollo, Glasgow Tracks 1, 6, 7 recorded and mixed by Paul McCartney Track 2 recorded and mixed by Geoff Emerick Tracks 3-5 recorded by Mark Vigars and Eddie Klein and mixed by Geoff Emerick Tracks 1, 2, 6, 7 mastered at Abbey Road Studios Tracks 3-5 remastered at Abbey Road Studios

[@RemyRAD]

Wait wait wait... At, A & R Studios of, Phil Ramon. They were on the Neve 8068. Funny I don't think so. I believe this is incorrect. Though it could have been another control room and studio within the same building. Because within their main studio. They most definitely were known for their big Trident A Range Audio Console. They were very well known for that. So I guess maybe they were in Studio-B? When you wanted that Neve sound over the Trident, sound? I don't know I worked at a different studio of the street called Media Sound Studios with Bob Clearmountain. Who then moved over to Power Station Studios with Tony Bon Jovi first cousin to John Bon Jovi. Slightly older. Known for his work in the early Disco Days. Who also worked at Media Sound. With Bob. When they decided to open their own place. Just up the street from Media Sound where I worked for a short while. Slightly less than a year. Before I got an even better job in Fort Lauderdale. So I was bemused to hear this. Because I think it's incorrect. I could be wrong? Perhaps I am? What happened to their Trident A Range? Did Phil Ramon get tired of that? Did Billy Joel no longer like it? What? Yeah and so, I had a Neve, custom broadcast version of an 8038. With 1073 equalizers. 1081 microphone preamps. What I consider to be, one of the best sounding Neve's of all time. Not the pure Class-A ones that do not excite me. They are far, too smooth for rock 'n' roll. You don't need that smooth for rock 'n' roll. And it will sound clouded on a Symphony Orchestra. Because it ain't got no edge to it. The Trident A Range. Is, one of the only consuls. I've not engineered upon. Also a Flickinger. I've seen them. I may have used one? I can't remember? I think I only saw it. And went, oh? That's a Dan Flickinger. HUH wow that's goofy looking. I never engineered on an Angus or a, EMI nor, Neumann audio console. Anything else under the sun I have engineered on. The highest end SSL. The lowest end, TEAC, Tangen, Barringer. The lowest of the low. And strangely enough it works, can be used, can sound relatively good. And is real cheap. So not to worry if it blows up. You simply replace it. There is nothing to fix. That can be fixed anymore. And it's all over anyhow. Some of us grew up and lived through. The greatest recording histories we will ever know. And I got to be a tiny part of that. I know the other engineers personally. The got to be a huge part of that. The biggest part of that. The best part of that. And the luckiest ever. But they are great engineers. I know them all. They got the touch they got the ears. They know exactly what to do right. Some of us just create new recording techniques when we have to. And then everybody else wants to know. I came up with a very funny one. And the Miami Symphony Orchestra musicians just loved it back in 1979. And kept on asking the guys at Criteria/Hip Factory Studios. Why can't they do it like really does it in Fort Lauderdale? It took them 36 years to figure out how. I thought that was very funny. 36 long years later. It took them to figure out my technique. At its, unbelievably simple. That's the funniest part. It's incredibly laughable. But works great! Which is the whole point. Yeah why wear headphones doing overdubs if you don't have to? And hearing the tracks nice and loud in the studio. From nice big speakers that sound great. In the studio. And I'm picking up more of those. Then I am the people I'm trying to record. But I don't care! That's easy to fix. You do an extra overdub. Without anybody performing for that overdub. Then you combine it with the good overdub track. Out of phase. Balance the level. Everything completely, will cancel out. But it won't work if the microphone got moved bumped into, in any way. Then all bets are off. It won't work at all. It's a cute little trick nobody had ever thought of before. Because violinist, violist, cellists, woodwind musicians they don't like wearing headphones. Don't make them wear headphones. Let them hear the track they are playing to at a nice level they feel comfortable with. In the studio. So that would be nice and loud. So they could really feel it. While they are playing their tracks. That is recording the speakers more. On the second pass. You can do an additional overdub or nothing. And then combine the two tracks together. With one phase inverted. Fine tune the volume. Until the background absolutely, vanishes. It's very cool. And there's another benefit. I'm told by, Acoustic engineers. That it will not, subtract out the room acoustics. Au contraire. Some of these guys are morons. With college degrees. I've already proved it. It works. Got crappy acoustics in your room? Adding it to itself out of phase. Gets rid of most of the nasty lobes. That all cancel out. You can hear it for yourself. And acoustic engineers are dealing with, air molecules and where they are going. How they are propagating. And they know the mathematics for that. They just don't know what things are supposed to sound like. And we can't help them there. They have to be stupid and clueless and ignorant, on their own. To experience for themselves. What is to be stupid. I always love when experts tell me what I can't do. I love to show them that they are stupid. It's always fun. You don't think I can do that? Here you go! People are such idiots. And nothing we can do about that. RemyRAD

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Great insight, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.

[@spaceengineer1452]

3 legs, man we was lonely are awful. Have a listen to sometime somewhere (with vocals) Don’t know why they left that one off.

[@markwestervelt9708]

Lol. Nice try!!!!do much trolling

[@spaceengineer1452]

@@markwestervelt9708 No. trolling never enters my mind. I’m too intelligent for such things. I recognise yt comments section, as a place to express an opinion. I have good taste, you don’t. Over and out. Btw Long Haired Lady, another awful song. Bye. ✌️

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Absolutely my favourite McCartney album. Such a shame that Paul didn’t do a Brian Wilson and perform it live in its entirety when it hit 50……..

[@modularmuse]

It was the first album I owned.

[@SeltaebEht]

John must have liked "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" since he's been singing at his own birthday party in 1971.

[@jackcrook4435]

Ram is the fuckn bomb

[@EV-cv5ym]

If you love Ram (as I do) then check out Thrillington - it's a great rework of the tunes from Ram and also by Paul M.

[@wilderbeast96]

This is a wonderful presentation, but there's one thing I might add. Wasn't "Ram On" a double entendre because it's suspiciously close to "Ramone," Paul's name (Paul Ramone) from the early 60s when he, John, and George joined a talent agency briefly. They were encouraged to take on stylish surnames to further a possible career as an idol.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Thank you, that’s right, yes. And interestingly where the Ramones got their name from.

[@wilderbeast96]

Also with regard to Paul's slight flattening of certain bass strings: Lennon was fond of doing that too. I read somewhere that he would visit his Aunt Mimi at her place in Liverpool and announce to her that he could hear his guitar in a Beatles song playing on the radio. When Aunt Mimi aksed incredulously how he could tell it was his guitar or George's amidst all the clutter, John chimed in, "Oh you see, I flatten my tuning just a bit so I can hear my guitar in the mix!" which is all quite funny. @@mixingmasteringonline

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Nice, I haven't heard that one, cheers!

[@BalefulBunyip]

Without doubt the best solo effort by him or any of the other Beatles in my opinion. I like Band on the Run and Imagine also, but Ram is better, more interesting melodically, more relaxed production, better "feel".

[@GurungyNoHamuster]

"Ramon, give your heart to somebody". Ramon was Paul's rock and roll name from the Silver Beatles days (George was Carl).

[@johntomanio3374]

Those who love RAM need to hear THRILLINGTON -- where McCartney redoes the entire RAM album with orchestral instrumentals. A stunning alternate world!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Yeah, it’s a very interesting take on the album for sure!

[@brianeckert774]

Th best Macca album!

[@PeKe999]

Linda was herself and that's always the best person to be...... yourself.

[@Geritopia]

This is my favorite post-Beatle album of Paul's. ...And I mean that specifically as an album experience, because there's plenty of other great McCartney works that followed. There is an identifiable vibe of cohesion and it *feels* to me like it's bridging between home-demos and full-scale production. It's organic, for a lack of any other way to put it. You really put an emphasis on equipment here and it does extend my knowledge. However, if Paul is using an ElectroVoice RE20 in the fully-equipped studio, why would he switch it later? I understand that the Neumann has a legacy that makes it a very sought-after mic -like best in the world/ warm, etc, and a mic that other manufacturers try to compare theirs to.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

It may not have definitely been switched on all tracks but according to the engineer, Paul did overdub a 'proper' vocal take later on for a lot of the songs.

[@mariomartellacci9462]

I felt Ram was an excellent LP. I particularly enjoyed Too Many People, Monkberry Moon Delight and Back seat of my car. Nice instumentation and vocals overall...

[@PeterStrachanMusic]

Fantastic album.. At the time, McCartney's money was tied up with the Beatles court problems.. However with Linda being a Co writer.. Her royalties went straight to her.. Quite clever really.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Definitely, he was really savvy in business!

[@walrus1300]

Not to mention Smile Away, an old fashion rocker.

[@curly_wyn]

But one that’s EXTREMELY annoying, especially with the 50s-ness of it and those grating backing vocals. I hate it.

[@MikeGervasi]

His best album.

[@chumbels]

Next time you listen to too many people, focus on the drums near the outro... a total chaotic disaster.. And yet? It's genius and perfect... I'm telling you. Listen to it..what the he'll. Live it..And Spinozzas lead guitar. Wow

[@OperationBlueprint]

The best Beatles album

[@tapeadeadworm]

This would be my favorite Paul record if Chaos and Off The Ground didn’t exist.

[@mixingmasteringonline]

Chaos is one my favorites too. Great production from Nigel Godrich.

[@NoNameNo.5]

Best post Beatles album…

[@lg4360]

In my opinion, McCartney's best album post Beatles.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

I'm not sure I'd agree with the reason for the title name. Early in their careers - before they were fab - they had different identities and Paul was known as Paul Ramon - ram - on which he sings in this album

[@mixingmasteringonline]

That’s what I thought , although it was Paul himself that explained where the title came from for the album in another video. The song ‘Ram on’ is definitely from Paul Ramon though.

[@heyhey3185]

When I liked this album originally, and loved songs like monkberry moon delight, I thought it was just me. I later discovered the huge cult following it has. It’s great!

[@mixingmasteringonline]

I know what you mean, think a lot of people including me though like that.