Monday, February 22, 1971
Recording "Ram On"
Last updated on June 5, 2020
Monday, February 22, 1971
Last updated on June 5, 2020
"Ram" sessions (A&R Studios, New York City)
January-February, 1971 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Ram
Recording studio: A&R Studios, New York City
Previous session Feb 08, 1971 • Mixing "Another Day"
Single Feb 19, 1971 • "Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why" by Paul McCartney released in the UK
Article Feb 22, 1971 • The trial for the dissolution of The Beatles’ contractual partnership – Day 2
Session Feb 22, 1971 • Recording "Ram On"
Single Feb 22, 1971 • "Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why" by Paul McCartney released in the US
Article Feb 23, 1971 • The trial for the dissolution of The Beatles’ contractual partnership - Day 3
Next session Feb 23, 1971 • Recording "The Great Cock And Seagull Race"
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Ram" LP
As a maybe crazy (but great) idea for promotional purposes, Paul recorded the Now Hear This Song Of Mine spots after his work on Ram. Tell me about your role on this production.
Right, yes, this is a one-sided limited album (only 500 copies were pressed) to promote Ram. The thing was that Paul told me the radio stations could use some musical cuts to introduce RAM to the market, such as radio spots. To record and produce ’em, he kind of said to me:“Eirik, I’ll play you a couple of tunes on the piano and then Linda and I will sit down in the studio, and you can ask us some questions, anything you want”.
After we get it done, he just said: “Now, take all these elements and and do what you feel like with them”! I was stunned. So I mixed it all up, cut the tracks here and there, added sounds of real rams, rain storms and other bits. It was really a lot of fun doing it!. Having all done, I played the results for Paul, and he just loved!
Engineer Eirik Wangberg, interviewed by Claudio Dirani, 2005
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Paul saying "Get It Together Man" - Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Paul saying "On A Fishing Boat" - Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
'Ram On' And Sheep Noises
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Please Don't Bring My Banjo Back
Recording • Part of a series of fifteen introductions of 30 seconds or 60 seconds to the tracks of "Ram" created for radio stations.
AlbumOfficially released on Brung To Ewe By
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium
We owe a lot to Chip Madinger and Mark Easter for the creation of those session pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details!
Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium is the ultimate look at the careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr beyond the Beatles. Every aspect of their professional careers as solo artists is explored, from recording sessions, record releases and tours, to television, film and music videos, including everything in between. From their early film soundtrack work to the officially released retrospectives, all solo efforts by the four men are exhaustively examined.
As the paperback version is out of print, you can buy a PDF version on the authors' website
Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline
This very special RAM special is the first in a series. This is a Timeline for 1970 – 1971 when McCartney started writing and planning RAM in the summer of 1970 and ending with the release of the first Wings album WILD LIFE in December 1971. [...] One thing I noted when exploring the material inside the deluxe RAM remaster is that the book contains many mistakes. A couple of dates are completely inaccurate and the story is far from complete. For this reason, I started to compile a Timeline for the 1970/1971 period filling the gaps and correcting the mistakes. The result is this Maccazine special. As the Timeline was way too long for one special, we decided to do a double issue (issue 3, 2012 and issue 1, 2013).
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