B45469 – Paul McCartney 2012 RAM Archive Collection Deluxe Edition Box Set (UK)

An original numbered issue of the 2012 re-release of Paul McCartney’s album ‘Ram’. This archive edition is number 29514 and was personally supervised by McCartney himself. RAM was originally released in May 1971 and is the only album to credit both Paul and Linda McCartney. The album achieved number one in the UK and number two in the US also giving Paul a Grammy win for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocals.

This deluxe edition of the album features the items listed below.

– Original 12-track album remastered at Abbey Road Studios.
– 8 bonus audio tracks.
– Remastered mono album (previously unreleased commercially).
– Remastered ‘Thrillington’ album, the instrumental cover version of RAM originally released under the pseudonym of Percy “Thrills” Thrillington.
– Bonus DVD featuring Ramming (11-minute documentary on the making of RAM), ‘Heart Of The Country’ (music video), ‘3 Legs’ (music video), ‘Hey Diddle’ (Paul & Linda performing the track in Scotland, not used before in its entirety), ‘Eat At Home On Tour’ (4 minute piece using behind the scenes footage from the 1972 European Tour with a live recording of the track ‘Eat At Home’ from Groningen in Holland) and 24bit 96kHz high resolution audio versions of all 20 songs on the remastered album, bonus audio disc, accessed via a download code inserted on a card within the deluxe edition package.
– The contents are contained within a numbered hardbound box containing a 112-page book, 32-page scrapbook, 5 prints in vintage style photographic wallet, 8 full size facsimiles of Paul’s original handwritten lyric sheets and mini photographic book of outtakes from the original album cover photo shoot.

The box set measures 31cm x 26cm (12.2 inches x 10.2 inches). It is housed in the original brown mailing box and packaging. The cellophane has been opened but is also included. The condition is excellent.