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Paul McCartney Linda McCartney - Ram
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The
only
album
credited
to
both
Paul
and
Linda
McCartney,
RAM
reached
Number
1
in
the
UK
and
stayed
in
the
US
Top
10
for
five
months.
Recording
after
he’d
left
The
Beatles
and
before
the
formation
of
Wings,
Paul
initially
flew
with
Linda
to
New
York
to
record
the
songs
they'd
written
but
arrived
without
a
band.
As
Paul
recalls,
“We
were
thinking
of
forming
a
group
at
that
time,
Wings.
We
went
to
New
York,
found
a
really
grotty
little
basement
somewhere
and
auditioned
a
bunch
of
people.
We
got
someone
to
throw
a
lot
of
drummers
at
us,
out
of
which
we
picked
Denny
Seiwell
who’s
one
of
the
best,
and
his
personality
fitted.
Then
we
went
in,
worked
with
him,
Hugh
McCracken,
Dave
Spinozza,
a
couple
of
New
York
session
men,
and
did
RAM.”
To
avoid
arousing
too
much
interest,
the
auditions
were
held
under
the
guise
of
a
session
for
a
commercial
jingle.
As
well
as
Paul’s
lead
vocals
there
are
harmonies
from
Linda.
“I
gave
her
a
hard
time,
I
must
say,
but
we
were
pleased
with
the
results.
Elton
John
later
said
somewhere
that
he
thought
it
was
the
best
harmonies
he’d
heard
in
a
long
while.
It
was
very
much
the
two
of
us
against
the
world
at
that
point.”
Despite
an
initially
lukewarm
Rolling
Stone
review,
it
was
later
hailed
by
them
as
one
of
his
best
solo
albums.
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