The Ram remaster will be released in various formats in the U.K. today (May 21, 2012) and in the U.S. tomorrow (May 22, 2012). More info here and here.

Amazon links for “Ram” packages:

1) RAM [Deluxe Book Edition] [4CD+1DVD]

2) RAM [Special Edition] 2-CD set (8-track bonus CD included)

3) RAM [Standard Edition]

4) RAM [Vinyl Edition] 2-LP set with 8 bonus tracks

5) RAM [Limited Edition Mono Vinyl Edition] – very limited mono vinyl LP

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I wanted to make a final update to readers who are awaiting the remastered release of Paul and Linda McCartney’s “Ram.” A couple of items that I did not mention in a previous post are also available with the various “Ram” packages available.

1) Vinyl single: This is a very limited addition item that was released on April 21st (2012) for Record Store Day. It is a reissue of Paul’s first single apart from The Beatles with “Another Day” on the A-side and “Oh Woman, Oh Why” on the B-side.

A listing of participating Record Store Day stores can be found here.

"Record Store Day" Another Day vinyl 7" single re-issue

2) Two digital-only bonus tracks will be available via paulmccartney.com and iTunes:

1. Eat At Home/Smile Away (Live)
2. Uncle Albert Jam

Track 1 was recorded live with Wings on August 19, 1972 at Groningen, Netherlands at Evenementenhal. The Wings line up at the time was Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell.

Other items previously mentioned include the (1) Standard album on CD, (2) Special Edition (with Bonus CD), (3) Deluxe Edition with bonus CD/Mono Album CD/Thrillington CD/bonus DVD, (4) Vinyl 2-LP set and (5) Mono VInyl.

Additional details about these formats (tracklisting, etc.) are available here.

Ram cover art, 1971

Amazon links for “Ram” packages:

1) RAM [Deluxe Book Edition] [4CD+1DVD]

2) RAM [Special Edition] 2-CD set (8-track bonus CD included)

3) RAM [Standard Edition]

4) RAM [Vinyl Edition] 2-LP set with 8 bonus tracks

5) RAM [Limited Edition Mono Vinyl Edition] – very limited mono vinyl LP

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Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living In The Material World will finally see a U.S. home video release on May 1, 2012. I’ve posted some details about the film when the U.K. version was released last fall here.

As was expected, the film will be released in three editions: a two-DVD set, a separate Blu-ray version and a big-ticket Deluxe Edition that will include both the DVD, Blu-ray, a 96-page book of photos from the film and the 10-track CD “Early Takes Volume 1″ featuring previously unreleased music from George Harrison that was first available in the UK Deluxe Editon.

Also to follow up on the detailed information on Paul McCartney’s Ram re-issue, posted here, the release date is set for May 22, 2012 and as on previous parts of this series includes CDs, DVDs and vinyl. For details on the way the abundant bonus offerings are packaged, read the linked article.

Here are some Amazon links in case you are interested in ordering/pre-ordering:

Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living In The Material World – all formats accessible at this link (available for pre-order only until May 1, 2012)

Ram Archive Collection – all formats accessible at this link (2012 re-issue versions only available for pre-order only until May 22, 2012)

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Although it’s subject to change at this point, I wanted to give readers and fans a “heads up” on the latest concerning Paul McCartney’s Archive Collection. The next album to get this deluxe treatment will be Ram.

As most of you know Ram was the 1971 follow up to McCartney, Paul’s first solo album. The set is currently scheduled for release on May 22, 2012 and will include a staggering 4 CDs and one DVD, as follows:

CD 1: Remaster of the complete Ram album by Paul and Linda McCartney with Too Many People, 3 Legs, Ram On (version 1), Dear Boy, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Smile Away, Heart Of The Country, Monkberry Moon Delight, Eat At Home, Long Haired Lady, Ram On (version 2), The Back Seat Of My Car (originally released on LP on May 17, 1971 (US)/May 21, 1971 (UK).

CD 2 (Bonus tracks): Another Day (single version from Ram Sessions), Oh Woman Oh Why (single version from Ram Sessions), Little Woman Love (recorded in August 1971), A Love For You (Jon Kelly remix and originally a Ram out-take), Hey Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle remix and originally a Ram out-take), Great Cock And Seagull Race (Dixon Van Winkle mix originally recorded around Dec. 1971 – here a version featured on BROW here), Rode All Night (out-take), Sunshine Sometime (out-take later used on Rupert The Bear animation music)

CD 3: Ram (mono version): Paul made a very limited edition of the Ram album for AM (mono) radio airplay and only distributed to radio stations. The mixes are not simply fold down mixes but actually different. (e.g. “Too Many People” has a longer fade out and the backing vocals are mixed much lower – read more about mono Ram here). The track listing is the same as CD 1.

CD 4: Percy “Thrills” Thrillington: Percy “Thrills” Thrillington is an alias Paul McCartney used to put together this orchestral arrangement of all songs on the Ram LP. Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Hewson. Track listing is the same as CD 1 except there is no “Ram On (version 2)”. These are instrumental orchestrated versions of all tracks. Although recorded in 1971, the original Thrillington album was not released until 1977.

DVD: Video features include Ramming, Heart Of The Country, 3 Legs, Hey Diddle, Eat At Home On Tour, a selection of “Now Hear This” jingles (these are radio promo spots for Ram).

As before, there will likely be scaled down versions of the complete set offered at a reduced price as well as a vinyl edition. As earlier McCartney Archive Collection sets (Band On The Run, McCartney & McCartney II), these will be issued by Concord Music Group/Hear Music. The entire Archive Collection with a long list of additional McCartney albums is now planned to be released by 2016 (Venus & Mars is supposedly next).

Amazon.com is already taking pre-orders for the set here.

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If you have been looking for a new video release of The Beatles animated classic Yellow Submarine, then here is some good news. An announcement by Apple for a re-release of the original movie on both Blu-Ray and DVD is rumored to be in the works for sometime today (Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012). Earlier DVD copies of film had been taken out of circulation a few years ago ahead of the, now aborted, Disney 3-D re-make version that was initially announced on this site here. The U.S. release date is currently planned for May 29, 2012. The film was originally premeired at the box office in July 1968 and is an animated account of The Beatles and their mission to save the music-loving paradise under the sea known as Pepperland from the Blue Meanies.

Yellow Submarine (Blu-Ray edition, 2012)

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At 10pm EST on February 9, 2012 Paul McCartney will perform live to the world selections from his new album Kisses On The Bottom. The performance will take place at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California and be streamed free of charge exclusively on Itunes. This will be the first time any of the selections from this new release will be shared with the public in a live setting. Kisses On The Bottom was released only yesterday and is an interesting collection of standards Paul grew up listening to with his family. In fact, he learned many of them from his father playing them on the family piano. There are also two new McCartney compositions – “My Valentine” and “Only Our Hearts” (which feature guest appearances from both Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder). Both the album and streaming event will have Paul backed by Diana Krall and her band. Diana is a star in her own right with three Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards, nine gold albums, three platinum albums, and seven multi-platinum albums. The deluxe version of the Kisses On The Bottom CD comes packaged with a download card of the this performance, that can be redeemed after the event. The standard CD contains 14 tracks but no download card. I should also point out that there are two versions of the deluxe CD. The first contains the standard CD plus the download and the second (available exclusively at Target stores in the U.S.) contains a 16-track CD that adds the two bonus tracks “My One And Only Love” and “Baby’s Request” (a new version of the Wing’s track from the 1979 album Back To The Egg). The complete track listing and additional info:

1. I’m Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter
2. Home (When Shadows Fall)
3. It’s Only A Paper Moon
4. More I Cannot Wish You
5. The Glory Of Love
6. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
7. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
8. My Valentine
9. Always
10. My Very Good Friend The Milkman
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Get Yourself Another Fool
13. The Inch Worm
14. Only Our Hearts
15. Baby’s Request (on some deluxe editions)
16. My One And Only Love (on some deluxe editions)

Paul McCartney – all lead vocals, acoustic guitar on tracks 12 & 13
Diana Krall band – all tracks
Stevie Wonder – harmonica on track 14
Eric Clapton – guitar on tracks 8 & 12
London Symphony Orchestra – tracks 2, 8, 9, 11 & 12
Tracks 8, 14 & 15 written by Paul McCartney

Cover art for Kisses On The Bottom, 2012

Amazon links related to this post:

1) Kisses on the Bottom (Deluxe) – Deluxe edition w/download card described above (but no bonus tracks – for bonus tracks version order from paulmccartney.com or buy from Target stores).

2) Amazon links for any of your favorite Beatles-related music: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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Back on November 25th, I made a post alerting everyone of Ringo’s upcoming new album Ringo 2012 and giving some details about it (check that out here). Since we are coming up on the release date in 10 more days, I thought it a good time to give everyone a sneak preview.

The lead single for the album, “Wings” is actually a remake of an earlier single made in 1977, that was taken from his Atlantic album Ringo the 4th. Since this was released digitally back on January 10th (2012), I’ve decided to share another of the nine tracks on the disc.

“Anthem” is the album opener and a good representation of the upbeat nature of the entire collection. Co-written with Glen Ballard, Ringo delivers a good driving beat behind lots of punchy guitar, effectively giving it an overall “feel good” kind of sound.

One may want to think of Ringo 2012 as a continuation of his highly successful 1973 album Ringo. Although, unlike that offering, there are no “guest Beatles”, the new album does feature a remake performance of one of the 1973 Ringo tracks – a song written by Ringo himself called “Step Lightly.” In keeping with the feel of the new album, the re-make version has been injected with a lot more beat and liveliness. And, like the Ringo album, Ringo 2012 has our famous drummer joined in the studio with an impressive list of fine musicians that you’ve likely heard of before, to include (in alphabetical order): Michael Bradford, Ann Marie Calhoun, Matt Cartsonis, Steve Dudas, Charlie Haden, Amy Keys, Kelly Moneymaker, Richard Page, Van Dyke Parks, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dave Stewart, Bruce Sugar, Benmont Tench, Joe Walsh , Don Was, and Edgar Winter.

For more details about Ringo 2012, check out my earlier post. See below, to pick up your copy.

Ringo 2012, released on January 31, 2012

Here is a list of all available formats of Ringo 2012 with Amazon links to read more on, or purchase:

1) Ringo 2012 – Ringo 2012 9-track standard CD.

2) Ringo 2012 – Ringo 2012 9-track MP3 digital download.

3) Ringo 2012 [Amazon.com Exclusive CD+DVD Version] – Ringo 2012 Deluxe version: 9-track CD + DVD with over 15 minutes of commentary and live performance footage.

4) The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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Back on December 7th (2011), TheBeatlesRarity.com reported on Paul McCartney’s upcoming St. Valentine’s holiday release. At the time, the title of the CD was to be My Valentine after one of only two McCartney-penned tracks on the disc. The latest, however, is that the CD will be titled Kisses On The Bottom.

A few weeks back, Paul spoke with French radio station RTL, and described the new record as “old-fashioned.” He said: “This will sound like the years between 1920-1940, the time when my father was 20. These are songs I heard – my family, my uncles, everybody sang. And there will be pieces I wrote, but in this style.”

In addition to enlisting the help of producer Tommy LiPuma, Paul recruits backing vocals from Diana Krall and even welcomes a guest appearance by Stevie Wonder. The disc marks the first time Paul has recorded without playing bass, guitar or piano.

Paul explains: “I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys – I just thought the songs were magical. And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it’s beautiful, the way they made those songs.”

Determined to approach the record in a new and unique manner, Paul requested the help of LiPuma and Krall and her band – who delivered ultra-high quality musicianship and were completely in tune with Paul’s restraint and feel for the music.

Paul says: “It was very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we’d work with the Beatles. We’d bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we’d say ‘OK, let’s do a take now’ and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we’d learned the song. So that’s what we did, we did the take live in the studio.”

The album was recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, New York and London throughout 2011.

As a special New Year’s treat, here is a preview track. “My Valentine” was recorded live in the studio and features some great guitar work by Eric Clapton and piano by Stevie Wonder.

Happy New Year!

Paul McCartney

Here is a link to order/pre-order the CD through Amazon.com:

Kisses on the Bottom – Paul’s 2012 “Kisses On The Bottom” CD (released Feb. 7, 2012).

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Paul McCartney’s next studio album is expected to be released on Feb 6th 2012 and will be entitled My Valentine, after the St. Valentine’s Day holiday the following week.

Paul spoke with French radio station RTL, and described the new record as “old-fashioned”. He said: “This will sound like the years between 1920-1940, the time when my father was 20. These are songs I heard. My family, my uncles, everybody sang. And there will be pieces I wrote, but in this style. ”

Updates will be posted here as the info comes in.

Paul McCartney

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If you happen to be out shopping the Black Friday deals today, you may be interested in a limited edition Beatles box set that includes 4 vinyl singles, all with the original (U.S.) picture sleeves. The box also contains a 21″ x 21″ poster and an adapter for playing singles on your turntable (see photo below). Each set is exclusively numbered and the music on the singles is all taken from the recent 2009 remastered versions. The discs include the following:

1) “Ticket To Ride” c/w “Yes It Is”
2) “Yellow Submarine c/w “Eleanor Rigby”
3) “Hey Jude” c/w “Revolution”
4) “Something” c/w “Come Together”

It’s a great selection of re-issues as you get to hear a lead vocal from each Beatle at least once. If you want one, you better hurry though because supplies are limited.

The Beatles Black Friday/Record Store Day Exclusive Singles 4-pack, 2011

The Beatles Black Friday/Record Store Day Exclusive Singles 4-pack, 2011 (back)

Here are some Amazon links to read more on, or purchase, other Beatles-related music:

The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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