RAM (Archive Collection)

Following the successful recent Archive Collection releases for* McCartney*, McCartney II, and the Grammy win for Best Historical Album Band on the Run (Archive Collection).* RAM* was the next album from Paul’s iconic back catalogue to get the deluxe Paul McCartney Archive Collection treatment.

As with the previous releases in the series, Paul had personally overseen every aspect of the project and the result is spectacular. In keeping with the reissue campaign to date, the Deluxe Edition Box Set is the ultimate collectable for any fan of RAM. In a stunningly presented 112-page book, photo prints, handwritten lyrics, four CDs and a bonus film DVD, telling the full story of a classic album that has gone down in music history as one of the most revered in Paul’s catalogue.

RAM, originally released in May of 1971, is the only album to be credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney and was Paul’s second post-Beatles LP. It was overshadowed at the time by the drama of the dissolution of The Beatles, as played out in the world’s media. The album topped the charts hitting #1 in the UK and #2 in the US. While RAM polarised critics upon its release, music fans and critics alike since have overwhelmingly embraced it, with Rolling Stone, evising their original review up to 4 stars. Recently *RAM *has enjoyed even further re-appraisal and acknowledgement including a number of tribute albums.