Paul McCartney’s follow-up to his McCartney album was an album accredited to not only himself but also his wife Linda. Ram was released in the U.S. on May 17, 1971 and sported the hit single Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. As a promotional strategy, Paul decided to make separate mono mixes of each track on the album, designed specifically for AM radio airplay and send out a promotional album in very limited quantities to radio stations that were not broadcasting in stereo. As with some earlier Beatles mono albums, these were not simple fold downs of the stereo tracks but actually were unique mixes that in some cases differed considerably from their stereo commercially released counterparts.
,but some of you may recall,in the early to mid 90s,going to sales where radio stations were liquidating their vinyl for a dollar or two a record.I was at one such sale,where I made a few nice scores,like a test pressing of A Christmas Gift To You From Philles Records signed by Ronnie Spector.At that very same sale,I saw a guy who was one of the banes of my existence,a couple of tables away score a copy of this very record.I knew what he was going to do with it.He was a buyer for Rockaway Records,and sure enough,it popped up a few months later in one of their Goldmine ads.It was either $3000 or $3500,something like that.
