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Ram Demos
Paul McCartney recorded dozens of demos for Ram, his second studio album. This list of Ram demos appeared on Internet forums a couple months ago. I copied the text as it was originally posted, without any corrections. A quick scan of the titles is enough to make a McCartney fan give a left arm.
Recorded in scotland and in London for a period of 4 months ( May to August ), here is the listing of the 29 songs put on tape just before going to New York ). But sorry, no other infos, and never heard any of them . Just have the listing thanks to a good friend of mine, with handwriting notes by a unknown listener, could be eddy Pumer. Enjoy. I hope we will hear these one day.
1.HEART OF THE COUNTRY ( great voice and feel )
2.TOO MANY PEOPLE ( embryonic version )
3.WHY AM I CRYING ( embryonic )
4.BACK SEAT OF MY CAR ( wonderful )
5.JUST ANOTHER DAY ( great )
6.GYPSY GET AROUND ( wonderfulm beach boys song ) on uké
7.RAM ON ( on uké )
8.RUPERT SUNSHINE SOMETIME ( cool )
9.RUPERT GUITAR SONG INSTRUMENTAL ( with whistling )
10.RUPERT LITTLE LAMB DRAGONFLY ( magical )
11.SMILE AWAY ( at the end , Paul talked to Linda about having Jimi Hendrix and a jazzy drummer for forming a trio and records this song soon )
12.LOVE IS LONG ( with unknown verses ) with Linda
13.EAT AT HOME / BUDDY’S BREAKFAST / INDEED I DO medley with Linda, loose
14.MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT / FRENZY medley ( wonderful and crazy)
15.GET ON THE RIGHT THING ( with another talk between Paul & Linda about Jimi possible involvment at the end ), great take
16.LITTLE WOMAN LOVE
17.COUNTRY DREAMER ( with insects noise around )
18.LONG HAIRED LADY ( with Linda )
19.I LIE AROUND ( country feel )
20.3 LEGS ( drunk version ) totally out of tune version
21.WE RE SO SORRY ( drunk too )
22.A LOVE FOR YOU ( bluesy slow version )
23.SHE CAN’T BE FOUND ( country tune )
24.SOME PEOPLE NEVER KNOW ( great home version)
25.HANDS ACROSS THE WATER ( fun but too long )
26.TOMORROW (with a fun quote about yesterday at the end, Paul said he wrote this as a game) )
27.BIG BARN BED ( embryonic version on guitar )
28.GREAT DAY ( with the kids around )
29.I AM YOUR SINGER ( with Linda )
I think we can account for all of these songs. It’s interesting to note that remarks made at the time referred to 22 tracks or 30 tracks being recorded during the Ramsessions. I thought it is was an exaggeration, but it seems quite likely based on these demos.
Some notes:
- “She Can’t Be Found” is almost certainly part of what became “Hey Diddle”.
- “Rupert Guitar Song Instrumental” sounds like it could be “When The Wind Is Blowing”, as that song features whistling throughout.
- We also see that “Little Lamb Dragonfly” was, in fact, a “Rupert” song.
- “Why Am I Crying” is probably the song later known as “Fourth Of July” which was recorded by John Christie.
- “We’re So Sorry” is unidentifiable.
- Jimi Hendrix on Ram? What would that have done for Paul’s damaged rock cred I wonder?
The McCartney Archive Collection seems to be moving forward with Ram as the next album. I don’t expect to see many of these demos on that set. He should probably give away some of the fragmentary demos, then hold the more complete demos for his supposed “demos collection”.
http://www.thatwouldbesomething.com/1357/ram-demos-archive-collectio/
