(Rock) [2 LPs] [24/96] Paul McCartney - Ram - 1971 1.Paul McCartney Archive Collection 2012, FLAC (tracks+.cue) 2.Ram (Mono) Limited Edition, 2012 FLAC (tracks)

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A1 Too Many People 4:10
A2 3 Legs 2:48
A3 Ram On 2:30
A4 Dear Boy 2:14
A5 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 4:55
A6 Smile Away 3:53
B1 Heart Of The Country 2:23
B2 Monkberry Moon Delight 5:24
B3 Eat At Home 3:22
B4 Long Haired Lady 6:05
B5 Ram On 0:55
B6 The Back Seat Of My Car 4:29

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C1 Another Day 3:42
C2 Oh Woman, Oh Why 4:35
C3 Little Woman Love 2:08
C4 A Love For You (Jon Kelly Mix) 4:08
C5 Hey Diddle (Dixon Van Winkle Mix) 3:49
D1 Great Cock And Seagull Race (Dixon Van Winkle Mix) 2:35
D2 Rode All Night 8:44
D3 Sunshine Sometime (Earliest Mix) 3:20

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Digital Bonus Tracks:

(available only on Paulmccartney.com and iTunes)

21. ”Eat at Home” / “Smile Away (Live in Groningen, 1972)” – 8:24
22. ”Uncle Albert Jam” – 2:17

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Ram

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A1 Too Many People
A2 3 Legs
A3 Ram On
A4 Dear Boy
A5 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
A6 Smile Away
B1 Heart Of The Country
B2 Monkberry Moon Delight
B3 Eat At Home
B4 Long Haired Lady
B5 Ram On
B6 The Back Seat Of My Car

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Paul McCartney – Ram {2012 Mono Reissue} | 96kHz
Posted by @ May 23rd, 2012

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment

Vinyl Cleaning Process

3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour
Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty
AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
L’Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush
Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush)
Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
Flip record and repeat
Place record on Plate Demgnetizer

Turntable Equipment Profile

VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor
Trans-Fi ResoMat
Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform
VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator
Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm with Tomahawk Armwand
Soundsmith Sussorro Paua

Phono Stage Profile

Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply

Analog/Digital Convertion

RME ADI-2 =< ADAT =< E-MU 1212M
Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor

Post Processing Of Audio

Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with
Pitch Protection | off
Reverse | on
Simple
Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset
Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies
Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files
Flac with Trader’s Little Helper for redbook files

From The Badger’s Den

2012 Mono reissue…sounds excellent to me, I have owned the original and recorded it with a different system and I prefer this version, looks like they did not fuck with it