Ram

1971 Apple Records issue of Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram, catalog SMAS-3375, presented here as a sealed single LP at 33 1/3 RPM. Produced by Paul & Linda McCartney, the album is not identified as a first pressing, and the exact pressing and matrix remain unverified because the record has not been opened; inventory condition notes place both the vinyl and outer sleeve in the Mint to Near Mint range.

The front jacket carries the saturated yellow Ram cover design, with Paul in black-and-white holding a ram, a bold block-letter title panel, and vivid zigzag borders in red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. The shrink wrap is intact and visibly rippled along the edges, with a Musicland price sticker reading $5.87 at the upper right and small white sticker/residue areas visible on the front.

The back cover continues the handmade collage aesthetic: a drawn face and numbered grid at the top, bright painted fields, photographic inserts, insect imagery, and Apple Records manufacturing text along the lower edge. As a sealed Apple Records copy with 1971 publication information, it retains the tactile retail presence of the period while appropriately leaving the underlying pressing details unclaimed.