Paul McCartney Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (2000 Stereo Remaster) Happy Birthday Paul!
Paul McCartney Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (2000 Stereo Remaster) Happy Birthday Paul!
To celebrate Macca's 68th Birthday I decided to upload the classic song from the 1971 LP RAM. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is a song by Paul and Linda McCartney from the album Ram. Released in the United States as a single on 2 August 1971, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1971. Paul McCartney won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists in 1971 for the song.
The song is noted for its sound effects, including the sounds of thunder, lightning, and rain, heard between the first and second verse, the sound of a telephone dialing, and a message machine, heard after the second verse, and a sound of chirping sea birds and wind by the seashore. Linda's voice is heard in the harmonies as well as the bridge section of the "Admiral Halsey" portion of the song.
McCartney said "Uncle Albert" was based on his uncle. "He's someone I recall fondly, and when the song was coming it was like a nostalgia thing." McCartney also said, "As for Admir
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