Goodnight Vienna

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Goodnight Vienna
Ringo Starr's studio album

Publication
(s)

November 15, 1974 ( UK ) ,
November 18, 1974 ( US )

Label (s) Apple / EMI

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC , download

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

LP: 11 / CD: 14

running time

LP: 33 min 41 s
CD: 45 min 12 s

occupation
  • Dr. John - electric piano, piano
  • Tom Hensley - Electric Piano
  • David Foster - piano
  • Lincoln Mayorga - piano
  • Lon Van Eaton - guitar, acoustic guitar, french horn, backing vocals
  • Jesse Ed Davis - guitar
  • Dennis Coffey - guitar
  • Richard Bennett - guitar
  • Alvin Robinson - guitar
  • Carl Fortina - accordion
  • Steve Cropper - guitar
  • Steve Madaio - French Horn
  • Richard Perry - backing vocals
  • Clydie King and the Blackberries, Cynthia Webb, The Masst Abbots, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Greene, Ira Hawkins, Linda Lawrence - backing vocals

production

Richard Perry

Studio (s)

  • Sunset sounds
  • Sound Labs and
  • Producer's Workshop - Los Angeles (USA)
chronology
Ringo
1973 		Goodnight Vienna Blast from Your Past
1975

Goodnight Vienna is Ringo Starr's fourth studio album since the Beatles split up . It was released in Great Britain (USA: November 18, 1974) on November 15, 1974.

History of origin

After the release of the commercially successful previous album Ringo , Ringo Starr decided to keep the concept, hired Richard Perry again as producer and again invited friends to support him musically. The recordings lasted from May to September 1974.

On the one hand, John Lennon contributed a new composition - (It's All Da-Da-Down to) Goodnight Vienna - and suggested recording the Platters hit Only You (And You Alone) from 1955. There is a version of both songs with John Lennon singing; they were released in 1998 on the John Lennon Anthology album. John Lennon also played guitar in the Poncia / Starr composition All By Myself . Another joint composition by Poncia / Starr is Oo-Wee . Ringo Starr contributed the composition Call Me . In addition to two other so-called oldies (Husbands and Wives and Occapella) , three songs were written by third-party composers for the album Goodnight Vienna . Elton John wrote the song Snookeroo with Bernie Taupin , in which Elton John also played the piano, and the No No Song is a composition by Hoyt Axton . Easy for Me was re-recorded and released in 1975 on the album Duit On Mon Die by composer Harry Nilsson .

After Ringo, the album is Ringo Starr's most commercially successful. It contains two singles that hit the top ten on the US charts. Ringo Starr later failed to reach the top ten of the single or LP / CD charts in the USA, Great Britain or Germany. In December 1974 the album was awarded gold in the USA for 500,000 copies sold.

Cover design

The cover was designed by Roy Kohara. The front cover photo is based on a scene from the science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still , with Ringo Starr playing the role of Klaatu.

Track list

Page 1:

  1. (It's All Da-Da-Down to) Goodnight Vienna ( John Lennon ) - 2:35
  2. Occapella (Allen Toussaint) - 2:57
  3. Oo-Wee (Vini Poncia / Richard Starkey ∗ ) - 3:46
  4. Husbands and Wives (Roger Miller) - 3:36
  5. Snookeroo ( Elton John / Bernie Taupin ) - 3:30

Page 2:

  1. All By Myself (Vini Poncia / Richard Starkey) - 3:24
  2. Call Me (Richard Starkey) - 4:09
  3. No No Song ( Hoyt Axton / David P. Jackson) - 2:34
  4. Only You (And You Alone) (Buck Ram / Ande Rand) - 3:28
  5. Easy for Me ( Harry Nilsson ) - 2:21
  6. Goodnight Vienna (Reprise) (John Lennon) - 1:21

Bonus title 1992:

  1. Back Off Boogaloo (Richard Starkey) - 3:22 single A-side from March 1972
  2. Blindman (Richard Starkey) - 2:46 single B-side from March 1972
  3. Six O'Clock (Extended Version) ( Paul McCartney ) - 5:23 Longer version of a song from the Ringo album
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

  • It was first published in CD format in November 1993 with three bonus tracks. The first two songs are the single Back Off Boogaloo / Blindman released in March 1972 ; there are two Ringo-Starr compositions, with George Harrison producing the A-side (chart positions: USA: 9, Great Britain: 2, Germany: 12). The B-side Blindman was produced by Ringo Starr and Klaus Voormann . The third bonus track is a longer version of Six O'Clock ; this was published on the promotional long-playing records of the Ringo album and the first edition of US music cassettes. The CD comes with an eight-page illustrated booklet that contains information about the album and the songs. The CD release from 1993 has not yet been remastered .
  • In August 2007 the album was released in download format.

Single releases

Only You (And You Alone)

The first single Only You (And You Alone) / Call Me was released in advance on November 11, 1974 in the USA and on November 15, 1974 in Great Britain. The single version of Only You (And You Alone) has been shortened.

The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: the mono version is on the A side and the stereo version of the A side of the sales single is on the B side.

No no song

The second single No No Song / Snookeroo was released in the USA on January 27, 1975 .

The promotional single was released in the USA as follows: The single No No Song / Snookeroo was produced as a stereo version and a mono version.

Snookeroo

In Great Britain and Germany appeared on February 21, 1975 as the second single Snookeroo / Oo-Wee .

Goodnight Vienna / No No Song

In Germany, the third single Goodnight Vienna / No No Song was released in March 1975 .

(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna

On June 2, 1975 the third single It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna (Single Mix) / Oo-Wee (Edit) was released in the USA . The A-side is a special mix of the first and last song on the album.

The promotional single was published in the USA as follows: the mono version is on the A side and the stereo version of the A side of the sales single is on the B side. Furthermore, the B-side Oo-Wee was released separately as a promotional single in the USA ; on the A-side is the mono version and on the B-side the stereo version of the B-side of the single.

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1974 Goodnight Vienna 39 8th - 30th 8th
year Single release Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1974 Only you 28 - - 28 6th
1975 No No Song / Snookeroo - - - - 3
1975 (It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna - - - nv 31

Further information

  • In the USA, a quadraphonic mix was also sold on 8-track cassettes .
  • Only You's (And You Alone) promotional single, released in the UK, features a B-side interview entitled: Interview by Bob Mercer with Ringo for the Salesmen and Uxbridge Road .
  • According to studio recordings, four other songs (Parole, It's All Right, Lonely Weekends, Up the Tempo) were (partially) recorded during the recording, but their existence has not been proven by publications on bootlegs .
  • For the song Only You (And You Alone) a music video was recorded for advertising purposes, as well as for the single Back Off Boogaloo , published here as a bonus track .

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 507-509.
  • Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907080-92-8 .
  • CD booklet for re-publication in 1992

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gold award
  2. ^ Only You - Single
  3. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Only You (And You Alone)
  4. Jump up ↑ No No Song - Single
  5. ↑ Stereo-Promotion-7 ″ -Vinyl-Single: No No Song / Snookeroo
  6. ↑ Mono-Promotion-7 ″ -Vinyl-Single: No No Song / Snookeroo
  7. ↑ Snookeroo - single
  8. ^ Goodnight Vienna - Single
  9. ^ It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna - Single
  10. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna
  11. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Oo-Wee