Ringo (album)

Ringo (album)
Ringo Starr's studio album
Publication (s)	November 2, 1973 ( US ) , November 9, 1973 ( UK )
Label (s)	Apple / EMI
Format (s)	LP , CD , MC , download
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	LP: 10 / CD: 13
running time	LP: 37 min 7 s CD: 45 min 55 s
occupation	Ringo Starr - vocals, drums , acoustic guitar , piano George Harrison - guitar , acoustic guitar, bass , backing vocals John Lennon - piano , backing vocals Paul McCartney - kazoo , piano, synthesizer , arrangements for string instruments , background vocals Billy Preston - piano, organ Stephen Stills - piano Klaus Voormann - bass Marc Bolan - guitar Robbie Robertson - guitar Steve Cropper - guitar Jimmy Calvert - guitar Vini Poncia - acoustic guitar, percussion , background vocals Jim Keltner - drums Harry Nilsson - backing vocals Gary Wright - piano Nicky Hopkins - piano, electric piano James Booker - piano Tom Hensley - piano Garth Hudson - accordion Levon helmet - mandolin Milt Holland - percussion, marimba Derrek Van Eaton - percussion Lon Van Eaton - percussion Rick Danko - violin David Bromberg - banjo , violin Bobby Keys - saxophone Tom Scott - French horn , saxophone, arrangements for French horn and saxophone Chuck Finley - French Horn Ron Cattermole - French Horn Jim Horn - arrangements for French horn Jack Nitzsche - arrangements for choirs Richard Perry - backing vocals Linda McCartney - backing vocals Martha Reeves - backing vocals Merry Clayton - backing vocals Pete Ham - backing vocals Tom Evans - backing vocals Sound engineer : Bill Schnee
production	Richard Perry
Studio (s)	Sunset sounds The Burbank Studios Sound Labs Producer's Workshop - Los Angeles (USA) Apple Studios Abbey Road Studios Nova Sound - London (UK)
chronology Beaucoups of Blues 1970 Ringo (album) Goodnight Vienna 1974

Ringo is the third studio album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released in Great Britain (USA: November 2, 1973) on November 9, 1973.

History of origin

After the release of the first two albums, neither of which contained popular pop music from 1970, but so-called standards for the album Sentimental Journey , as well as country music for the follow-up album Beaucoups of Blues , Ringo Starr decided to record musically more commercial material.

On April 9, 1971, the single It Don't Come Easy / Early 1970, produced by George Harrison , was released in Great Britain, in the USA it was released on April 16, 1971. Both titles were written by Ringo Starr; He presented It Don't Come Easy live during the concert for Bangladesh . The following year, the single Back Off Boogaloo / Blindman was released on March 17, 1972 in Great Britain (USA: March 20, 1972); again there were two Ringo-Starr compositions, with George Harrison also producing the A-side. The B-side : Blindman was produced by Ringo Starr and Klaus Voormann . In November 1972 the album Tommy - As Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir with The Who and Various Artists was released, in which Ringo Starr sang the songs Fiddle About and Tommy's Holiday Camp as Uncle Ernie .

For his first pop-oriented album, Ringo Starr chose Richard Perry as producer. Perry had arranged a track for the album Sentimental Journey , and during the recording of Harry Nilsson's album Son of Schmilsson in March 1972, where Ringo Starr played drums and Richard Perry was producer, the decision was made to record an album. The first recordings began a year later, in March 1973 in Los Angeles . From March 10, 1973, George Harrison was also present, with whom Ringo Starr recorded the collective composition Photograph as well as the - until then unpublished - Harrison compositions Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) and You and Me (Babe) . The latter title was a joint composition with Mal Evans . John Lennon left Ringo Starr to compose I'm the Greatest . When the piece was recorded on March 13, 1973, Lennon played the piano and took over the backing vocals, George Harrison played the guitar, Ringo Starr sang and played drums. Only Paul McCartney was missing for a Beatles reunion. However, the bass was played by Klaus Voormann and the organ by Billy Preston . A version of the song with which John Lennon sings was released on the 1998 album John Lennon Anthology . In April 1973 Ringo Starr flew to London, where he recorded the new Paul McCartney composition Six O'Clock in the Apple and EMI studios , and McCartney also added a kazoo solo for the song You're Sixteen . This track was a hit for Johnny Burnette in 1960 . Further recordings took place in Los Angeles up to September 1973, but most of the recordings were finished in July. Have You Seen My Baby had Randy Newman on his album 12 songs published. The other songs on the album were (community) compositions by Ringo Starr.

The album is Ringo Starr's most commercially successful, containing three top ten hit singles. In November 1991, the album went platinum in the United States for one million copies sold.

Cover design

The design of the hinged album cover comes from Barry Feinstein. The cover pictures were drawn by Tim Bruckner, the front cover shows all the musicians who were involved in the album. The original edition of the LP was also accompanied by a 24-page booklet containing ten lithographs by Klaus Voormann .

Track list

Page 1:

1. I'm the Greatest ( John Lennon ) - 3:21
2. Have You Seen My Baby ( Randy Newman ) - 3:44
3. Photographer ( George Harrison / Richard Starkey ^∗ ) - 3:56
4. Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) (George Harrison) - 2:45
5. You're Sixteen (Robert B. Sherman / Richard M. Sherman) - 2:48

Page 2:

1. Oh My My (Vini Poncia / Richard Starkey) - 4:16
2. Step Lightly (Richard Starkey) - 3:15
3. Six O'Clock ( Paul McCartney ) - 4:06
4. Devil Woman (Vini Poncia / Richard Starkey) - 3:50
5. You and Me (Babe) (George Harrison / Mal Evans ) - 4:59

Bonus title 1991:

1. It Don't Come Easy (Richard Starkey) - 3:02 A-side single from April 1971
2. Early 1970 (Richard Starkey) - 2:20 single B-side from April 1971
3. Down and Out (Richard Starkey) - 3:04 B-side of the single Photograph. Down and Out occupies 4th position in the title sequence of the CD re-release .

^∗ Richard Starkey is Ringo Starr's maiden name

Re-releases

• It was first published in CD format in March 1991 with three bonus titles. The CD comes with a twelve-page illustrated booklet containing information from Staffan Olander on the album.
• The CD was released in October 1994, remastered by Steve Hoffmann in the DCC Compact Classics Edition , with the title Down and Out not occupying position 4 but 13. The CD is accompanied by a 28-page illustrated booklet containing information from Staffan Olander on the songs and the album and the lyrics.
• In August 2007 the album was released in download format.

Single releases

Photographer

The first single Photograph / Down and Out was released in advance on September 24, 1973 in the USA and on October 19, 1973 in Great Britain.

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 .

An EP called Photograph was released in Mexico , which contains the following songs: Photograph / Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) / Step Lightly / Down and Out .

You're sixteen

The second single was released on December 3, 1973 You're Sixteen / Devil Woman in the US and on February 8, 1974 in the UK.

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.

Oh my my

On February 18, 1974, the third single Oh My My / Step Lightly was released in the USA (in March 1974 in Germany, in Great Britain it was not released) . The single version of Oh My My has been shortened.

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

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1973	Ringo	28	-	-	7th	2
year	Single release	Chart placements
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	It Don't Come Easy Separate Single	5	-	5	4th	4th
1972	Back Off Boogaloo Separate single	12	-	8th	2	9
1973	Photographer Ringo	5	-	6th	8th	1
1973	You're Sixteen Ringo	19th	-	-	4th	1
1974	Oh my my ringo	34	-	-	nv	5

Ringo Starr achieved three top five single hits with his three singles from an album in the USA, two of them number one hits. Neither John Lennon, Paul McCartney nor George Harrison could achieve this chart success.

Further information

• A longer version of Six O'Clock was released on promotional albums as well as the first edition of US music cassettes by Ringo , and another release took place in November 1992 on the CD version of the album Goodnight Vienna .
• A music video was recorded for the song Photograph for advertising purposes, as well as for the single It Don't Come Easy , 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. 500-507.
• Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907080-92-8 .
• CD booklet for re-publication in 1991

Web links

• Ringo at Discogs (English)
• More information about the album

Previous singles:

• It Don't Come Easy - single
• Back Off Boogaloo - Single

Individual evidence

1. ^ [The Beatles Diary-Keith Badman, page 92]
2. ↑ Platinum award
3. ↑ Photograph - single
4. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Photograph
5. ↑ Mexican 7 ″ vinyl EP: Photograph
6. ↑ You're Sixteen - Single
7. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: You're Sixteen
8. ↑ Oh My My - Single
9. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Oh My My