Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux

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Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux
Live album by Ringo Starr

Publication
(s)

September 14, 1993

Label (s) Rykodisc (USA)

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

15th

running time

65 min 11 s

occupation

production

Ringo Starr

Location (s)

Montreux Jazz Festival , Montreux , Switzerland

chronology
Time Takes Time
1992 		Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1
1997

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux is the 14th album and the second live album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released on September 14, 1993 in the United States. The album was not released in Germany or Great Britain.

History of origin

After the release of the commercially unsuccessful studio album Time Takes Time in June 1992, Ringo Starr went on tour again with his Second All-Starr Band . From June 2nd to June 28th 1992 the All-Starr Band gave 20 concerts. This was followed by his first European tour with 17 concerts from July 2 to 23, 1992.

On July 13, 1992, the concert in Montreux ( Switzerland ) was recorded and released on CD and live video.

The full program of concerts on the 1992 tour was as follows:

  1. I'm the greatest
  2. No no song
  3. No Time (Burton Cummings)
  4. Girls Talk (Dave Edmunds)
  5. Look at Us Now or Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh)
  6. I Can't Tell You Why (Timothy B. Schmit)
  7. Shine Silently (Nils Lofgren)
  8. Bang on the Drum All Day (Todd Rundgren)
  9. Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go
  10. Yellow Submarine
  11. Desperado (Joe Walsh)
  12. Believe (Nils Lofgren)
  13. These Eyes (Burton Cummings)
  14. Lady Madonna (Dave Edmunds)
  15. Medley: What's Going On - Mercy Mercy Me - One World (Todd Rundgren)
  16. Keep On Tryin ' (Timothy B. Schmit)
  17. Wiggle (Timmy Cappello)
  18. Black Maria (Todd Rundgren)
  19. In the City (Joe Walsh)
  20. You're sixteen
  21. Weight of the World
  22. Just a Little (Nils Lofgren)
  23. I Hear You Knocking (Dave Edmunds)
  24. American Woman (Burton Cummings)
  25. Boys
  26. Photographer
  27. Act Naturally
  28. With a Little Help from My Friends

Another US tour followed with 25 appearances between August 1 and September 6, 1992.

After the album was released, the record contract in the USA with the Rykodisc label was not renewed.

Six of the fifteen songs on the CD were sung by Ringo Starr.

Cover design

The cover designed Steven Jurgensmeyer. The cover photos were taken by Henry Diltz and Kantanzaro & Mahdessian. The CD is accompanied by an illustrated twelve-page booklet containing information about the album.

Track list

  1. The Really “Serious” Introduction - 2:04
  2. I'm the Greatest ( John Lennon ) - 3:28
  3. Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go (Richard Starkey * , Johnny Warman, Gary Grainger) - 4:45
  4. Yellow Submarine (John Lennon, Paul McCartney ) - 4:10
  5. Desperado ( Don Henley , Glenn Frey ) - 2:33
  6. I Can't Tell You Why (Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit ) - 5:14
    • Sung by Timothy B. Schmit
  7. Girls Talk ( Elvis Costello ) - 3:35
  8. Weight of the World (Brian O'Doherty, Fred Velez) - 4:11
  9. Bang the Drum All Day ( Todd Rundgren ) - 3:40
    • Sung by Todd Rundgren
  10. Walking Nerve ( Nils Lofgren ) - 4:06
    • Sung by Nils Lofgren
  11. Black Maria (Todd Rundgren) - 5:27
    • Sung by Todd Rundgren
  12. In the City (Joe Walsh, Barry DeVorzon) - 4:33
    • Sung by Joe Walsh
  13. American Woman (Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman , Garry Peterson, Jim Kale) - 6:21
    • Sung by Burton Cummings
  14. Boys (Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell ) - 3:50
  15. With a Little Help from My Friends (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:07
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Single releases

No singles were released from the album.

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
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Others

  • It was not published in LP format.
  • On November 17, 1993, a VHS video cassette under the title Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live From Montreux was sold on the MPI Home Video label in the USA . In Japan the concert was also sold on laser disc . A release on DVD has not yet taken place.
  • Another concert on July 6, 1992 at the Empire Theater in Liverpool was also recorded and partially broadcast on April 18, 1993 in the United States on the Disney Channel .
  • For advertising purposes for an American credit card company, an EP with the following four songs was released in the USA in 1995 : Yellow Submarine , It Don't Come Easy , Photograph and With a Little Help from My Friends . The first and fourth songs are from the CD Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux , the second and third songs from the CD Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band .

Re-releases

The CD release from 1993 has not yet been remastered.

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 540-541.
  • CD booklet

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