Ringo the 4th

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Ringo the 4th
Ringo Starr's studio album

Publication
(s)

September 26, 1977 ( US ) ,
September 30, 1977 ( UK )

Label (s) Polydor / Atlantic Records (USA)

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

10

running time

38 min 7 s

occupation
  • Cornell Dupree - guitar
  • Danny Kortchmar - guitar
  • David Bromberg - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Hugh McDonald - bass
  • Nick Marrero - percussion
  • Jeff Gutcheon - electric piano
  • David Foster - clarinet, piano, keyboard

production

Arif Mardin

Studio (s)

  • Atlantic Studios - New York (USA)
  • Cherokee Studios - Los Angeles (USA)
chronology
Ringo's Rotogravure
1976 		Ringo the 4th Scouse the Mouse
1977

Ringo the 4th is the seventh album or the sixth studio album by Ringo Starr after the separation of the Beatles . It was released in Great Britain (USA: September 26, 1977) on September 30, 1977.

History of origin

After the release of the previous album , Ringo's Rotogravure , which was not commercially successful , Ringo Starr decided to change the concept. He kept his producer Arif Mardin and co-composer Vini Poncia , but renounced the support of prominent friends; only experienced studio musicians and well-known background singers contributed the musical accompaniment. In addition, the album should sound more disco- oriented and thus more contemporary for the late 1970s. This change in style was not accepted by the buyers. The album was thus the most commercially unsuccessful Ringo Starr to date. Atlantic Records in the USA decided after the failure of the album to end the recording contract with Ringo Starr in the USA. The title of the album suggests that Ringo Starr considered his current studio album to be his fourth, not counting the first two albums Sentimental Journey , which includes Standards and Beaucoups of Blues , which includes country music .

The recordings extended from January to February 1977. Ringo Starr added six of the ten compositions with Vini Poncia. For the remaining four songs, the soul hit Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love from 1972 by Joe Simon and Sneaking Sally Through the Alley , which had previously been released in 1975 by Robert Palmer , were chosen.

Cover design

The cover was designed by John Kosh. The cover photos were taken by Lew Hahn and Ringo Starr's girlfriend at the time, Nancy Andrews.

Track list

Page 1:

  1. Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love ( Kenny Gamble / Leon Huff ) - 5:09
  2. Tango All Night (Tom Seufert / Steve Hague) - 2:58
  3. Wings (Richard Starkey ∗ / Vini Poncia) - 3:26
  4. Gave It All Up (Richard Starkey / Vini Poncia) - 4:41
  5. Out on the Streets (Richard Starkey / Vini Poncia) - 4:29

Page 2:

  1. Can She Do It Like She Dances (Steve Duboff / Gerry Robinson) - 3:12
  2. Sneaking Sally Through the Alley ( Allen R. Toussaint ) - 4:17
  3. It's No Secret (Richard Starkey / Vini Poncia) - 3:42
  4. Gypsies in Flight (Richard Starkey / Vini Poncia) - 3:02
  5. Simple Love Song (Richard Starkey / Vini Poncia) - 2:57
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

It was first published in CD format in the USA in August 1992 without a bonus track. The CD comes with a six-page booklet that can be opened and which contains information about the songs and the album. The 1992 CD release has not yet been remastered .

Single releases

Wings

The first single Wings / Just a Dream was released in advance on August 26, 1977 in the USA.

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 .

Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love

The first single was released in Great Britain and Germany on October 16, 1977 and the second single in the US on October 17, 1977 Drowning in the Sea Of Love / Just a Dream . A shortened version of the A-side appeared in Europe.

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

A promotional 12 ″ vinyl single was also produced in the USA, which contains the full stereo version on the A and B sides.

Sneaking Sally Through the Alley

In Germany and Australia, another single Sneaking Sally Through the Alley / Tango all Night was released in December 1977 , which could not place in the charts. The single is mentioned in older German discographies with a catalog number (Polydor 2001 753). Information on whether it was sold is not certain; the single was released in Australia.

Another single

In 1978 the single Tango All Night / It's No Secret was released in Spain .

Others

  • A music video was recorded for promotional purposes for the song Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love .
  • The B-side Just a Dream has not yet been released on CD.
  • The song Wings was re-released in a new recording in January 2012 on the album Ringo 2012 .

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1977 Ringo the 4th - - - - 162
year Single release Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1977 Wings nv nv nv nv -
1977 Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love - - - - -
1977 Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - nv nv nv nv

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium , 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 (pp. 512-513).
  • Neville Stannard: Working Class Heroes , ISBN 0-907-08092-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wings - single
  2. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Wings
  3. ^ Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love - single
  4. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ vinyl single: Drowning in the Sea Of Love
  5. ↑ Promotion 12 ″ vinyl single: Drowning in the Sea of ​​Love
  6. ↑ Sneaking Sally Through the Alley - Single
  7. ↑ Tango All Night - Single