Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2

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Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2
Compilation album by Ringo Starr

Publication
(s)

February 28, 1989

Label (s) Rhino

Format (s)

LP , MC , CD

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

LP: 12 / CD: 16

running time

LP: 41 min 1 s
CD: 53 min 38 s

occupation
  • various musicians

production

Studio (s)

various

chronology
Old Wave
1983 		Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
1990

Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 is the eleventh album and the second compilation album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released in the USA on February 28, 1989 , the album was not released in the UK and Germany.

History of origin

After Ringo Starr's last studio album, Old Wave, was only released in a few countries, he restricted his musical activities.

In May 1985 he took on a small television role in the musical Alice in Wonderland and sang the song Nonsense .

On October 21, 1985, Ringo Starr was a guest at Carl Perkins , who recorded the television special Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session with Carl Perkins and Friends in the "Limehouse Television Studios" in London ; other guest musicians included George Harrison , Eric Clapton and Dave Edmunds . Ringo Starr played drums on several songs and sang the song Honey Don't . The song Matchbox was sung by Ringo Starr and Carl Perkins. It was broadcast on television in January 1986. It was only released on CD in June 2006.

In November 1986 the double album It's a Live-In World was released, for which Ringo Starr contributed the title You Know It Makes Sense .

Between February and May 1987 Ringo Starr went to Memphis (USA) in two recording studios (Three Alarm Studios and Sun Studios) . The album was produced by Chip Moman, who recorded sixteen songs with Ringo Starr, five of which (I Changed My Mind , I Can Help , You Better Move On , Hard Times and What I Knew Then) were released on bootlegs . In July 1988 the new album was supposed to be released, Ringo Starr prevented the release through a court case that was only ended in January 1990.

On June 5 and 6, 1987, Ringo Starr performed at Wembley Arena as part of the Prince's Trust Concert in London and sang the song With a Little Help from My Friends , which was recorded on the August 1987 album Highlights of the Prince's Trust Concert has been published.

In October 1988, the song When You Wish upon a Star was sung by Ringo Starr on the compilation album Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films .

In 1988 Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Bach successfully fought their alcoholic illness .

Since there were no further studio recordings by Ringo Starr in 1989 , the second compilation album Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 , was released in the USA, 14 years after Blast from Your Past , which only contains six single A-pages ; the remaining songs are album titles. Since the album Old Wave was not released in the USA, the songs In My Car , I Keep Forgettin ' , Hopeless and She's About a Mover were new for the US market.

Cover design

The cover was designed by Tom Wilkes. The cover photos were taken by Moshe Braca. The images on the front of the cover were originally intended to be used for the album Stop and Smell the Roses .

Track list

  1. Wreck My Brain ( George Harrison ) - 2:21
  2. In My Car (Richard Starkey * / Joe Walsh / Mo Foster / Kim Goody) - 3:14
  3. Cookin '(In the Kitchen of Love) ( John Lennon ) - 3:42
  4. I Keep Forgettin ' ( Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller ) - 4:20
  5. Hard Times (Peter Skellern) - 3:33
  6. Hey Baby (Margaret Cobb / Bruce Channel ) - 3:12
  7. Attention ( Paul McCartney ) - 3:21 (not included on the LP version)
  8. A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll (Carl Grossman) - 3:26
  9. Who Needs a Heart (Richard Starkey / Vini Poncia) - 3:49 (not included on the LP version)
  10. Private Property (Paul McCartney) - 2:43
  11. Can She Do It Like She Dances (Steve Duboff / Gerry Robinson) - 3:13
  12. Heart on My Sleeve ( Gallagher and Lyle ) - 3:22
  13. Sure to Fall (In Love with You) ( Carl Perkins / Quinton Claunch / William Cantrell) - 3:44
  14. Hopeless (Richard Starkey / Joe Walsh) - 3:19 (not included on the LP version)
  15. You Belong to Me (Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart / Chilton Price) - 2:10 (not included on the LP version)
  16. She's About a Mover ( Doug Sahm ) - 3:54
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

The first publication in CD format also took place in February 1989 with four bonus tracks. The CD was remastered by Bill Inglot . The CD comes with a fold-out eight-page illustrated booklet containing information about the songs and the album. The CD release from 1989 has not yet been remastered.

Single releases

No singles were released from the album.

Chart placements

The album couldn't get into the charts.

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 (pp. 524-527).

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