VH1 storytellers

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VH1 storytellers
Live album by Ringo Starr

Publication
(s)

October 19, 1998 ( UK ) ,
October 20, 1998 ( US )

Label (s) Mercury

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

14th

running time

54 min 56 s

occupation
  • Mark Hudson - guitar, backing vocals
  • Gary Burr - guitar, mandolin , backing vocals
  • Steve Dudas - guitar
  • Jack Blades - bass , backing vocals
  • Jim Cox - keyboard, backing vocals
  • Scott Gordon - harmonica

production

Mark Hudson

Location (s)

Sony Music Studios, New York, USA

chronology
Vertical Man
1998 		VH1 storytellers I Wanna Be Santa Claus
1999

VH1 Storytellers is the 17th music album and the fourth live album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released in Great Britain (USA: October 20, 1998) on October 19, 1998.

History of origin

Even before the release date of the last studio album Vertical Man in June 1998, Ringo Starr began with the promotion work for this album. To do this, he went on a short advertising tour with his studio band Ringo and the Roundheads . The first concert took place on May 12, 1998 at the Bottom Line Cabaret in New York . The second concert was recorded as a live video and live CD as part of the VH1 Storytellers series at Sony Music Studios in New York. The title of the concert was enriched with little stories about the origins of the songs. Questions from the audience were also answered by Ringo Starr. The concert was first broadcast on TV station VH-1 on June 28, 1998 in the USA.

Ringo Starr and the Roundheads had another appearance for VH-1 on June 17, 1998, again at Sony Music Studios; this was first broadcast on September 11, 1998. The following songs were broadcast live as part of the hard rock series :

  1. Photographer
  2. La De Da
  3. I was walkin '
  4. Medley: Love Me Do / With a Little Help from My Friends

There was no legal CD or video release for these songs.

Cover design

The cover designed Sandra Monteparo. The cover photos were taken by Marc Bryan-Brown. The CD comes with a hinged, illustrated eight-page booklet that contains information about the songs and the album.

Track list

  1. With a Little Help from My Friends ( Lennon / McCartney ) - 4:18
  2. It Don't Come Easy (Richard Starkey * ) - 3:18
  3. I Was Walkin ' (Richard Starkey / Mark Hudson / Dean Grakal) - 4:21
  4. Don't Pass Me By (Richard Starkey) - 5:40
  5. Back Off Boogaloo (Richard Starkey) - 3:40
  6. King of Broken Hearts (Richard Starkey / Mark Hudson / Steve Dudas / Dean Grakal) - 7:42
  7. Octopus's Garden (Richard Starkey) - 2:51
  8. Photographer (Richard Starkey / George Harrison ) - 4:10
  9. La De Da (Richard Starkey / Mark Hudson / Steve Dudas / Dean Grakal) - 5:04
  10. What in the… World (Richard Starkey / Mark Hudson / Steve Dudas / Dean Grakal) - 5:31
  11. Love Me Do (Lennon / McCartney) - 3:42
  12. With a Little Help from My Friends (Reprise) (Lennon / McCartney) - 1:19
  13. I've Got Blisters ... - 0:13
  14. The End - 0:03 - Ringo: “I do believe this is the end.”
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

The CD release from 1998 has not yet been remastered .

Single releases

No singles were released from the album.

Chart placements

year album Chart placements
DE AT CH UK US
1998 VH1 storytellers - - - - -

Others

  • It was not published in LP format.
  • On November 10, 1998, a VHS video cassette under the title VH-1 Storytellers was sold on the Polygram Video label in the United States . A release on DVD has not yet taken place. The title order of the VHS video cassette is as follows:
  1. With a Little Help from My Friends
  2. Back Off Boogaloo
  3. Don't Pass Me By
  4. It don't come easy
  5. Octopus's Garden
  6. Photographer
  7. La De Da
  8. King of Broken Hearts
  9. Love me do
  10. With a Little Help from My Friends

The following songs are not included in the live video:

  1. I was walkin '
  2. What in the… World

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 559-560.
  • CD booklet

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