SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (Room 420)
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (Room 420)
On April 1st 1970 Ringo became the last Beatles to play at a Beatles recording session after he overdubbed his drum parts for Phil Spector at Abbey Road on ‘Across The Universe’, ‘Long And Winding Road’ and ‘I, Me, Mine’. It wasn’t a happy session either; notoriously difficult and temperamental Spector had a huge row with the technical staff including Pete Brown from Apple who stormed out. Ringo appealed for calm and the session later continued and was duly completed. However, five days before this overdub session, Ringo had in fact released his first solo album called Sentimental Journey. George had recorded ‘Electronic Sounds’ and ‘Wonderwall’. John and Yoko had recorded ‘Two Virgins’, ‘The Wedding Album’, and ‘Left With The Lions’. All of these had been avant-garde type albums and didn’t include proper songs as such. So, as a solo artist, Ringo was the first out of the blocks. The album was a collaboration of oldies that his family used to sing. The title of the album ‘Sentimental Journey’ was fitting and the sleeve was adorned by a photograph of The Empress Pub (with Ringo in the window) which was at the top of Admiral Grove in Liverpool, where Ringo had lived when he first joined The Beatles. Standards such as “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “Stardust” were given the Ringo treatment and the album achieved healthy sales despite the limitations of Ringo’s voice. He managed to persuade George Martin, Quincy Jones, and Johnny Dankworth to assist on the project. Old friends, such as Klaus Voormann and Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees, also lent a hand. Paul helped on” Stardust” but this was well and truly a solo effort.
Ringo’s career was duly launched and initially it was extremely successful with subsequent albums like ‘Beaucoup of Blues’, ‘Ringo’, and the singles ‘Back off Boogaloo’, ‘It Don’t Come Easy’, and ‘Only Sixteen’ selling millions world-wide. Ever self effacing Ringo aptly summed up the situation “Once my voice comes over on the radio or record, you know that’s me!”
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SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (Room 420)
On April 1st 1970 Ringo became the last Beatles to play at a Beatles recording session after he overdubbed his drum parts for Phil Spector at Abbey Road on ‘Across The Universe’, ‘Long And Winding Road’ and ‘I, Me, Mine’. It wasn’t a happy session either; notoriously difficult and temperamental Spector had a huge row with the technical staff including Pete Brown from Apple who stormed out. Ringo appealed for calm and the session later continued and was duly completed. However, five days before this overdub session, Ringo had in fact released his first solo album called Sentimental Journey. George had recorded ‘Electronic Sounds’ and ‘Wonderwall’. John and Yoko had recorded ‘Two Virgins’, ‘The Wedding Album’, and ‘Left With The Lions’. All of these had been avant-garde type albums and didn’t include proper songs as such. So, as a solo artist, Ringo was the first out of the blocks. The album was a collaboration of oldies that his family used to sing. The title of the album ‘Sentimental Journey’ was fitting and the sleeve was adorned by a photograph of The Empress Pub (with Ringo in the window) which was at the top of Admiral Grove in Liverpool, where Ringo had lived when he first joined The Beatles. Standards such as “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “Stardust” were given the Ringo treatment and the album achieved healthy sales despite the limitations of Ringo’s voice. He managed to persuade George Martin, Quincy Jones, and Johnny Dankworth to assist on the project. Old friends, such as Klaus Voormann and Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees, also lent a hand. Paul helped on” Stardust” but this was well and truly a solo effort.
Ringo’s career was duly launched and initially it was extremely successful with subsequent albums like ‘Beaucoup of Blues’, ‘Ringo’, and the singles ‘Back off Boogaloo’, ‘It Don’t Come Easy’, and ‘Only Sixteen’ selling millions world-wide. Ever self effacing Ringo aptly summed up the situation “Once my voice comes over on the radio or record, you know that’s me!”
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (Room 420)
On April 1st 1970 Ringo became the last Beatles to play at a Beatles recording session after he overdubbed his drum parts for Phil Spector at Abbey Road on ‘Across The Universe’, ‘Long And Winding Road’ and ‘I, Me, Mine’. It wasn’t a happy session either; notoriously difficult and temperamental Spector had a huge row with the technical staff including Pete Brown from Apple who stormed out. Ringo appealed for calm and the session later continued and was duly completed. However, five days before this overdub session, Ringo had in fact released his first solo album called Sentimental Journey. George had recorded ‘Electronic Sounds’ and ‘Wonderwall’. John and Yoko had recorded ‘Two Virgins’, ‘The Wedding Album’, and ‘Left With The Lions’. All of these had been avant-garde type albums and didn’t include proper songs as such. So, as a solo artist, Ringo was the first out of the blocks. The album was a collaboration of oldies that his family used to sing. The title of the album ‘Sentimental Journey’ was fitting and the sleeve was adorned by a photograph of The Empress Pub (with Ringo in the window) which was at the top of Admiral Grove in Liverpool, where Ringo had lived when he first joined The Beatles. Standards such as “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “Stardust” were given the Ringo treatment and the album achieved healthy sales despite the limitations of Ringo’s voice. He managed to persuade George Martin, Quincy Jones, and Johnny Dankworth to assist on the project. Old friends, such as Klaus Voormann and Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees, also lent a hand. Paul helped on” Stardust” but this was well and truly a solo effort.
Ringo’s career was duly launched and initially it was extremely successful with subsequent albums like ‘Beaucoup of Blues’, ‘Ringo’, and the singles ‘Back off Boogaloo’, ‘It Don’t Come Easy’, and ‘Only Sixteen’ selling millions world-wide. Ever self effacing Ringo aptly summed up the situation “Once my voice comes over on the radio or record, you know that’s me!”
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON