New Apple documentary coming up

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New Apple documentary coming up
Posted by Roger Stormo
Sunday, October 23, 2016


The 2012 documentary.

British television company Sky Arts has a documentary in the making, all about The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd. Of course, the company has been profiled in documentaries before, like the 2 hours and 42 minutes Strange Fruit: The Beatles' Apple Records from 2012 ( see review ). Not to mention The Beatles' own three part Apple documentary, which is available on YouTube.
Still, one hopes that a new look at the company may tell more about Apple's other divisions - and perhaps follows the company into our own era. Already they have filmed a wealth of great interviews and performances but no celebrity talking heads, they say - they are only interviewing people who were there at the time...so no Elvis Costello, Eddie Izzard or Sigourney Weaver! The documentary is due for broadcast in the UK some time in 2017, hopefully also internationally, but whether it will be released to on DVD/Blu-ray is still not decided upon.

Got a piece of Beatles history worth thousands? Get it valued this week

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Got a piece of Beatles history worth thousands? Get it valued this week
BY CATHERINE JONES
24 OCT 2016

Experts will be at the Beatles Story to see what Fab Four treasures people have


The Beatles in Liverpool, 1964

Do you have a piece of Beatles memorabilia hidden at home? If so, have you wondered what it could be worth?

Now there’s a chance to find out.

The Beatles Story has teamed up with Julien’s Auctions (dubbed the ‘world-record breaking auction house to the stars’) to hold a special Memorabilia Day this Wednesday.

Fab Four fans and collectors will have the chance to get their Beatles bits and bobs valued by expert auctioneers and curators.

Beatles memorabilia, particularly when it comes to rare artefacts and pieces with an interesting story attached, are always sought after by collectors from around the globe.


The Beatles Story at the Albert Dock

Previous Beatles items sold by Julien’s Auctions include John Lennon’s acoustic guitar, which made $2.4 million (£1.96m), Ringo Starr’s Ludwig Drum Kit which sold for $2.2m (£1.8m), and the Ludwig Beatles Ed Sullivan Show drumhead which sold for $2.1m (£1.72), all record prices, and The Beatles White Album owned by Ringo Starr, which a bidder snapped up for $790,000 (£645,900).

CEO Darren Julien said: “We’re very excited about what we might uncover during this special visit to where it all started for The Beatles.

“We hope we are able to make someone’s dream come true and evaluate a rare and exciting piece of memorabilia.”

The Memorabilia Day is on Wednesday from 2-9pm. To pre-book a free face-to-face valuation visit the website HERE.

RINGO IS ON THE RUN . . . AGAIN (Oct 2016)

RINGO STARR AND HIS LONGEST RUNNING ALL STARR BAND CONTINUE WITH NEW DATES THIS FALL IN NORTH AMERICA, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA

Oct 15 Snoqualmie Casino, Sonqualmie, WA
Oct 16 INB Performing Arts Center, Spokane, WA 
Oct 18 Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon 
Oct 19 Grand Sierra Casino Theater, Reno, Nevada
Oct 20 Segerstrom Center For The Arts, Costa Mesa, CA 




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Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band at Snoqualmie Casino

Snoqualmie Casino, Sonqualmie, WA
Oct 15 2016



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Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)


Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band performs at Snoqualmie Casino on October 15, 2016. (Photo by David Conger / davidconger.com)







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Review: Ringo Starr brings his pals to Spokane for a lively, music-filled night
By Carolyn Lamberson
MONDAY, OCT. 17, 2016


Ringo Starr, with his All-Star Band sings "It Don't Come Easy" for the crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band set up shop at the INB Performing Arts Center on Sunday and, in two hours and some change, blasted through an odd mix of songs that had no business working, but somehow did.

Starr, as he’s done since 1989, has gathered some talented friends and headed on the road. The format is simple: Starr performs tunes from his past – hits and songs recorded with the Beatles – and his bandmates get the same consideration. So we hear “Yellow Submarine” followed up by “Black Magic Woman,” and “Hold the Line” leading into “Photograph.”

In my head, I know there’s no way this set list should work. Seeing it performed live? It totally works.

What makes it work? The musicians performing them are deeply talented: singer-guitarist Todd Rundgren, singer-guitarist Steve Lukather (Toto), Gregg Rolie (Santana) on the organ, singer-bassist Richard Page (Mr. Mister), with sax and additional keyboards from Warren Ham (Kansas, Badfinger) and drums from Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Steve Vai). It was clear Sunday night that after nearly five years as All-Starrs, this group still likes playing together.

Of course, Starr is the star. The 76-year-old ex-Beatle bounded on the stage, appearing fit and healthy and ready to rock. He kicked off the show with “Matchbox,” a Carl Perkins tune the Beatles covered in their early days. It has a ’50s rockabilly vibe that set the right tone. He followed up with his 1971 solo hit, “It Don’t Come Easy.” Then there was “What Goes On,” from “Rubber Soul.”

Starr then headed back to the drum kit, where he bobbed his head in true Ringo fashion and backed up his friends. Rundgren sang “I Saw the Light,” Rolie led the band in “Evil Ways,” while Lukather took the lead for “Rosanna.” (Much to the delight of many in the audience. Seems there were a lot of Toto fans in the house.)

Then Page took the mic for the 1980s hit “Kyrie,” followed by Rundgren and “Bang the Drum all Day.”

Starr, singing from the drum kit, took lead vocal duties on “Boys,” a rockin’ old Shirelles tune he performed with the Beatles and his previous band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Then it was to the front of the stage for energetic performances of “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Yellow Submarine,” both as fun as you’d expect them to be.

Starr then took a break as the band launched into a terrific and extended version of “Black Magic Woman.” He was back in short order for delightful versions of “You’re Sixteen, You’re Beautiful (and You’re Mine)” and “Back Off Boogaloo.”

The All-Starr Band packed 25 songs into a little more than two-hour set. There wasn’t too much banter, but Starr cracked a joke or two. At one point, he asked all the women in the audience to cheer. “I just like to hear the screams,” he said. “It’s memories.”

The show really was like a roadshow celebrating the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, as most of the songs – save the Page single “You Are Mine” – are recognizable to anyone who’s listened to pop radio in the past 50 years. From the crowd-pleasing Toto hits “Africa” and “Hold the Line,” and a fun, funky version of the Tito Puente song (popularized by Santana) “Oye Como Va,” the Utopia song “Love Is the Answer,” and Mr. Mister’s No. 1 hit “Broken Wings,” the second half was a hit parade.

Of course the end was all Ringo. He led the band through a lovely and lively version of “Photograph,” the No. 1 hit he co-wrote with George Harrison. “Act Naturally,” the Buck Owens song the Beatles recorded in 1965, was country-tinged and fun. Then there was “With a Little Help From My Friends,” the Beatles classic that brought the crowd to its feet, where they stood as the show wrapped up with the Plastic Ono Band song “Give Peace a Chance.”

Throughout the show, Starr displayed a voice that seems undiminished by age. He was amiable and energetic. And watching him work the drum kit was a wonder. It’s not every day that an ex-Beatle comes to town. Glad I got to see this one.


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Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band, from left, Steve Lukather, saxophonist Warren Ham, drummer Gregg Bissonette, Ringo Starr and bassist Richard Page perform for an appreciative crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr, with his All-Star Band members drummer Gregg Bissonette and bassist Richard Page, perform for the crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr, with his All-Star Band sings "It Don't Come Easy" for the crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Members of Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band, pianist Gregg Rolie, below, and saxophonist Warren Ham, above, perform for an appreciative crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band, from left, pianist Gregg Rolie, multiinstrumentalist Warren Ham, guitarist Steve Lukather, Ringo Starr, drummer Gregg Bissonette, bassist Richard Page and guitarist Todd Rundgren perform for an appreciative crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Drummer Gregg Bissonette smiles broadly as he plays with Ringo Starr, left, and bassist Richard Page (former lead singer of Mr. Mister) , right, at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr, with his All-Star Band sings "It Don't Come Easy" for the crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr, with his All-Star Band sings the Beatles' hit "What Goes On" for the crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Starr said it's the only song written by Lennon, McCartney and Ringo Starr. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr, right, and guitarist Steve Lukather, left, open the show at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Former Beatle Ringo Starr smiles as the applause rings through the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 in Spokane. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)


Ringo Starr, with his All-Star Band, sings the Beatles' hit "What Goes On" for the crowd at the INB Performing Arts Center, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Starr said it's the only song written by Lennon, McCartney and Ringo Starr. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)









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Ringo Starr in Portland: An All-Starr evening with the Beatles legend
By David Greenwald
The Oregonian/OregonLive
October 19, 2016

One had to wonder, just days after the second weekend of Desert Trip, the California festival that gathered classic rock's mightiest heroes for two era-concluding concerts, why Ringo Starr didn't get the call. He is, after all, still touring and still the essential drummer who made the Beatles the most important musicians of their time—and a good chunk of the time after. Desert Trip was produced by Goldenvoice, the promoters behind Coachella, a festival known for reunions. Why not Ringo and headliner Paul McCartney, together again? It wouldn't be the Beatles and it wouldn't have to be. But it wasn't at all.

That all seems fine by Starr, whose All-Starr Band is its own traveling rock 'n' roll summit. On the third night of its latest tour, the group showed no signs of jealousy or FOMO at Keller Auditorium on Tuesday night. (No mention of old pal Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize win, either, though his "It's All Good" did make the pre-show playlist.) Instead, Starr, in his signature tinted glasses and punk-black pants with a remarkable amount of zippers, was a fountain of dry humor and peace sign gestures. They hadn't come all this way, he explained before "It Don't Come Easy," "to be miserable."

With frontman duties rotating among five singers, the night played out like a peek into Ringo's shuffling iPod. Would you believe the former Beatle loves "Africa" by Toto and Mr. Mister's 1985 hit "Broken Wings"? Because he played drums on them proudly as Steve Lukather and Richard Page, respectively, led their performances and a handful of others. Todd Rundgren (!) handled "I Saw the Light," "Love is the Answer" and "Bang the Drum All Day," former Santana singer Gregg Rolie delivered "Evil Ways," "Black Magic Woman," "Oye Como Va," and all, particularly Lukather and a stage-roaming Rundgren, played with gusto.

"When I joined the Beatles," Starr explained. "I wrote a lot of songs. None of them were recorded—until we got to this one." The band launched into "Don't Pass Me By," but as a band leader, Starr's maintained that supporting role. For this first-time All-Starr attendee, it was a little surreal—O.K., a lot surreal—to hear the '80s hits next to the likes of "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Yellow Submarine." But it was also a reminder that rock didn't end with the Beatles, and probably the stuff of a more enjoyable evening than, oh, "Ringo Rama" deep cuts. And what a pure, childlike pleasure to hear "Yellow Submarine," a song that turned 50 this year (no nostalgia from Starr on that front) and quite possibly the greatest sing-along song of the century.

Starr did his solo hits, too, tracks such as "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" though at 76, he could maybe start leaving that one off the setlist. The one flub of the evening came as Starr spotted a sign language interpreter at the front of the stage, bounded over and improvised a nasty joke: "From the bottom of my heart," he began as she passed the word along, and then spouted nonsense syllables. "A-la-la-la," he said.

But the rest of his efforts were as charming and peace-'n'-loving as ever. With a self-deprecating tease, the band introduced "Yellow Submarine" with a few moments of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." At one point, a man from the audience hopped up on stage, surprising Starr and appearing to give him what the musician identified as... condoms. "That was a long time ago," Starr said.

Less joking were the night's numerous jams. His band mates took their share of solos, but not Ringo, ever a team player: he left even the busier fills to fellow drummer Gregg Bissonette. (Sax player Warren Ham, a welcome addition on "Africa" and elsewhere, rounded out the band.) As strong a frontman as Starr can be, the show was built around acknowledging his true calling: "I love to play drums," he said in one of his more sincere exclamations. There seems to be nothing stopping him: during "With a Little Help from My Friends," he started doing jumping jacks. He was having fun.

"We've got another 20 years with (these) guys," he joked, or promised, and then there was that wit again. "We might be playing clubs, though."

On a personal note: this was my second Beatle of 2016, and I don't take that opportunity lightly. Thanks for your readership, your kind words and even the voicemail rants a few of you keep leaving. As Ringo says, peace and love.

And one more note! Apparently Devil's Dill, Portland's best (only?) late-night sandwich shop, whipped up a "boatload" of 'em for Ringo on Tuesday. Hope he ordered the tuna.




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Ringo Starr rocks Segerstrom Center
By ERIC MARCHESE
Oct. 21, 2016


Ringo Starr performs at Segerstrom Hall on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)

When Ringo Starr came to town, the normally staid Segerstrom Hall at Segerstrom Center became a bona fide major rock venue – for one night, anyway.

With his All-Starr Band, the rocker wasn’t just spry for someone age 76 – he was positively youthful, perhaps buoyed by (or responsible for?) the sizzling vibrancy of his bandmates – Steve Lukather, Richard Page and Todd Rundgren (guitar and vocals); Gregg Rolie (organ and vocals); Warren Hamm (sax, piano and percussion); and Gregg Bissonette (drums).

Though Lukather, Rundgren, Page and Rolie were often in the spotlight, the evening showcased everything fans cherish in Ringo – his charming Liverpool accent, disarming personality and genuine enjoyment for his craft, which translated to authentic warmth.

Wearing dark shades and all black (jacket, jeans and a tee-shirt emblazoned with a silver glitter star, a red heart at its center), he treated the crowd of thousands, mostly boomers, as if personal friends visiting him at an intimate nightclub, pointing at various individuals and speaking directly to them.

Ringo headed up half of the evening’s 24 selections, spending much of the time up front with mike in hand and the rest at his upstage center drums, miced for his vocals. For their first number, the rollicking “Matchbox,” Ringo and company were positively on fire.

That was followed by “It Don’t Come Easy,” given a hard-chargin’, full-bodied rock sound, and “What Goes On,” which Ringo introduced as being “the only Beatles song by Lennon, McCartney and Starr,” walked away from his mic, then returned to it to add “and it shoulda been the other way around.”

Along the same lines were his comments about the high-octane “Don’t Pass Me By”: “When I joined The Beatles, I wrote a lot of songs, and we didn’t record any of them – until this one.” Like the All-Starr Band’s performance of “Boys,” it had that distinctive vintage early ’60s Beatles sound.

“Yellow Submarine” and “With a Little Help from My Friends” are so closely associated with Starr, and so universally known and loved, that Ringo turned them into audience singalongs – 3,000 people, from orchestra level to third tier, on their feet, bellowing out the lyrics.

And for a handful of songs – “You’re Sixteen,” “Back Off Boogaloo,” “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “Photograph” and “Act Naturally” – Starr effected a playful, jocular mood, clearly having a great time, a feeling the audience eagerly embraced.

Starr proved extremely generous in doling out stage time to his bandmates, giving Lukather, Rolie, Rundgren and Page three numbers apiece from their former groups, which include Toto and Santana; Hamm added sensational sax playing throughout.

Lukather fronted three of his former band Toto’s hits: “Rosanna,” “Africa” and “Hold The Line.” On each and in most every other song, he contributed sizzling lead guitar work, often in solo passages.

Rundgren was featured in a trio of songs: “Bang the Drum”; “Love Is The Answer,” which he wrote for his band Utopia; and “I Saw The Light,” written for his 1972 album “Something/Anything?”

Before his first number, Rundgren chortled “This is this current group’s fifth year as an act – and if we make it another year, we’ll outlast the Beatles.”

Santana lead singer Rolie handled lead vocals on three of that group’s most popular numbers: “Evil Ways,” “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye Como Va.” Page, lead singer and bassist for Mr. Mister, headed his own number-one singles “Kyrie” and “Broken Wings,” plus the 2011 song “You Are Mine” (Page’s lyrics, Ringo’s music).

But this was clearly Ringo’s band, and a night to celebrate all things Ringo Starr. The brief encore of “Give Peace a Chance” had the audience standing and swaying, singing along and flashing peace signs at the stage – a stance that became commonplace throughout what Starr called the entire evening’s “musical magical moments.”

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

Where: Segerstrom Center for the Arts
When: Oct. 20

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Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band performs at Segerstrom Hall on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. (Photos by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)

George Martin's daughter accuses him of hiding his £400million fortune so he can secretly give it to his favourite children

Alexis Stratfold, pictured at her home in Azille, France, is the daughter of Beatles producer George Martin from his first marriage 
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'Fifth Beatle' George Martin's daughter accuses him of hiding his £400million fortune so he can secretly give it to his favourite children 
° Alexis Stratford claimed the £1million left in his will was 'a joke'
° She has been involved in a dispute with her half-siblings from his second marriage
° Sir George claimed throughout his life that he was not wealthy 
By ALEXANDER WARD FOR DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 22 October 2016

Sir George Martin, known as the ‘fifth Beatle’, has been accused by his eldest daughter of hiding his ‘vast wealth’ so he can pass it on to his ‘favoured’ children.
Alexis Stratfold, whose music producer father died in March, claimed that the £1million left in his will was ‘a joke’ and only a small portion of the fortune he had hidden in offshore accounts, estimated at up to £400million.
She became involved in a dispute with her half-siblings from Sir George’s second marriage when she was reportedly left just £68,000. She also accused her father of having a long-standing affair with a Hollywood screenwriter which he hid from his widow Judy until he died.


Sir George Martin, known as the ‘fifth Beatle’, has been accused by his eldest daughter Alexis Stratfold (pictured) of hiding his ‘vast wealth’ so he can pass it on to his ‘favoured’ children

Mrs Stratfold, 61, spoke out about the the feud with Lady Martin and her children Giles and Lucie in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.
She said she had done so because: ‘I don’t think they should be able to get away without the truth coming out... Why should the public not know my story; how I have been treated?’


George Martin with his daughter Alexis 
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Throughout his life Sir George claimed he was not wealthy, although his daughter told the Telegraph that ‘Dad was an incredibly wealthy man, he earned vast amounts in royalties over his lifetime’.
‘I believe he was hiding his wealth abroad. It’s a real conundrum. I believe my father has deliberately put the house in Judy’s name and gifted the rest of his money to Lucie and Giles. I mean, £1 million, it’s a joke.’
The row was not about money though, claimed Mrs Stratfold, but about how she had been made to feel like a ‘second-class’ family member from the point Sir George married his second wife Judy, 50 years ago.


Sir George Martin (pictured with his wife, Judy, has been accused by his eldest daughter of hiding his ‘vast wealth’ so he can pass it on to his ‘favoured’ children


Mrs Stratford became involved in a dispute with her half-siblings from Sir George’s second marriage when she was reportedly left just £68,000

It was only after a memorial service for her father that she received a copy of her father’s will, in which she was left a small part of Sir George’s estate to be shared with his chauffeur, secretary and three grandchildren.
Speaking from her home in Narbonne, in southern France, she told the newspaper: ‘The memorial service felt like the final insult, like another example of the way I have been pushed out by the other side of the family my entire life.
‘Lucie kept telling me it was all about Dad’s public life, that it would be taken care of. I made it clear that I wanted to be involved. They left my name off, and when I rang, they just kept offering excuses.’
Mrs Stratfold said she had attempted to solve the will row with her half-sister Lucie, but they failed to agree and are no longer in contact.


'The Fifth Beatle' died aged 90 in March (pictured here in 1960)


The Beatles stars Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon receive a silver disk from Mr Martin

She added that she would welcome an HMRC investigation into Sir George’s assets as her father had lived as a tax exile in California and the Channel Island during some of his most profitable years.
With royalties from over a billion record sales, including 30 Beatles hits, Mrs Stratfold was confused her father had left so little.
The Martin family were unavailable to comment last night.
However, Lucie Martin, Sir George’s youngest daughter, has previously stated that Mrs Stratfold’s claims were unfounded.
Sir George was one of the greatest producers in the history of popular music and is said to have shaped the sound of The Beatles.
Their collaborations have now sold more than one billion records worldwide.



George Martin and Alexis 
CREDIT: GEOFF PUGH/THE TELEGRAPH

What’s the Link Between Doctor Strange and The Beatles — and What Does Paul McCartney Have to Do with It?

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What’s the Link Between Doctor Strange and The Beatles — and What Does Paul McCartney Have to Do with It?
BY ALEXIS L. LOINAZ
POSTED ON OCTOBER 21, 2016


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Now that’s one magical mystery tour.

Doctor Strange and The Beatles may seem like strange bedfellows, but there’s actually a curious, fortuitous connection between them.

On Thursday, at the Hollywood premiere of the mystical superhero film based on the cult Marvel comic book, composer Michael Giacchino (you might know his music from The Incredibles and Ratatouille) chatted with PEOPLE about creating the score for it. That score, he says, was actually recorded at London’s vaunted Abbey Road Studios — the legendary venue where The Beatles laid the tracks to their most iconic albums and singles.

There was, however, another magical twist: During one particular day, while recording the music to the Benedict Cumberbatch-headlined film, which opens Nov. 4, Giacchino discovered that there were two special visitors at the studio.

“When we got to Abbey Road one day, there were all these security guards around, and I’m like, ‘What is going on here? What’s happening?’ ” the tunesmith recalls. “And they said, ‘Oh, Paul [McCartney] and Ringo [Starr] are in there doing PR for the Ron Howard film that they just put out.”




That film was the well-received Beatles documentary Eight Days a Week. And, as it happens, Giacchino knew McCartney.

“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s great,’ ” he explains. “I had worked with Paul McCartney on a project, a little while back. So I just sent them a note. I said, ‘Hey, I’m next door. If you have a chance, come by.’ ”

The legendary musician was happy to oblige.

“So, he came by, and the director, Scott Derrickson, is this huge, huge, huge Beatles fan. He couldn’t believe it.”

The visit turned out to be a prescient one: Giacchino happened to be working on a track that he says actually echoed The Beatles’ distinct sound.

“Paul came in while we were recording this cue that sounded like it literally could have come off of one of their albums, that was recorded in that building, all those years ago,” he says. “And Paul leans over, and he goes, ‘This has got shades of ‘Walrus’ in it,’ ” — name-checking the band’s trippy 1967 thumper “I Am the Walrus.”

That moment, Giacchino muses, “will be forever one of my favorite things.”

“He’s obviously the best songwriter and musician we’ve ever known,” the composer says, “and to have him be there, that was kind of cool.”

Had a beautiful session with Sir Paul McCartney and friends. Working on one of his many secret projects! Killer musicians, vibe, and lots of laughs.

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The guy on the very left with the stripy sweater is Michael Giacchino.

Paul McCartney Backs Campaign to Save Grassroots Music Venues in U.K.

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Paul McCartney Backs Campaign to Save Grassroots Music Venues in U.K.
by Richard Smirke
10/19/2016


The Beatles performs at the Cavern Club on Aug. 22, 1962
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"If we don't support live music at this level, then the future of music in general is in danger,” the rock legend says.

As a teenager growing up in Liverpool he honed his live skills in the city’s small and sweaty pubs and music venues, most famously The Cavern Club. Now Sir Paul McCartney is backing a campaign to protect the dwindling number of grassroots music venues throughout the United Kingdom. 

"I've been lucky enough to play in venues of all different shapes and sizes, from tiny clubs to massive stadiums all over the world. Without the grassroots clubs, pubs and music venues my career could have been very different,” said McCartney, pledging his support to the Music Venue Trust’s #FIGHTBACK campaign.  

“Artists need places to start out, develop and work on their craft and small venues have been the cornerstone for this. If we don't support live music at this level, then the future of music in general is in danger,” the former Beatle went on to say.



Yesterday, almost 500 delegates attended the third annual Venues Day conference at London’s Roundhouse venue, which saw executives from across the industry address some of the threats to Britain’s once-thriving live scene. In London the problem is particularly acute, with the U.K. capital having lost 35 percent of its small and grassroots music spaces since 2007 due to a combination of rising rents and licensing restrictions. 

Numbered among the famous central London venues that have closed in that time is the Marquee, Astoria, 12 Bar Club and Madame Jojos, while The 100 Club, which played host to early gigs by The Rolling Stones and Sex Pistols and saw Paul McCartney play an intimate lunchtime gig in 2010, was only saved from extinction after signing a sponsorship deal with Converse in 2011.

More recently, legendary dance club Fabric had its license revoked by Islington council following the drug-related deaths of two 18-year-olds earlier this summer. 

An appeal hearing to decide the fate of Fabric has been scheduled for Nov. 28 at Highbury Magistrates Court. The venue’s #saveourculture fund raising campaign has generated almost £300,000 ($368,000).



Further support for London’s world famous cultural heritage has come from London mayor Sadiq Khan, who last month pledged to introduce greater protection for venue owners by establishing the ‘Agent of Change’ principle, a regulation that puts the onus on property developers to mitigate against noise complaints from existing venues or businesses.  

In 2014, world-renowned London nightclub Ministry of Sound successfully applied the Agent of Change principle after a long-running dispute with developers wanting to build of an apartment block opposite the club. In that instance, pursuing the legal case and protecting the venue's future took over four years and over £1 million ($1.5 million), costs that are prohibitive to the majority of venue operators.

“Too many venues have been lost in recent years and those that survive are under unprecedented pressure from unscrupulous developers, with little protection offered to them by the government, be it national or local,” said J Willgoose, Esq. of British indie band Public Service Broadcasting, who played at last night’s #FIGHTBACK concert at The Roundhouse.



“We are facing a genuine cultural crisis, as well as a serious threat to the music industry in the UK -- a huge British export,” added Everything Everything’s Jeremy Pritchard in a statement. “Already we hear the cry that there are too few festival headliners rising through the ranks. This is directly connected to the worrying trend of invaluable but highly vulnerable local gigs going for good.”

Ringo Starr: The Music videos

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Ringo Starr: Music videos
Posted by Roger Stormo
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Some of Ringo's music videos are here.

This is the final chapter: Ringo’s promotional videos. For some, the less interesting but still great to watch and collect. See also the other articles on the subject of music (or promotional) videos by Mike Carrera:

• The Beatles
• John Lennon
• Paul McCartney
• George Harrison

To date no official or bootleg label has released the ultimate Ringo video compilation, but good efforts have been made by some underground labels (not all in the best possible quality), but they're all missing many versions and videos. Some "video collection" compilations out there add clips from concerts and TV shows to fill in, but these are not actual promos.

On the official side we only have one release: "Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr" from 2007.
The problem with those videos is that the original audio of many of them were replaced by the commercial remastered versions, erasing the original mixes, and the bootleg labels have copied exactly THAT version  because of the high visual quality. Sometimes the videos also differ from the original versions and the bootleg makers or few fans haven’t noticed.

This is a humble research of all available Ringo official videos, including the alternate versions and variations, many of them uncirculated or unbootlegged to date, as well a few revelations and stories TOLD and published FOR THE FIRST TIME. Any corrections/mistake reports are so welcome.

For the spelling mistakes, I apologize, English is not my native language. Youtube links are illustrative only, not the researched sources.

Mike Carrera


1970:

Sentimental Journey 

Sentimental Journey

Directed by Neil Aspinall. Filmed at The Talk of The Town nightclub, London March 15, 1970 . First broadcast on "Frost on Sunday" March 29, 1970.

The original film audio mix features a pre-recorded live vocal performance over a mono mix for the backing track cut two days before at EMI Studio three (it’s not live directly on the video, Ringo’s vocal sometimes don’t synch and the recording at the end has applauses and more Ringo chat and on the video NOBODY is clapping!). Sadly when it was released on the official DVD “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”, this unique audio was replaced by the commercial LP/CD version. This was copied over and over on many bootleg compilations, instead of the original. The best visual quality though, is in this 2007 release.
Very odd but the remastered video version with the correct alternate audio is available on the official VEVO and EMI youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50bJ8yMJPII


 1971:

It Don’t Come Easy- Version #1 

It Don't Come Easy, Version #1.

Directed by Ringo Starr.

Although reported as "filmed" at Ringo’s Sunny Heights house in Weybridge, Surrey, a closer look reveals that contains footage from at least 3 different years, from late 1968 or early 1969, 1970 and 1971, since there are at least four different looks from Ringo over the video: scenes with beard and without, longest and shorter hair, moustache ("Candy" era) etc, plus also more home movies that could come from his other two homes (and also from Sunny Heights) from 1968 and 1969 : Brookfields, Elstead also in Surrey; and Roundhill, Highgate. Also, by 1971, Sunny Heights wasn’t even one of his properties, he and his family left that home by the end of 1968 and it was sold by 1969, so he couldn’t be filmed there in 1971.

So, we can assure that Version #1 was not "filmed" specifically to make a video (at least not in full), but consists of a compilation of  home movies and other footage from many years and was put together  in form of a video to be broadcast on Top of The Pops 22 April, 1971.

The original audio mix for Version #1 runs faster and for that reason, the video is shorter in time (only 2:46 vs 2:59 on the other two versions or the commercial version). This very same mix was duplicated (using the remastered audio) on the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr” from 2007.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDcZxEpA9XY


It Don’t Come Easy- Version #2 
It Don’t Come Easy- Version #3

Versions 2 & 3 filmed in Norway.

Directed by Michael Hurll.

Version 2  and 3 were filmed in Norway April  27, 1971 while he was taping the "Cilla in Scandinavia" TV special (broadcast 27 Nov, 1971).

WogBlog: Ringo in Norway

None of these two versions were filmed for the "Cilla" special, which included a different performance of this song backed with an orchestra (uncirculated) and also (in circulation), a rendition of "The Snowman Song" with Cilla doing all the singing (the live vocal was substituted with a different recording by Cilla, so we can’t hear Ringo’s voice).

Version #2 was broadcast on “Top of The Pops” 29 April, only two days after it was filmed, which sounds very odd, giving not so much time for editing, but the editor David Spence did a great job if in fact he only had one day to do it.

Some authors report that there were actually two tapings, one in April 27 for "Top of The Pops" and for the "Cilla" special was June 24,  which is incorrect, a closer look at the available materials shows Ringo wearing the very same outfit: coat, gloves, winter hat and sweater, too much coincidence or it was the only snow clothes he had? His beard and hair are also the same length.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEexTomE1I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax0Z8p8ZOIQ

Ringo started filming "Blindman" in Rome June 17, and spent the next days in Italy and Spain, it’s doubtful if he would have had the time to leave the set and go to Scandinavia for one day and more important: Ringo’s length of beard is different from the available video of "Cilla" (according to those authors, filmed June 24) and the Blindman look;  authors like Bill Harry or Keith Badman (After The Breakup) say that he was in Scandinavia June 24  -while others even add "Stockholm" - shooting the Cilla Black Special doing a live version of "It Don’t Come Easy" and “singing” with Cilla and a puppet fox  "The Snowman Song", but if you look closely, Ringo is wearing the very same outfit from top to toes as from the April 24 shooting and also, if you compare the available video and pictures from the "Blindman" shooting days and film, his beard is way longer. So, IF he was doing some additional work between takes of the Blindman film and flew one day to Stockholm, well, he did something different, not the "Cilla" Special! Maybe that uncirculated “live” version of "It Don’t Come Easy", backed with an orchestra?  .

Version #2 and #3 were re-broadcast many times over the years on the BBC, they could look the very same but they aren’t.

The differences between the two occur at:

00:42- 00:44
01:43- 01:47
01:50- 02:06
02:32- 02:37
02:52- 02:54

Showing completely different scenes of Ringo or people skiing from one version to the other.
None of these two versions appear on the official DVD “Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr”.

Version #3 hasn’t been included on any bootleg compilation to date.


1972:

Back Off Boogaloo- Version #1
Back Off Boogaloo- Version #2

Directed by Ringo with the help of Caravel Films, although the original credits always mention Tom Taylor as the director, but the liner notes and DVD credits for the official release “Photograph: The Beast of Ringo Starr” only shows Ringo Starr as director. Alan Tavener was the cameraman.
Filmed on March 20, 1972 at Tittenhurst Park, Ascot, while he was staying in John’s mansion (Ringo bought it later, September 18, 1973).

The only differences between the two occurs over the intro and finale: Version #1 starts with a shoot of a “Back to Mono” button over Ringo’s coat, while Version #2, released on the official DVD “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr” starts with outtake footage from the film Born to Boogie, filmed the same week and same location. The finale also on this second version is cut prematurely while on Version #1 we can see Ringo and Frankenstein passing in front of the camera after the song ended.

This second version was copied over and over on many recent bootleg compilations, instead of the original.

Here is Version #2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXg1AxBXN5g

1973:

Photograph 

Apparently also directed by Michael Hurll for "Top of The Pops", and filmed at his new property in Tittenhurst Park, Ascot and also using brief non-Ringo footage from the BBC archives, like a scene of  Davie Bowie at backstage during his 1973 UK tour in Bournemouth, 25 May, shown on "Nationwide News" June 5, 1973. This is not the time Ringo was with Bowie in his dressing room (June 3 at the Hammersmith Odeon, video footage that exist).

Broadcast 1 Nov 1973 on "Top of The Pops". One of those “lost” videos, it wasn’t even included on the official DVD “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”, but was recently recovered from the TOTP raw archives, with a total duration of 3:14, although the BBC master keeps rolling with a black screen and the song continues until 3:34 (remember, it’s a raw tape).

A fake video uploaded on youtube that runs the full length of the song, simply edits back some of the scenes. Be aware of that version floating around.

This is the raw original version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcOZWroUDE0


1974:

Only You 

Only You.

Directed by Stanley Dorfman. Filmed in Los Angeles, CA, at the top of the Capitol Records tower with Harry Nilsson by his side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zpFpfw3Fw


1976: 

Hey Baby (Audio Variation A)
Hey Baby (Audio Variation B)

Filmed in Hamburg on August 6.  The original audio used for this video is an alternate Rough Mix. Although it cuts 30 seconds out of the released version from 01:39 to 02:11, it has the full warm-up intro and count in and the end is not only longer than the released version but also different during the final seconds, and also lacks of some instruments (a trumpet during the final, for example, that can be heard on the commercial version from 02:41  to 02:45).

Audio Variation A starts directly with the count-in and it runs 02:46.

Audio Variation B features pre count-in warm-up audio (over the slate). Running time of the video is also 02:46 but if we count only the audio length over the slate with the full unedited intro, it runs 02:51.

The official studio version runs 03:06.

The video is the very same on the two versions except for the slates: Variation A starts with a countdown starting from 8 to 2 and goes directly with the song, while Variation B starts with a different countdown picture, starting from 10 until 3 and after that, the slate appears with the title “Ringo Starr /RS 194/Hey Baby”.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

Here is a sample of Audio Variation B:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozhXOs_jjrM


You Don’t Know Me At All #1 (Variation A)
You Don’t Know Me At All #2 (Variation B)

Filmed in Monte Carlo and Hamburg.

A countdown “slate” for Version A is available and features between numbers 8 and 7, a glimpse from a vintage photo of a woman (or a doll?).

The only difference between the two versions is the intro on Variation B that has a translucent title: “Ringo Starr /You Don’t Know Me” that fades out  while the song is starting, maybe to tell the watcher that the bald guy who will later appear is no other than Ringo the ex Beatle. This is the rarest version to get.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.
A sample of Variation B:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eGI5mbf_8I

I’ll Still Love You

Filmed at the Schloss Hotel, Tremsbüttel, outside Hamburg in the West Germany on August 8, 1976.
The slate is labeled as “I Still Love You”.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7H7mJdSxQ


1977:                             

Drowning in the Sea of Love

A countdown “slate” is available and features between numbers 8 and 7, a glimpse of a vintage picture of a woman (or a doll), the same from the "You Don’t Know Me At All" video, but in a different pose.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGfKqMW5WiQ


1978:

Tonight

Filmed in Monaco, Directed by Christian Topps. Girlfriend Nancy Andrews appear.
A countdown “slate” is available and this time, does not feature any picture of any woman.
This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1zDA2cGPMo

You’re Sixteen (1973 audio edit)

The original audio for this video features an undocumented alternate edit, and although this video was released on the official DVD “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”  it does not contains the original audio mix.

This “video” was originally created as part of the “Ognir Rrats” or “Ringo” TV Special from 1978, a mixture of animated and real scenes of Ringo and Carrie Fisher.

Also, the audio was re-recorded in 1978 and features a duet between Ringo and Carrie. This is the well known version, and we are not talking about this “alternate audio”.

The original video from that TV show was used to create a separate promotional clip, but instead of having the re-recorded audio from 78, a new edit from the original track from 1973 was prepared.

Lasting only two minutes to match with the original film, this alternate edit starts with the second verse: “You're all ribbons and curls”, while the original track starts with “You come on like a dream”, so the full first verse was erased and also near the end this line of “You're sixteen, so beautiful, and you're mine” was also edited out.

This is the original audio edit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ainB6qnWBI

When it was released on the official DVD, they didn’t bother to include this audio edit, but instead they just put the original track from start and until it reached the 2 minute mark. Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6xQnNbcaw

And this is the 1978 audio track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZiGA4teqC8


1981:

Stop and take the time to Smell The Roses

Or “Stop and Smell the Roses” as the slate says. Directed by Keefco. First part was filmed in Tittenhurst Park, Ascot while the second at the Egham Aerodrome in Surrey between September 16 and 17, 1981, filming at the same time the “Wrack My Brain” video. Wife Barbara makes a cameo.
This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4mcNIqnX_8


Wrack My Brain (Variation A)
Wrack My Brain (Variation B)

Another Harrison composition, another Ringo video. Filmed in part at the Egham Aerodrome between September 16 and 17, and also in a London location on September 18.
Wife Barbara makes a cameo as well. The same video is available with two variations.

Variation A shows the title “RINGO STARR ‘RACK MY BRAIN” at the 15 seconds of start.

Variation B digitally “erases” this title although we can still see a distorted spot where they tried to erase it. This is the most common version available on bootleg compilations.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr” and is incomplete on youtube and all video channels on the web (missing all the introduction, when Ringo awakes and walks towards the Haunted House)

Link to the incomplete video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVovCtmCmXU


1982:

Private Property

Directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. Extracted from the MPL short film "The Cooler" (with three songs as part of the story: "Private Property", "Attention" and "Sure To Fall"), this was the only song also released as a separate promotional video.

This clip was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

1990:

It Don’t Come Easy (live) #1 (Long Version)
It Don’t Come Easy (live) #2 (Short Version)

Filmed at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Sep 3, 1989. Video clip created for promotion of the home video release (VHS/Laser Disc) for the first All Star Band in 1990, it features over the intro, still pictures from all the members of the band (different from the home video release) while the rest is taken directly from the live film. The only difference between the two versions is the end, one has a full “What’s my Name?” joke and the other doesn’t.

There are no links to see this actual promo on the web.

1992:

Weight of The World #1 (Long Version)
Weight of The World #2 (Short Version)

Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Filmed at the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Joe Walsh and two members of the group Jellyfish: Roger Joseph Manning and Andy Sturmer also appear.
Long version has an introduction for the “Summer’92” All Star Band Tour members and last 4:15, while short version omits this intro and lasts only 3:49.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

Don’t Go Where The Road Don’t Go 

Directed by Stanley Dorfman, features soundcheck footage and live shots mostly from Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland on July 13, 1992 and  Liverpool, England July 6, 1992.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

1998:

La De Da #1 (Regular Version)
La De Da #2 (W/O Noose Version)
La De Da #3 (Short Version) 

Directed by Nancy Bennett, filmed mostly in Time Square, New York. Features cameos from wife Barbara and daughter Lee Starkey, Mark Hudson and the Roundheads  and even the boy-band Hanson. Also footage of Paul McCartney during the recording sessions.

The only difference between Version #1 and #2 is the aspect ratio. #1 has a simulated widescreen view (in a 4:3 format) with black bars on top and bottom, while #2 (named “W/O” or “Without Noose”) is a real widescreen 16:9 and no black bars.

The audio on both versions is a 4:07 edit, while the commercial version runs around 5:40.
Version #3 is the shortest lasting only 2:11 and was broadcast in a few countries in Europe and Japan. It cuts out a few verses during the middle and goes directly with the sing-along coda. The edit occurs at 1:05 and goes directly with the scene where Paul appears.

Second and third versions are the rarest and never seen on bootleg video compilations to date.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlbedF4VIvc


2001:

Yellow Submarine (live)
With A Little Help from my Friends (Live)

Two videos created to promote the official Anthology of the All Star Band CD and DVD release, using footage from all incarnations of the band from 1989 to 1999.


2003: 

Never Without You 

Never Without You CD single.

Ringo’s tribute to George Harrison. Directed by Brent Carpenter. The audio for this music video features a different mix, staring with the sound of girls screaming and also lasting only 4:30, while the commercial version is 5:19. Also different from the Promo CD  Radio Edit (4:15).
This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr” but was included on the “Ringo Rama Deluxe Edition” 2CD/1DVD.

The deleted DeLuxe edition of "Ringo Rama" featured the "Never Without You" promo on a DVD disc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PjnOdHq-T8


2005:

Fading in Fading Out #1 (Variation A)
Fading in Fading Out #2 (Variation B)

Directed by Brent Carpenter using footage from the Choose Love sessions.  Variation A has the title of the song over the intro, while Variation B is clean; also the end is complete on first variation when we can see Ringo turning off the camera while the second version fades out earlier. The audio mix is also different from the commercial version.

This video was omitted from the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3jfGWEaSoI


2007:

Liverpool 8

Co-directed by Seth Dalton and Dave Stewart, the video features footage from The Beatles and pictures from Ringo’s collection, footage from Liverpool’s soccer team and also appearance from  Dave Stewart. This is also a unique video edit of the musical track.
Commercial version runs 4:51, Radio edit is 3:59 and this video edit is 4:33.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM34giD4o4w

Although footage from the 2010 ‘Y NOT’ sessions exists, no promotional video was created or distributed.

2012:

Wings

Directed by Jem Gerrard, winner of the Genero.tv contest to create a video for the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKxryaxPfcE

Think it Over

The song was recorded in 2011 for the Buddy Holly tribute CD ‘Listen To Me’ and also included on his ‘Ringo 2012’ CD. A partial video was included on the making of documentary DVD for the same ‘2012’ disc, and later released in full as a “promotional video”, also appears on the official DVD release of ‘Buddy Holly: Listen To Me,  The Ultimate Buddy Party’ in 2012.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrQcD7uFMeY


2015:

Postcards from Paradise

Directed by Willie Witte. A combination of animation and some concert footage filmed at the Ryman July 7, 2012.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4BZgOEJfps

RINGO STARR RELATED VIDEOS:

1973:

Marc Bolan & T. Rex: Children of the Revolution 

More songs from the ‘Born to Boogie’ film features Ringo, but the only song also released as a "video clip" was this.

1979:

Ron Wood & The New Barbarians: Buried Alive

Recorded  in April, this live promo video was later broadcasted on the Midnight Special TV Show on June 8, 1979, thus many people thinks it comes from this show.
Also, a second song with Ringo on drums was recorded (Seven Days), but the video only features Ron Wood playing all the instruments.

1985:

Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City

Directed by Jonathan Demme, Hart Perry, Godley & Creme.

A super group was reunited by Steven Van Zandt to help South Africa, and features Ringo and son Zack playing the drums (footage from the recording session was included on the video). Also appearances from Pete Townshend (The Who), Bono (U2), David Ruffin (The Temptations), Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Clarence Clemons among others.

The Singing Rebel’s Band: Freedom (Promo Version)

Directed by Dick Clement for Handmade films, produced by Harrison for the film ‘Water’.
Billy Connolly (vocals), Chris Tummings (vocals), The Singing Rebels Band: George Harrison (guitar, backing vocals), Ringo Starr (drums), Eric Clapton (guitar, backing vocals), Chris Stainton (bass), Ray Cooper (drums), Jon Lord (keyboards), Mike Moran (keyboards), Jenny Bogle and Anastasia Rodriguez (backing vocals).

The actual promo video for this song is available in regular quality and unbootlegged to date and consist of the same “performance” from the film and a mixture of many scenes from the movie, but the audio over the intro is clean and slightly different, when in the film we can see and hear an actor saying “My God, it's The Concert for Cascara!” (a parody for ‘The Concert For Bangladesh’). Also, actor Fred Gwynne (Herman from The Munsters) who also appears on the “Water” film, can be seen in this version saying “Gentlemen, We’re in the water business” .

Freedom (Film Version 1)
Freedom (Film Version 2)

The common version on bootleg compilations over the years is taken directly from the film Version #1. And when it was re-released on DVD in 2010, a new cut was made including some alternate scenes (an exclusive Harrison/Clapton scene for example), we will call that Film Version #2, cut in Widesceen from the original film tapes adding even more picture on the sides that is not available in the original print that let us see a few more Harrison (and many other members of the band, like Clapton) shots. These two versions are not promotional videos, but worth mentioning.


1989:

Tom Petty: I Won’t Back Down

Directed by David Leland. The backing band consisted of Jeff Lynne on bass, George Harrison on acoustic guitar, Mike Campbell on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums.
Almost replicating the same personnel from the studio recording, except for Ringo that didn’t play but Phil Jones.


Gentlemen Without Weapons: Spirit Of The Forest

Another charity super-star video to save the rainforest. Directed by Storm Thorgerson, with participation from Ringo (singing this time), Brian Wilson, Richard Page, David Gilmour, Bonnie Raitt, Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, Debbie Harry, Kate Bush, among others.


Buck Owens: Act Naturally 

Directed by George Bloom. This video was also included on the official DVD release “Photograph: The Best of Ringo Starr”. Behind the scenes footage is also in circulation.

 Jan Hammer: Too Much to Lose

The video features the participation of Ringo Starr, David Gilmour and Jeff Beck, although they didn’t play on the studio recording.


1990:

John Lennon Tribute: I Call Your Name 

Not really a musical video, but this was Ringo’s contribution for the Lennon tribute. Features half of the Wilburys (Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Jim Keltner) and Joe Walsh.

1991:

Nils Lofgren: Valentine

A member of the All Star Band, this video features Ringo on drums as well Bruce Springsteen on vocals and comes from the album “Silver Lining”.

1994:

RADD- Drive My Car #1
RADD- Drive My Car #2

Two different versions (one features the ‘rap’ stars and the other don’t). Paul McCartney, Julian Lennon and Ringo Starr, among many others appear during this campaign to drive responsibly.

2005:

Hurricane Relief

Tears in Heaven Version #1
Tears in Heaven Version #2

Another charity single. Directed by Marcus Raboy. Ringo plays drums on the recording and makes a cameo on the video, along with: Elton John, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink, Gewn Stefani, Steven Tayler, etc.
Both versions have different footage from all the artists, some are most notable than others.
Version 1: Ringo is sitting on his drum kit receiving a blue brick (a symbolic way the musicians contribute to the rebuild what the tsunami in southeast Asia destroyed), and in a different scene, he’s passing that brick to another person. He also appear playing the drums in a shoot from his actual recording. A picture of him holding the blue brick is also near the end of this version.

Version 2 features a different scene of Ringo receiving the brick, and when he’s passing it to another person the scene is more brief, contrary to Version #1 when we can see his face. There are no more Ringo scenes or picture in this second version.

2009:

Peter Kay’s Animated All Star Band: Children in Need Medley.

The English comedian Peter Kay reunited the original actors and celebrities that have given his voices to children TV shows and cartoons over the years, from different companies that agreed to lend the copyrights so the characters could appear all together in an animated video. Ringo is mistaken as  “Thomas the Tank Engine”, when in fact he was the narrator from the first two seasons. And for this recording and video, he’s NOT providing the voice of Thomas (as many have written), he’s in fact only singing one line: “Can you Feel it!” from 00:45 to 00:46  (yep, that’s all!), but not as the Thomas character, we simply hear his voice while there are more characters on screen at this time.
The medley of songs consist of: “Can You Feel It”,  “Don’t Stop”, “Jai Ho (You are My Destiny)”, “Tubthumping”, “Never Forget”, “Hey Jude” and “One Day Like This”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpk-Y3W1BhQ

2016:

Ringo Starr and All Stars for United Nations: Now the Time Has Come

A new song released on the International Day of Peace, Sept 21, Co-written with producer Bruce Sugar with verses sung by Richard Page, Colin Hay and Billy Valentine and backing vocals from many others, who also appear on the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVLo1CjIiAU

An “alternate” version with a verse sung in Spanish by Colombian singer Fonseca is also available, but the video does not features any of the artists.


With a Little Help from his Friend: (more info, check the separate reviews)

Ringo appears on the following Paul McCartney official promo videos:

-Take it Away
-So Bad
-No More Lonely Nights
-Beautiful Night
-Nod Your Head

Ringo appears on the following George Harrison official promo videos:

-When We Was Fab
-Living in the Material World (2006)

Official videos from other artists. Ringo plays on the tracks but does not make any video cameo.

2003:

Liam Lynch: Try Me.

Ringo plays drums on the song but is not present on the official video.


Fake Videos circulating:

1972-1974:
-Harry Nilsson:
Fake videos circulating for the songs:  “You’re Breaking my Heart” and “Spaceman”.
These are very good fan-created youtube videos using footage from the actual ‘Son of Schmilsson’ sessions, taken from the unreleased documentary “Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?” with Ringo Starr footage on it, sadly they are NOT official videos even when they are on a few bootleg compilations.
Plus another two fake videos: “At my Front Door” and “Daybreak”, using footage from the film ‘Son of Dracula, also with Ringo Starr. Do not be confused, no official videos for those four songs were ever made.

1976:
Guthrie Thomas: Band of steel
Another youtube fake video using photographs from the sessions. Ringo plays on the song but there is no official video.


Non musical videos:
Frequently included on bootleg video compilations, clips from TV Shows or films or concerts that are not official videos, like:
-The Snowman Song (Cilla special, 1971)
-The No No Song (Smothers Brothers, UK 1975)
-Nonsense (Alice in Wonderland, UK 1985)
-Songs from the Carl Perkins special (USA, 1985)
-Songs from the Prince’s Trust concert (UK, 1987)
Etc, etc