Customer Reviews:
 Credits? Not all, why? August 26, 2008
Mike McAteer (Mission Viejo, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ringo IS "The Greatest" when it comes to drumming, charm, and getting some fabulous (although not always FAB) musicians together. Regarding this CD (at least the U.S. release and not the DVD version), I have listened over and over again to it in my office as I work. It really is a good music CD that captures the energy of the concert. I saw him live with this 2006 line-up at Fantasy Springs Resort, Coachella Valley, CA - that's the Palm Springs area for those of you from Rio Linda...or Europe.
Now, the big "BUT": It's always been my impression that the "credits" give people their due when it comes to the art and creative work people put in to getting a piece like this on the street. From the musicians to the producers to the studios to the songwriters to the "thanks to God and everybody else".
However, this CD release by 67 year old Beatle Ringo Starr has one notorious omission: that of the layout artist/artwork. And if you like to read all those notes like I do, it's usually fun to see who we know, or who's name we've seen on other releases that may give us an indication of the quality expected...or not.
This person's omission becomes understandable when you see how many misspellings, incorrect grammar, extra spaces between words, missing song credits (It Don't Come Easy - 1st song), and edit glitches ("...include Sheila E in support Edgar Winter on Frankenstein..." - also note the extra space between "in" and "support"). I wouldn't want that person's name in the booklet either. The Ringo camp sent everything to the record company to manufacture "as is". I called Koch Records and that's the information I got.
It's sophomoric at best. As an indy producer, I make it my responsibility to check, re-check, and triple-check spelling, grammar, and the layout balance BEFORE anything goes to the printer! Someone REALLY didn't care to make the elementary corrections here. Shame on Koch Records for not getting the person responsible to get it right. You know they'll never sell enough of these to go to a 2nd printing, so....history is left with a marred product. Not becoming of the treatment deserved by Beatle Ringo.
 The Starr Man Returns August 15, 2008
Quiverbow (Kent, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Blimey, it's getting to be an expensive 12 months for Ringo Starr fans what with his 'Photograph' hits collection, 'Liverpool 8' and now this, his umpteenth 'live' release with his All Starr Band. OK, so there isn't much that Ringo can delve into to bring out for a live repertoire, hence the repetition of most of his songs, but it's what the 'All Starr's' bring to the table that makes things interesting.
This outing from July 2006 has Billy Squire, Edgar Winter, Shelia E, Richard Marx and Rod Argent standing in the spotlight on ten of the 18 tracks ('It Don't Come Easy' is the opener but is missing from the track listing) with the standouts being Argent's 'Hold Your Head Up' and 'She's Not There' and Winter's 'Frankenstein'. However, the surprise is Starr's rendition of 'What Goes On', a song he sounds immensely pleased in introducing as the only song written by Lennon, McCartney, Starr.
The musicianship is immaculate, as it should be, and everyone seems to be having plenty of fun, even if the vocals are strained at times (and with Ringo pushing 70, it's no surprise).
One can only hope that Mr Starkey decides to give his fans in the UK a chance to catch his All Starr Band on stage one more time, and believe me, his records may not sell many but he still has legions of followers out there.
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