Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux
Live album by
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Released14 September 1993
Recorded13 July 1992
VenueMontreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
GenreRock
Length65:11
LabelRykodisc
ProducerRingo Starr
Ringo Starr chronology
Time Takes Time
(1992) 		Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux
(1993) 		Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1
(1997)

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux is Ringo Starr's second official live album and was released in September 1993.[1][2]

Live and content

Starr was once again supported by his All-Starr Band, with the first of many line-up changes. Retained from the original 1989/1990 inaugural line-up were Joe Walsh and Nils Lofgren. Newcomers were Timothy B. Schmit, Dave Edmunds, Todd Rundgren, Burton Cummings, Tim Cappello, and Starr's own son, Zak Starkey, on drums.

While Starr performed new material from Time Takes Time, he mostly chose his Beatles' standards on this occasion, namely "Yellow Submarine", "With a Little Help from My Friends" and his cover of The Shirelles' "Boys", which had appeared on the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, in 1963. The members of his All-Starr Band also performed lead on many different songs during the live recording.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Essential Rock Discography5/10[5]
MusicHoundwoof![6]

Following up on the 1990 album Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, this new album was a recording of a performance in Montreux in 1992, shortly after the release of Starr's studio album Time Takes Time. Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux was released worldwide on Rykodisc,[7] on 14 September 1993,[nb 1][9] eventually being deleted towards the end of the 1990s. To help promote the album, Starr appeared on NBC's Today television show, on 13 October 1993.[2][7] Due to his heavy involvement in The Beatles Anthology, Starr didn't release any material until 1997, a limited edition live release of his 1995 tour exclusively through the Blockbuster video store chain, which was then followed by the major-label studio album, Vertical Man, in 1998.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artistLength
1."The Really 'Serious' Introduction"introductionQuincy Jones2:04
2."I'm the Greatest"John LennonRingo Starr3:28
3."Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go"
Starr4:45
4."Yellow Submarine"
Starr4:10
5."Desperado"
Joe Walsh2:33
6."I Can't Tell You Why"
Timothy B. Schmit5:14
7."Girls Talk"Elvis CostelloDave Edmunds3:35
8."Weight of the World"
  • Brian O'Doherty
  • Fred Velez
Starr4:11
9."Bang the Drum All Day"Todd RundgrenTodd Rundgren3:40
10."Walking Nerve"Nils LofgrenNils Lofgren4:06
11."Black Maria"RundgrenRundgren5:27
12."In the City"
Walsh4:33
13."American Woman"
Burton Cummings6:21
14."Boys"
Starr3:50
15."With a Little Help from My Friends"
  • Lennon
  • McCartney
Starr7:07

Personnel

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ US Rykodisc RCD 202664[8]

Citations

  1. ^ Harry, Bill. The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
  2. ^ a b Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, eds. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970–2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-0-7119-8307-6.
  3. ^ Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux at AllMusic
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1984. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 1028. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
  6. ^ Gary Graff & Daniel Durchholz (eds), MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, Visible Ink Press (Farmington Hills, MI, 1999; ISBN 1-57859-061-2), pp. 1082–83.
  7. ^ a b Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
  8. ^ Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
  9. ^ Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.