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
Released 14 September 1993
Recorded 13 July 1992
Genre Rock and roll
Length 65:11
Label Rykodisc
Producer Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr chronology
Time Takes Time
(1992)
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux
(1993)
4-Starr Collection
(1995)

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, but this time the celebrity guests had been shuffled somewhat. Retained from the original 1989/1990 inaugural line-up were Joe Walsh and Nils Lofgren. Newcomers were Burton Cummings, Timothy B. Schmit, Dave Edmunds, Todd Rundgren, Tim Cappello on saxophone and Starr's own son, Zak Starkey, on drums.

While Starr performed new material from Time Takes Time, he mostly centered on 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 been appeared on The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, in 1963. The members of his All-Starr Band also had solo moments during the live recording.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Essential Rock Discography5/10[4]
MusicHoundwoof![5]

Following up on the 1990 album Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, this new collection 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,[6] on 14 September 1993,[nb 1][8] 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][6] Due to his heavy involvement in The Beatles Anthology, it was Starr's last official release until Vertical Man in 1998. In between these releases, Starr orchestrated a limited edition live release of his 1995 tour exclusively through the Blockbuster video store chain in 1997.

Track listing

  1. "The Really "Serious" Introduction" – 2:04
  2. "I'm the Greatest" (John Lennon) – 3:28
  3. "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go" (Richard Starkey, Johnny Warman, Gary Grainger) – 4:45
  4. "Yellow Submarine" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:10
  5. "Desperado" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 2:33
  6. "I Can't Tell You Why" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit) – 5:14
  7. "Girls Talk" (Elvis Costello) – 3:35
  8. "Weight of the World" (Brian O'Doherty, Fred Velez) – 4:11
  9. "Bang the Drum All Day" (Todd Rundgren) – 3:40
  10. "Walking Nerve" (Nils Lofgren) – 4:06
  11. "Black Maria" (Todd Rundgren) – 5:27
    • Performed by Todd Rundgren
  12. "In the City" (Joe Walsh, Barry DeVorzon) – 4:33
    • Performed by Joe Walsh
  13. "American Woman" (Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale) – 6:21
  14. "Boys" (Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell) – 3:50
  15. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Lennon–McCartney) – 7:07

References

Footnotes
  1. US Rykodisc RCD 202664[7]
Citations
  1. Harry, Bill. The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
  2. 1 2 Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, ed. (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. Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 1028. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 2 Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
  7. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
  8. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.

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