Just possibly the luckiest pop musician in history (replacing hapless Pete Best in the Beatles on the eve of their EMI signing and the unprecedented fame that followed), Ringo Starr wasted no time carving out his own comfortable--and surprisingly successful--post-Fabs career in the early 1970s. This concise greatest-hits package (ostensibly a contractual-filling farewell to his longtime label) compiles all of the drummer's top 10 hits, including the evergreen smashes "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen," as well as the hit singles "It Don't Come Easy" and "Back Off Boogaloo." The charming B-side "Early 1970" (chronicling the contemporary lives of three of Starr's suspiciously familiar musician friends) is also included. It may shortchange Ringo's lovingly quirky early country & western and Tin Pan Alley collections (Beaucoups of Blues and Sentimental Journey, respectively), but it's still a great choice for hit-hungry fans. --Jerry McCulley
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ASIN: B000006MV0 Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine)
- No No Song/Skokiaan
- It Don't Come Easy
- Photograph
- Back Off Boogaloo
- Only You (And You Alone)
- Beaucoups Of Blues
- Oh My My
- Early 1970
- I'm The Greatest
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Just possibly the luckiest pop musician in history (replacing hapless Pete Best in the Beatles on the eve of their EMI signing and the unprecedented fame that followed), Ringo Starr wasted no time carving out his own comfortable--and surprisingly successful--post-Fabs career in the early 1970s. This concise greatest-hits package (ostensibly a contractual-filling farewell to his longtime label) compiles all of the drummer's top 10 hits, including the evergreen smashes "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen," as well as the hit singles "It Don't Come Easy" and "Back Off Boogaloo." The charming B-side "Early 1970" (chronicling the contemporary lives of three of Starr's suspiciously familiar musician friends) is also included. It may shortchange Ringo's lovingly quirky early country & western and Tin Pan Alley collections (Beaucoups of Blues and Sentimental Journey, respectively), but it's still a great choice for hit-hungry fans. --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
Ringo.......2007-05-12
ITS BLAST FROM YOUR PAST WITH RINGO AND HIS FAMOUS NO NO SONG........2007-02-04
What can I say about the legendary RINGO STARR that hasn't already been said? RINGO STARR has graced us with his many talents and his most recent tours to this very day. RINGO STARR would begin his early career as a drummer from Liverpool, England as part of THE FAB FOUR or should I say THE BEATLES. When THE BEATLES broke up in 1970, RINGO would try his hand at not only a solo career, but as an actor. In the early 70's, RINGO was extremely successful at both but would slowly fade away until the movie CAVEMAN was made and released in 1981. CAVEMAN would also star Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, John Matuszak and RINGO'S wife Barbara Bach. However, RINGO'S solo music career did have some fine moments. "BLAST FROM YOUR PAST" are the results of those moments. In my opinion, "BLAST FROM YOUR PAST" is a very up lifting and positive album which contains some very funny songs.
I will list and review certain song tracks contained in this compilation album. It is extremely hard for me to choose any one song track over the other. However, due to trying to shorten this review as much as posible, I will only list certain song tracks in their original exact running order as follows: (1.) "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine)," (This is a wonderful Ringo Starr song that brings back the spirit of the 50's music. Ringo sings this song perfectly to the bone.) (2.) "No No Song/Skokiaan," (I love this song. This is my most favorite RINGO STARR song. I love the lyrics to this song. The lyrics are so funny, we can all pretty much relate to it, at least I can. RINGO sings this song with such emotion like he truly means it. I love it when RINGO sings the chorus "AND I SAID NO NO NO NO I DON'T (Sniff) NO MORE, I'M TIRED OF WAKING UP ON THE FLOOR, NO THANK YOU PLEASE IT ONLY MAKES ME SNEEZE, AND THEN IT MAKES IT HARD TO FIND THE DOOR. Enough said.) (3.) "It Don't Come Easy," (I love this up beat song. This song is produced by George Harrison. RINGO sings this song with such power that you can almost feel the rough times in his voice what it was like being an BEATLE in the early days.) (4.) "Photograph," (This is another up beat song that RINGO delivers a fine lead vocal performance. This song is co-written with George Harrison.) (6.) "Only You (And You Alone)" (This is another beautiful song sung by RINGO. Ringo sings this song like he is naturally flowing his happy and rejoicing voice from the gut and through the microphone. I love this song.) and (8.) "Oh My My." (This is another beautiful song sung by RINGO. Listening to these songs gives you the feeling that RINGO was indeed, an extremely talented individual. It doesn't surprise me that all four BEATLES were extremely talented in their own right.) The other songs such as "Back Off Boogaloo," "Beaucoups Of Blues," "Early 1970" and "I'm The Greatest" are also good songs that are great contributions from George Harrison and John Lennon. Overall, this is a very entertaining album which has some funny humor to it.
I would like to encourage everybody to purchase this album to own as part of their valuable music collection. This legendary compilation album will definitely stand the test of time and will always be around to be enjoyed and cherished for many years to come, NOW AND FOREVER.
In closing, RINGO STARR is here to stay. With the deaths of JOHN LENNON and GEORGE HARRISON, we now realize that a BEATLES reunion is now out of the question. RINGO STARR and PAUL MCCARTNEY are now all that remains of the original FAB FOUR. We as fans should enjoy them while they're still here while we still can. Here's to you RINGO. Keep Persevering. Keep The Faith. Keep On Rockin'. And as the saying goes, "AND THE REST IS ROCK N' ROLL HISTORY," am I wrong? Thanks for reading my review and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it for your reading pleasure. I also hope that you will read all of my other reviews in the near future when time permits. THE BEATLES FOREVER. RINGO RULES. R.I.P John Lennon and George Harrison. Long Live Rock n' Roll. Rock out always and take it easy. Forever in Rock, John L.
It's a Blast!.......2007-01-06
Having a BLAST listening to Ringo.......2006-11-10
Good, but incomplete.......2006-11-03
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ASIN: B000005JIN Release Date: 1996-07-23 |
Tracks:
- You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)
- No No Song
- It Don't Come Easy
- Photograph
- Back off Boogaloo
- Only You (And You Alone)
- Beaucoups of Blues
- Oh, My My
- Early 1970
- I'm the Greatest
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Great music, weak collection - get the Ringo album instead .......2005-06-06
When the Beatles disbanded, every member of the once-great rock group went their separate ways. George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr all went on to solo careers. While it was Paul who managed to maintain most of the musical popularity following the group's demise, the other former Beatles released some great music, and Ringo was no exception. Following the release of a few albums, Ringo came out with the hits compilation Blast From Your Past in 1975. Read on for my review.
Essentially, what this compilation does is explores Ringo Starr's solo career from 1970-1975. In other words, this set is a wasted opportunity - a set that is totally inferior by modern standards. It covers only FIVE years of Ringo's musical career, despite the fact that Ringo's solo career has been going on for nearly HALF A CENTURY. And, of course, the set is HORRIBLY imbalanced in its execution. Of these tracks, FIVE were pulled from the self-titled 1973 album (HALF the compilation!) There are only two from Goodnight Vienna (1974), only one from Beaucoups Of Blues (1970), and the two tracks from the It Don't Come Easy single (1971.) Ringo's first solo album, Sentimental Journey (1970), gets ignored entirely (admittingly that album isn't very good, so I'm really not complaining there.) Ringo's self-titled album was recently remastered and the previously single-only tracks from this compilation It Don't Come Easy and Early 1970 were put on there as bonus tracks. In other words, if you buy Ringo's self-titled album now, you'll get SEVEN of the ten tracks that this compilation features. And since that's an actual album rather than a compilation anyway, it's the obvious choice. There are only ten tracks on this compilation, and the set doesn't even come close to filling the eighty minute time limit of a CD. And, of course, there's nothing before 1970, and nothing after 1975. In addition to every song on this compilation, THEY COULD EASILY HAVE FIT EVERY BEATLES SONG RINGO DID LEAD VOCALS ON! And they'd still have room left over for post-1975 hits (I understand that the compilation was relased in 1975, but they should have added bonuses when they ported it to CD.) It's only made worse by the fact that the compilation is not in chronological order - having Beaucoups Of Blues in the MIDDLE of the tracklist when it should be at the beginning is just wrong. And why does It Don't Come Easy come so close to the beginning of the disc while its B-Side, Early 1970, comes at the othe end of the disc? Ultimately this is a very disappointing compilation. Why get it when you can get the self-titled album remasterdd with bonus tracks, and get seven of these ten tracks there?
This compilation seems to be fading off of store shelves, and with good reason. It is outdated and vastly inferior by today's standards. The record company may have discontinued it since, in a way, the remastered version of the 1973 album rendered it obsolete. I wouldn't be surprised to be unable to find this compilation new in stores in just a few months.
Overall, I was very disappointed with this collection. The music itself is five-star material, no questions asked. But where this set fails, it fails terribly. And I think I've made it pretty obvious that you should just buy the self-titled album instead. The remastered version of it has seven of these ten songs. Maybe someday a dual-disc, chronological order compilation of Ringo's solo career will be released. Until that day, we'll just have to keep dreaming.
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