Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 Review

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(More customer reviews)Ringo IS "The Greatest" when it comes to drumming, charm, and getting some fabulous (although not always FAB) musicians together. Regarding this CD (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.

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Ringo's summer All Starr tours with his All-Starr Band continue to be 'can't-miss' events year-after-year. Ringo And The All Starr's Live 2006 is from the legendary Beatles drummer and it features one of his most eclectic back-up bands yet. Comprised of Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Richard Marx, Sheila E. and Rod Argent, the 2006 version of the All Starr's proved to be not just a great band but also a very versatile unit. The live album includes favorites like 'Yellow Submarine,''Photograph,' 'Act Naturally' and also some of the biggest hits of his back-up members' band's careers including 'Everybody Wants You' (Billy Squier), 'Frankenstein' (Edgar Winter), 'Glamorous Life' (Sheila E.), and 'Should Have Known Better (Richard Marx).

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Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 Review

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(More customer reviews)You have to take these All-Starr Band CDs in the right spirit. They're only meant to be a bit of light fun, not high art. This is the eighth one (if you count "The Anthology ... So Far", which includes enough unreleased material to fill a separate album). Across the eight, there has been plenty of repetition of songs and a moderate amount of repetition of performers, but they've all had their moments. This one is as good as any. The band is good, it's a good performance (apart from Ringo's singing in the brief introductory version of With A Little Help From My Friends), it's well recorded and it has a good selection of Ringo and Beatles songs. It includes two Ringo songs that haven't been on any previous All-Starr Band album: Oh My My and Never Without You (although the latter did appear on Live at Soundstage with The Roundheads). It ends with Give Peace a Chance, making Ringo the third ex-Beatle to release a live version of that song (and now George never will!). Other good things about this one are that the All-Starrs get only one song each, so there is plenty of Ringo, and that Sheila E is not included!

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Ringo and His 10th All-Starr Band performed their last show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 2008. With stars above them and all around them, they played an exuberant set that included highlights spanning Ringo's entire career, from Beatles classics to solo hits. The show at the Greek was the culmination of a fantastic summer playing music on the road. This July 27, Hip-O/UMe are proud to announce the release of the Ringo Starr's All Starr-Band "Live At The Greek Theatre 2008" on CD and DVD, also available in 5.1 Surround Sound.More than a memento of a wonderful show, this is a remarkable playlist of music you know and love which is enhanced by the pleasure the musicians had playing it, and the fun the audience had hearing it. Each All-Starr Tour is unique, a collection of individual musicians who have never come together before and played as this particular band. So each version of their hits has a quality that is distinct to this specific group.

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Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)Once again, Mr. Starkey has proven that he can take from 4 to 7 musicians from any genre and turn them into a tight-as-a-tick band. God bless you, Ringo. But still: WHEN are you going the release the absolute GREATEST "Ringo's All Starr Band" configuration, that of Peter Frampton, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce, and Simon Kirke on DVD? PLEASE?

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Ringo Starr is a music legend who needs no introduction. He is one of the most popular musicians of our time. This DVD shows Ringo playing some of his greatest hits live including "I Wanna Be Your Man" "She s Not There" "Yellow Submarine" and many more. Ringo Starr has sold over 60 million records worldwide.

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Tour 2003 Review

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(More customer reviews)I saw this show at The State Theatre in Easton Pa. It was the smallest venue on the tour and I was in the second row. It was as if Beatlemania never died! I had seen the All Starr Band on every tour since the inception but this show was incredible. So much so that I went to see it again three days later at the PNC Bank Arts Center - the local amphitheater. All of the intimacy was gone and the show was less than thrilling by comparison. I love Ringo but lets just say that this recording is representative of the amphitheatre show. The sound is shallow and you get the feeling that the band is just going through the motions. As stated in other reviews, the omission of Paul carrack's incredible rendition of Tempted (A highlight of both shows) is a great disservice to music lovers. Also, the band did an acoustic version of Here Comes the Sun in tribute to George Harrison that was moving. That too is missing. This CD is for fanatics only. I'm a fanatic and yes - I'm glad I bought it.

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