Track Listing
1. It Don't Come Easy
2. No No Song, The
3. Iko Iko
4. Weight, The
5. Shine Silently
6. Honey Don't
7. Quarter to Three
8. Raining in My Heart
9. Will It Go Round in Circles
10. Life in the Fast Lane
11. Desperado
12. Norwegian Wood
13. Walking Nerve
14. Boris the Spider
15. You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful and You're Mine
16. Photograph
17. Really Serious Introduction, The
18. I'm the Greatest
19. Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go
20. I Can't Tell You Why
21. Girls Talk
22. People Got to Be Free
23. Groovin'
24. Act Naturally
25. Takin' Care of Business
26. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
27. In the City
28. Bang the Drum All Day
29. Black Maria
30. American Woman
31. Weight of the World
32. Back Off Boogaloo
33. Yellow Submarine
34. Show Me the Way
35. Sunshine of Your Love
36. I Hear You Knocking
37. Shooting Star
38. Boys
39. Baby I Love Your Way
40. Salty Dog, A
41. I Feel Free
42. All Right Now
43. I Wanna Be Your Man
44. Whiter Shade of Pale, A
45. Hungry Eyes
46. All by Myself
47. With a Little Help From My Friends
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dave Edmunds, Dr. John, Jack Bruce, Joe Walsh, John Entwistle, Levon Helm, Peter Frampton, Todd Rundgren | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ringo Starr (vocals, drums); Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Dave Edmunds, Nils Lofren, Mark Farner, Randy Bachman (vocals, guitar); Clarence Clemons (vocals, tenor saxophone); Dr. John, Todd Rundgren, Billy Preston, Felix Caviliere, Gary Brooker, Burton Cummings, Eric Carmen (vocals, keyboards); Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Timothy B. Schmidt, Rick Danko (vocals, bass); Levon Helm, Simon Kirke (vocals, drums); Mark Rivera, Timmy Cappello (saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Zak Starkey, Jim Keltner (drums).
Recorded live between 1989 and 2000. Includes liner notes by John Lappen.
ANTHOLOGY... SO FAR features 47 songs by former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr including his hits "It Don't Come Easy," "You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine," and "Photograph."
Ringo Starr's constantly shifting All-Starr groups had been dusting off and gathering together rock survivors for more than a decade since 1989 -- and this triple-CD package is their most comprehensive testament to date. Starting with the 1989 band, the box takes listeners through the 1992, 1995, 1997, and 2000 editions -- curiously omitting the 1999 band -- with Ringo's jolly renditions of his Beatles-era songs and solo recordings serving as a friendly home base. Alas, the box's 12-page booklet is appallingly mum about the dates, locales, and release status of the recordings, nor is the set in strict chronological or concert order. Of the 47 numbers, 21 are new to CD, while the rest are taken from the Rykodisc albums of the 1989 (Greek Theatre, Los Angeles) and 1992 (Montreux Casino) tours and the limited-edition Blockbuster Music album of the 1995 (Tokyo) tour. The unreleased tunes, originating from outtakes of the Tokyo concert, the 1997 concert at Pine Knob outside Detroit, and the 2000 concert in Milwaukee, are of variable interest. It's nice to have Felix Cavaliere's free, relaxed 1995 rendition of "Groovin'," and Peter Frampton (1997) has the temerity to take up "Norwegian Wood," the only All-Starr to attempt a Beatles song without Ringo. At the same time, one can detect a general drop-off of interest and energy in the 1997 and 2000 concerts, particularly in Gary Brooker's and Eric Carmen's numbers, a sign (since disproved by the 2001 band) that the All-Starr formula was running low on juice. The sound quality of the previously released tracks is virtually unchanged from their earlier incarnations, and there is evidence of haste in the album's final assembly -- there is a two-second dropout just after Dr. John's "Iko Iko," and Mark Farner's "Some Kind of Wonderful" was audibly shoehorned in at the last minute since he was the only All-Starr without a solo number in the package's original lineup. Even so, anyone who wants a souvenir of Ringo's rollicking tours need only get this set, attractively priced at three discs for less than the price of two. ~ Richard S. Ginell
Spanning three discs and 47 tracks, The Anthology So Far collects highlights from all of Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band tours, which means it doesn't just have hits from Ringo (basically, all of his solo and Beatles anthems), it also has signature songs from fellow classic rockers like Dr. John, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Joe Walsh, John Entwistle, Dave Edmunds, Timothy B Schmidt, Felix Cavaliere, Randy Bachman, Burton Commings, Peter Frampton, Simon Kirke, Jack Bruce, Eric Carmen, and the great Todd Rundgren. In other words, this is the best of the oldies and, if it's taken for what it is, it's not bad. It's entertaining, well-performed, and filled with songs you know and (if you're listening to this) love. That doesn't make it necessary, of course, but it is a nostalgic good time if that's what you're looking for. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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