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1096.0. "Review: Blast From Your Past" by HPSCAD::WALL (I see the middle kingdom...) Wed Feb 24 1988 10:10

    
    Blast From Your Past
    Ringo Starr
    Capitol CDP 7 46663 2
    Total time: 31:52
    
    In a nutshell, a compilation of the hits from Ringo Starr's solo
    efforts.  Since there weren't enough of these to make a whole album
    back in 1976, there are also some other tunes on it that never got
    big.  At least, not that I can remember.
    
    If you liked the songs Ringo Starr went big with in the early and
    mid seventies, you're going to like this CD.  Seven of the ten songs
    will probably be immediately recognizable to people with a fair
    memory of the period:
    
    You're Sixteen
    No No Song
    It Don't Come Easy
    Photograph
    Back Off Boogaloo
    Only You
    Beaucoups of Blues
    Oh My My
    Early 1970
    I'm the Greatest
    
    Of the three unknowns, I only really like 'Beaucoups of Blues,' and
    that not as much as the well-known cuts.
    
    The recordings are nice and clean.  The only really annoying glitch
    is in 'Photograph.'  There's a sharp decrease in volume in about
    the middle of the song that last for about three beats.  I seem
    to remember this being present when I heard the song on the radio,
    as well.  This song is what caught my eye when I was browsing through
    the racks -- it is probably my favorite song by a solo Beatle, with
    the possible excpetion of McCartney's 'Mull of Kintyre.'  Discovering
    that all of the stuff I can remember Ringo doing that I liked was
    also on the album was a bonus.
    
    It's not something I'd recommend everyone with a CD player pick
    up, but if you liked the songs, this CD brings them all together
    nicely.
    
    DFW

    32 minutes for a greatest hits CD is a rip-off, I don't care how
    few hits the artist produced.  Some of my favorite CDs are collections
    of tunes from artists whose individual albums I wouldn't purchase
    separately, for instance, Pretenders, Zevon, Elvis, etc.  All of
    these CDs run well over 60 minutes.
    
    Capitol proves once again that it is a profit-hungry corporation
    with a history of poor judgements, and zero regard for customer
    satisfaction.  No wonder they have become one of the weakest of
    the major record companies.
    
    -Brian

    32 minutes for this greatest hits CD is still 2 minutes longer than
    the early Beatles albums played.    It's a 32-minute CD because
    it was a 32-minute LP.   I have the LP (on a *red* Apple label!),
    but haven't listened to it in years.   
    
    Frankly, I can't think of any more Ringo songs that would've been
    worth adding to the CD anyway!   Maybe the unreleased long version
    of `6 O'Clock' with Paul and Linda McCartney, but that's about it.
    
    This CD will probably be found in the discount bins for $8.99 in
    a few months.
    
    -Monty-

    Quote from the original LP cover:
    
    "You don't have to be first, but don't be last"
    			- A local gynecologist

    re:.1
    
    See 1074.11 regarding Capitol being a "profit-hungry corporation"
    by issuing short CD's.
    
    --- jerry