Ringo Starr - And His All Starr Band
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Free Music Review: This CD Set Didn't Digest Easily
Hit: 1 Stars
This Ringo Starr music-lover has been buying tunes from Amazon for almost as long as they've been selling them but this is the first review I've cared to write. I often turn to Amazon for its "complete" musical selection -- particularly for performers like Ringo Starr -- which brick-and-mortar music stores often don't carry. This album of Ringo's though, is less than I would've expected, far less, particularly in quality of audio. There are some groups, like Pink Floyd, whose live concert recordings are the equal of studio recordings. This album doesn't even come close and it becomes apparent from the get-go with one of Ringo's anthem songs, "It Don't Come Easy."Simply put, the instruments more often than not overwhelm voices. Some of the era's finest rock stars perform some of their finest respective songs on this album but are so woefully recorded that you have to wonder if any forethought, whatsoever, went into planning the recording.
In "It Don't Come Easy" it's as if the dudes sitting at the mixer controls -- at about Ringo's second stanza -- all-of-a-sudden realize that his voice is barely heard and make noticeable adjustments at that time.
Peter Frampton's "Show Me The Way" is a tune in which the integration of his guitar playing is an essential part of the song's popularity. While discernable, it does not have the prominent role found on Frampton's studio or "live" albums.
Ringo's voice has never been particularly robust or forceful. While other album producers have been careful to capture the essence of his enjoyable style, this album fails miserably in that department. On "You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful And You're Mine," one frequently cannot hear Ringo's complete enunciation of "sixteen" and "... you're mine" as his voice trails and is overwhelmed by the instruments.
Being a longtime Ringo fan -- I even very much enjoy his very country "Beaucoups of Blues" album -- I had eagerly awaited this compilation but now wish I hadn't wasted the money, for it won't get another play on any of my systems.
Free Music Review: This recording drops the ball
Hit: 1 Stars
The other reviews are probably right suggesting this is truly a fun evening with Ringo and the boys, but as one who enjoys a great or even good recording, I can't recommend this collection in the least. This is the most uneven, muddled recording I have heard in a very long time. It is very evident these recording were done in many places and many different ways and that's what the listener has to deal with. One track maybe twice as loud as the previous one. Burton Cummings' American Women, the guitar in the right speaker overpowers the singer. I didn't even recognize Todd Rundgren's voice, besides Bang the Drum playing darn near twice the speed of the studio version. To me there were only a couple of gems in this package. And regrettfully, Ringo is no singer. Either time has been his enemy, or as I suggested, the recording blows, but in reality I think the engineer on his studio albums probably did some major help. Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy most of Ringo's stuff. So... Go buy the studio stuff, because this live recording would be hard to sit through, twice.