VH1 Storytellers (Ringo Starr album)

1998 live album by Ringo Starr

VH1 Storytellers

Live album by

Ringo Starr

Released| 20 October 1998
Recorded| 13 May 1998
Genre| Rock
Length| 51:56
Label| Mercury
Producer| Mark Hudson
Ringo Starr chronology
| Vertical Man
(1998)  | VH1 Storytellers
(1998)  | I Wanna Be Santa Claus
(1999)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]
Entertainment Weekly| B[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [4]

VH1 Storytellers is a live and video album by Ringo Starr recorded and released for the popular music program in 1998. Unlike his previous live recordings, this release places Starr in an intimate environment where, as per the show's requirement, he tells the genesis of the songs being performed.

## Recording

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Recorded a month before the release of Starr's new studio album Vertical Man – and performed in promotion for it – VH1 Storytellers features Starr's contemporary musical collaborator Mark Hudson (who produced the album) and Starr's current band, dubbed "the Roundheads". Aside from songs that appeared on Vertical Man, much of the set is devoted to Starr's Beatles and early solo successes.

## Release and reception

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This marked the last time a full length Ringo Starr album was released on cassette in the United States, according to journalist Peter Palmiere. However, some countries in the Far East still issue cassettes of recent Ringo Starr material including Ringo Rama, Choose Love, and Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr.

VH1 Storytellers was released by Mercury Records in the US on 20 October 1998.[nb 1][5] The album failed to chart. Entertainment Weekly's reviewer wrote: "It's his yarns, though, that are most engaging … A nice retrospective of an under appreciated composer."[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "With a Little Help from My Friends"| Lennon–McCartney| 4:18
2.| "It Don't Come Easy"| Richard Starkey| 3:18
3.| "I Was Walkin'"| Starkey/Mark Hudson/Dean Grakal| 4:21
4.| "Don't Pass Me By"| Starkey| 5:40
5.| "Back Off Boogaloo"| Starkey| 3:40
6.| "King of Broken Hearts"| Starkey/Hudson/Steve Dudas/Grakal| 7:42
7.| "Octopus's Garden"| Starkey| 2:51
8.| "Photograph"| Starkey/George Harrison| 4:10
9.| "La De Da"| Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal| 5:04
10.| "What in the... World"| Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal| 5:31
11.| "Love Me Do"| Lennon–McCartney| 3:42
12.| "With a Little Help from My Friends (Reprise)"| Lennon–McCartney| 1:19
13.| "I've Got Blisters..."|  | 0:13
14.| "The End"|  | 0:03

## Personnel

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* Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, piano on "Don't Pass Me By"
* Joe Walsh – guitar, backing vocals
* Mark Hudson – guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
* Gary Burr – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
* Steve Dudas – guitar
* Jack Blades – bass, backing vocals
* Jim Cox – keyboards, backing vocals
* Scott Gordon – harmonica
* Simon Kirke – drums, percussion

## References

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Footnotes

1. ^ US Mercury 314 538 118-2[5]

Citations

1. ^ VH1 Storytellers at AllMusic
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1984\. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
3. ^ a b "Ringo Starr VH1 Storytellers Album Review". Entertainment Weekly. 6 November 1998. p. 89.
4. ^ Brackett, Nathan, with Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside. p. 777. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. ^ a b Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 186\. ISBN 9780753508435.

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Ringo Starr

Studio albums|

* Sentimental Journey
* Beaucoups of Blues
* Ringo
* Goodnight Vienna
* Ringo's Rotogravure
* Ringo the 4th
* Bad Boy
* Stop and Smell the Roses
* Old Wave
* Time Takes Time
* Vertical Man
* I Wanna Be Santa Claus
* Ringo Rama
* Choose Love
* Liverpool 8
* Y Not
* Ringo 2012
* Postcards from Paradise
* Give More Love
* What's My Name
* Look Up

Live albums|

* Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
* Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux
* Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1
* VH1 Storytellers
* King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band
* Extended Versions
* Tour 2003
* Ringo Starr and Friends
* Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage
* Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006
* Live at the Greek Theatre 2008

Compilations|

* Blast from Your Past
* Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2
* The Anthology... So Far
* Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr
* Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection

Singles|

* "Beaucoups of Blues"
* "It Don't Come Easy" / "Early 1970"
* "Back Off Boogaloo"
* "Photograph"
* "You're Sixteen"
* "Oh My My"
* "Only You (And You Alone)"
* "No No Song" / "Snookeroo"
* "(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna"
* "Oh My My" / "No No Song"
* "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"
* "Hey! Baby"
* "Wings"
* "Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)"
* "Heart on My Sleeve"
* "Wrack My Brain"
* "In My Car"
* "I Keep Forgettin'"
* "Act Naturally"
* "Weight of the World"
* "Never Without You"
* "Liverpool 8"
* "Walk with You"
* "Wings"
* "Postcards from Paradise"
* "Give More Love"
* "Grow Old with Me"
* "Rock Around the Clock"

Other songs|

* "I'm the Greatest"
* "Have You Seen My Baby?"
* "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)"
* "Six O'Clock"
* "You and Me (Babe)"
* "I'll Still Love You"
* "Sure to Fall"
* "She's About a Mover"
* "Angel is Disguise"

EPs|

* Zoom In
* Change the World
* EP3
* Rewind Forward
* Crooked Boy

Books|

* Postcards from the Boys
* Octopus's Garden
* Photograph

Related|

* Discography
* Song list
* Filmography
* Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
* The Beatles
* The Beatles Statue
* 10 Admiral Grove
* Barbara Bach
* "Brush with Greatness"
* The Concert for Bangladesh
* Vini Poncia
* Ring O' Records
* Ringo (1978 film)
* Ringo's Yellow Submarine
* Scouse the Mouse
* "Ringo for President"
* Zak Starkey
* Maureen Starkey Tigrett
* Startling Music
* Rory Storm
* Tittenhurst Park
* 4150 Starr

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