MINT UK Apple Beatles RINGO STARR Sentimental Journey

$ 78

$ 78 Sold For

Sep 11, 2010 Sold Date

Sep 8, 2010 Start Date

$ 10 Start price

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Mint BRITISH 1970 first pressing

& first solo by Beatles drummer vocalist

Ringo Starr

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

UK - APPLE RECORDS - PCS 7101

BEAUTIFUL...PERFECT...MINT 1970 BRITISH ORIGINAL first pressing: A lovely fully laminated UK issue that looks like it stepped right out of the pressing plant 40 years ago...they don't come any better...guranteed very first pressing

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Ringo's warm, engaging voice is makes his first solo album work so splendidly. Featuring tasteful arrangements by Paul McCartney, Beatles producer George Martin and others, SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is a friendly, laid-back poprock album that keeps on gaining retrospective charm from generation to generation...

After wondering what he would do with the breakup of the the Beatles, Ringo wodered aloud "What I should do with my life now that it's all over," Sentimental Journey is the album that Ringo claims got him started again. In a 1976 interview with Circus Magazine, Ringo said of Sentimental Journey, "The great thing was that it got me moving. It got me going. OK let's go, not very fast, but just moving in some way. It was like the first shovel of coal in the furnace that makes the train inch forward."

Although many fans were surprised to learn of the songs that would comprise Ringo's first solo album, Ringo explained that he had decided to sing standards because "I really dug that old music...and I thought, `my mum'll be pleased if I sing all those songs."

Ringo approached George Martin with his idea and Martin agreed to act as producer. It was also decided to invite top-notch musicians to arrange the big band pieces. Sentimental Journey boasts arrangements by Maurice Gibb, Klaus Voorman, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, George Martin, and Les Reed.

The album was originally titled Ringo Starrdust, but that title was discarded in favor of Sentimental Journey which seemed more in keeping with the nostalgic theme of the recording. To further emphasize the theme, the cover of the album features a shot of the Empress Bar, the local bar in Ringo's old neighborhood, complete with mock-ups of family members in the windows.

Sentimental Journey was released in the United Kingdom on March 27, 1970 where it reached number seven in the charts. On April 24, 1970 the album was released in the United States where it peaked at number 22.

Fans' and critics' reaction to Sentimental Journey has always been mixed. Some that the drummer's personality and charm enhance the homey feel of the album.
Certainly one of the oddest post Beatles solo offerings, Sentimental Journey has often been dismissed as an over-indulgent whim, but to do so is to miss out on some truly memorable Ringo moments. As noted in Beatlefan issue 95, "On some tracks Ringo is woefully miscast vocally.... But the album delights when the material and arrangement is better suited to Starr's limited, wavery range." The songs that really work are "Dream," "Blue Turning Grey Over You," "You Always Hurt the One You Love," "Bye Bye Blackbird," and "Love is A Many Splendored Thing."
Most Ringo fans agree that, despite it's uneven content, Sentimental Journey seems like a perfectly logical vehicle for the most down-to-earth, sentimental, and homey Beatle. Ringo himself remains loyal to Sentimental Journey. " I still like that album. It had all the tracks that I heard when I lived with my mother and father."

1. "Sentimental Journey" – 3:26
- First released in 1945
1. "Night and Day" – 2:25
- First released in 1932
1. "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" – 2:37
- First released in 1940
1. "Bye Bye Blackbird" – 2:11
- First released in 1926
1. "I'm a Fool to Care" – 2:39
- First released in 1954
1. "Stardust" – 3:22
- First released 1927
1. "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" – 3:19
- First released in 1930
1. "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing" – 3:05
- First released in 1955
1. "Dream" – 2:42
- First in 1945
1. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" – 2:20
- First released in 1944
1. "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" – 2:44
- First released in 1945
1. "Let the Rest of the World Go By" (Ernest Ball, Karen Brennan) – 2:55
- First released in 1944

CONDITION: The cover fragile, delicate UK issue, fully laminated and totally Mint ... no bends, no seam splits, no writing...this is a top mint copy...

The vinyl: is all shiny clean on both sides, top level M- ...obviously plays perfect with no distraction...the Apple labels are MINT

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A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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