Ringo Starr - Ringo - MINT 1973 UK 1st Pressing LP Featuring All Four Beatles

	£		65
	$		86

Artist & Title: Ringo Starr – Ringo

Original MINT 1973 UK FIRST PRESSING 10-track vinyl LP with picture labels, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with integral 20-page booklet featuring lyrics and illustrations by Klaus Voorman. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl is immaculate - a great copy!
The record is in Mint condition and sounds as wonderful as ever, while the cover and inner sleeve fully merit an Excellent grading. See pics. A superb copy of by far the best of Ringo’s post-Beatle albums.
Highly desirable for its 1U/3U first press matrices and Mint condition vinyl, and increasingly difficult to find in good condition on vinyl, this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this superb rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: Apple Records ?– PCTC 252 (OC 066 ? 05492)

Release date: 23 November 1973 (UK)

Overall Grade: MINT/EX (LP/Cover)

Matrix (Runout): Side 1: YEX 925-1U TML    Side 2: YEX 926-3U TML

Labels: Made in Gt Britain
Produced by Richard Perry
? 1973 EMI Records, Limited
Sleeve: Engineered By Bill Schnee
? 1973 EMI Records Ltd.
Printed by Euro Albums Holland B.V.

This historic LP from Ringo Starr at his creative peak is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition.

“RINGO” IS THE FIRST AND ONLY SOLO BEATLE ALBUM TO FEATURE ALL FOUR OF THE FORMER BEATLES PLAYING ON ONE RECORD.

This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine Mint/EX condition UK first pressing. The record is in Mint condition and the cover and inner sleeve are in Excellent condition with the integral booklet still firmly attached and in immaculate condition. All items are free from any major defects like scratches, tears, dog-ears, stickers, writing, stains or the like. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1973, not reprints or replacements. The LP is the original 1973 UK stereo LP, which was only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

“This is what a Beatles album might have sounded like, if Ringo sang lead on all the songs. If you are going to buy only one Ringo album, this is the one to get.”

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS ALBUM EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN RECENT TIMES

Ringo is the third album by Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and number 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached number 1 on the RPM national albums chart. The album is noted for the appearance of all four Beatles, and for its numerous guest stars, including Marc Bolan, members of The Band, Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann, Nicky Hopkins, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Jim Keltner, something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his future albums and tours.
All three of Ringo’s former bandmates appeared on and composed material for Ringo, and Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison appear together on the Lennon-penned song "I'm the Greatest". Paul McCartney wrote "Six O'Clock" for the album, on which he also sung and played synthesiser and piano. The experience of making Ringo was an enjoyable one for Starr and all involved, with its wide acceptance only furthering his personal feeling of success.

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of music history in this condition.

“I realise nearly everyone else would say "Plastic Ono Band," "Imagine" or "Band on the Run" are the greatest solo Beatles albums. I disagree and nominate this incredible Ringo record for top honours. How many albums have you bought that had NO lousy songs on them? This album pulls off that feat.”

With Ringo, Ringo Starr finally put his solo career in gear in 1973, after serving notice with back-to-back Top Ten singles in 1971 and 1972 that he had more to offer than his eccentric first two solo albums. Ringo was a big-budget pop album produced by Richard Perry and featuring Ringo's former Beatles bandmates as songwriters, singers, and instrumentalists. On no single track did all four appear, though George Harrison played the guitars on the John Lennon-penned leadoff track "I'm the Greatest," with Lennon playing piano and singing harmony. But it wasn't only the guests who made Ringo a success: Ringo advanced his own cause by co-writing two of the album's Top Ten singles, the number one "Photograph" and "Oh My My." The album's biggest hit was a second chart-topper, Ringo's cover of the old Johnny Burnette hit "You're Sixteen." Songs like "Have You Seen My Baby," a Randy Newman song with guitar by Marc Bolan, and Ringo and Vini Poncia's "Devil Woman" were just as good as the hits. Ringo's best and most consistent new studio album, Ringo represented both the drummer/singer's most dramatic comeback and his commercial peak.

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY AUCTION

You can read more about this album, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles all over the web.

I pack my records professionally in stiff corrugated cruciform record boxes leaving the Vinyl (housed in anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.

Postage discounts for multiple orders are available: £1 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the UK.
£4 per additional LP, up to a maximum of 4, in the Rest of the World.

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