Recorded just as Ringo the 4th, his sixth solo album, was to be released, Starr’s initial post-Beatles commercial success had already peaked by the time of this interview. However, he and the interviewer take a logical, sequential approach leading up to that album, covering his days in The Beatles as well as each of his solo projects through the early 1970’s. With a thunderstorm raging in the background and Ringo drinking and eating throughout the course of this talk, this is a wonderful opportunity to get personal with one of the Fab Four.

00:00 – What happened after Brian Epstein passed away 01:12 – Trying to manage the band after Epstein 01:55 – George Martin taking a chance on The Beatles 02:15 – Trying to play drums on “Please Please Me” / Andy White on drums 03:29 – When Richard Starkey became Ringo Starr 04:58 – 10th anniversary of Sgt Pepper / How the recording developed 06:25 – Ringo’s opinion of Sgt. Pepper / his favorite Beatles albums 07:42 – Becoming a band again during The White Album (after Ringo “quit”) 09:35 – What Ringo did to keep busy after The Beatles broke up 10:33 – Sentimental Journey 11:00 – Different arrangers for each track on Sentimental Journey 12:04 – Beaucoups of Blues 12:27 – Ringo: how the other Beatles became involved 14:31 – Effect of having 3 big singles on one record 14:58 – Writing “Back Off Boogaloo” with Marc Bolan 16:45 – Collaborating with George on “Back Off Boogaloo” 17:52 – Good Night Vienna / writing “The No-No Song” with Hoyt Axton 18:35 – Working with Vini Poncia 19:06 – Working with Arif Mardin 19:47 – Ringo the 4th / changing labels / moving on 20:45 – Great tracks on Ringo’s Rotogravure 21:06 – Annoyed with a single that doesn’t reach #1 / not being able to predict it 22:02 – Picking new singles for the new album 22:50 – Potential for a Beatles reunion 23:35 – The perpetuity of The Beatles / a whole greater than the sum of its parts