Search - Ringo Starr :: Live At Soundstage

Ringo's Finest Live Album Thus Far!

macca the k | Toronto, Ontario | 10/24/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After three spins, I'd say Live At Soundstage ranks as Ringo's finest live CD to date. On the plus side, it features nothing but solo Ringo & some of his Beatles material, unlike his star-studded all-starr band albums. It also isn't marred by long story introductions, which was the point of the equally fine VH1 Storytellers disc (great stories...you just don't want to hear them each time you play the CD).



The only negative I can think of is they cut a fine live version of Ringo's Give Me Back The Beat, one of Choose Love's (2005) highlights. I also wish he'd treat us to more of his always fine drum work. He does pick up the sticks on Choose Love, Back Off Boogaloo & Boys at least.



That said, you get GREAT performances of Octopus's Garden, I'm The Greatest, Don't Pass Me By, Never Without You and Choose Love. In fact, the whole set is filled with energetic live versions that are faithful to the studio recordings. It's a fun CD I'm sure I'll return to again and again."

GREAT CD!!! WHERES THE DVD?

james ahlgrim | stoughton, wi United States | 10/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A long term time ago rock n roll music was just fun. it wasnt meant to be scrutinized like it has been for the past 35 plus years. ringo is from the period where the music was light and fun. in some ways he still carries the beatle mystique on this cd. the music is fun, recorded well and even just listening to it brings back to me that simpler era. good job ringo and the roundheads. its too bad if what the other reviewer said is true of the split. the roundheads helped revitalize ringos career. i cant wait to hear Liverpool 8. by the way, wheres the dvd for this show?"

Ringo Starr and his No-Star Band

J. L LaRegina | New Jersey | 01/21/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ringo Starr has released almost as many concert albums as he has studio recordings. But the 2007 LIVE AT SOUNDSTAGE, to my knowledge, is only Starr's second live release with his band the Roundheads; his other concert C.D.s came from the All-Starr tours he's done since 1989.



Ringo and the Roundheads did this live show in 2005, which was their eighth year writing and recording together. The relationship shows, as LIVE AT SOUNDSTAGE offers crackerjack versions of "Octopus's Garden," "Boys," "I'm The Greatest," "With A Little Help From My Friends," "I Wanna Be Your Man," "Choose Love" and "Photograph." The last band with whom Ringo Starr recorded for eight years was the Beatles.



In fact, the LIVE AT SOUNDSTAGE take of "I'm The Greatest" shows Ringo Starr's sense of humor rubbing off on the Roundheads: The lyrics have Starr singing, "I'm only 32," his age when he recorded the song three decades earlier. But for this 2005 rendition, the Roundheads reply, "plus 32" when Ringo, age 64, sings that line.



I have seen several Ringo Starr shows and LIVE AT SOUNDSTAGE is the fourth of his concert albums I own. Has Starr ever sung all the words to "It Don't Come Easy," his post-Beatles signature song? He seems to regularly omit the "Forget about the past and all your sorrows" and "Open up your heart, let's come together" parts, instead singing the "Peace remember peace" part two extra times. I don't ask for much, I only want all the words to Starr's greatest composition.



This long-time Ringo Starr fan would still like live recordings of "Oh My My," "Only You," "Goodnight Vienna," and "In My Car." I am not even sure if Starr has ever performed those songs in concert. But then, he's only 32, plus 32."