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Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr album)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[2]
prose.
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Sentimental Journey Sentimental Journey received fair reviews upon its re-
lease, although many critics found the idea of Starr cov-
ering standards a bit odd considering his musical back-
ground. His fame in the Beatles was all that was required,
however, to get it all the way to #7 in the UK - with no
single release to promote it - and #22 in the US. Although
the style of the album took many by surprise, Starr’s swift
follow-up, Beaucoups of Blues, would be just as radical a
stylistic shift.
The pub on the cover of the album is The Empress in
Dingle, Liverpool, which is one of the nearest pubs to Rin-
go’s place of birth. The superimposed figures in the win-
dows of the pub are Ringo’s relatives.
Sentimental Journey was remastered and reissued on
CD in 1995.
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released 27 March 1970 Production
Recorded 27 October 1969 - 13 March 1970 Beginning in October 1969, Starr engaged the services of
Beatles producer George Martin to helm his solo debut.
Genre Rock and roll, pop standards
The idea was to create an album of standards that would
Length 34:03 reflect his parents’ favourite songs, even asking them
and other members of his family to choose the tracks.
Label Apple/EMI
Starr had one song each arranged by different musicians,
Producer George Martin ranging from Martin himself, Paul McCartney, Maurice
Ringo Starr chronology
Gibb,Quincy Jones and old friend of the Beatles from
Hamburg (and bassist with Manfred Mann) Klaus Voor-
Sentimental Journey Beaucoups of Blues mann, as well as Elmer Bernstein among others.
(1970) (1970) Although begun during the sessions, George Harrison’s
composition, "It Don’t Come Easy", would appear as a
Sentimental Journey is the first solo album by former Bea- single in 1971. Recording of the album was completed
tles drummer Ringo Starr, released in 1970, as the band in March 1970, with Sentimental Journey being rushed out
was splintering apart. Although Starr was the third mem- merely two weeks later in order to avoid clashing in the
ber of the group to issue solo work (after George Harrison shops with the Beatles’ impending final album Let It Be in
and John Lennon), Sentimental Journey is notable for being May and McCartney, whose 17 April release date its maker
the first non-avant-garde studio album by a member of flatly refused to delay after being asked to by the other
the band, in light of the experimental, soundtrack or live members of the band.
releases his aforementioned bandmates had already re- Although it was extremely secret at the time of its
leased. Paul McCartney’s debut, McCartney, would follow release there were several important rock friends of the
three weeks after Sentimental Journey’s release. Beatles who worked on the album. Both Maurice Gibb
and Klaus Voorman not only arranged a track each for
the album but conducted those tracks as well. To date it
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is unknown who played the banjo on what is called ’Mau- 4. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) –
rice Gibb’s banjo-driven’ "Bye Bye Blackbird", it might 2:11
have been a session player but both Lennon and McCart- • Arranged by Maurice Gibb
ney could play the banjo well (and Starr’s song "Early • First released by Gene Austin in 1926
1970" makes a point that Lennon did play with him early 5. "I’m a Fool to Care" (Ted Daffan) – 2:39
in the year 1970). Additionally Beatle-friend Billy Preston • Arranged by Klaus Voormann
played on Voorman’s "I’m a Fool to Care", and either • First released by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1954
Voorman himself or George Harrison overdubbed a gui- 6. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:22
tar onto the song a few hours after the main session (late • Arranged by George Martin
at night), though the guitar is hard to detect due to a • First released by Emile Seidel and Orchestra in 1927
subsequent string overdub. Much easier to detect is a 7. "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" (Andy Razaf, Fats
electric-bass overdub placed prominently on Elmer Bern- Waller) – 3:19
stein’s lighthearted American recording of "Have I Told • Arranged by Oliver Nelson
You Lately That I Love You?". This is the album’s one con- • First released by Louis Armstrong and his orchestra in
cession to a song with a rock background as it had not on- 1930
ly been recorded by country and big bands but also by the 8. "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing" (Sammy Fain,
young Elvis Presley, as well as by Jerry Lee Lewis, Ricky Paul Francis Webster) – 3:05
Nelson, Eddy Cochran and apparently had been part of • Arranged by Quincy Jones
the early Quarrymen/Beatles repertoire. Ringo recorded • First released by The Four Aces in 1955
vocal overdubs on this song on both Feb. 9 and 18, 1970 9. "Dream" (Johnny Mercer) – 2:42
so it is quite likely that the bass overdub was done by • Arranged by George Martin
Klaus Voorman (though it sounds much like McCartney’s • First released by The Pied Pipers in 1945
bass-playing). McCartney’s credited contribution on the 10. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" (Allan Roberts,
album is for the arrangement for "Stardust", but studio Doris Fisher) – 2:20
records clearly indicate that Martin wrote that song’s • Arranged by John Dankworth
arrangement (he invoiced and was paid for it by the stu- • First released by The Mills Brothers in 1944
dio). That suggests that McCartney’s arrangement was 11. "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?" (Scott
on the previous day’s recording of the (unreleased) song Wiseman) – 2:44
"Stormy Weather" for which the studio documentation • Arranged by Elmer Bernstein
clearly shows no credited arranger, but indicates a four • First released by Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman in
man band (bass, guitar, drums and piano) plus a 14 man 1945
horn section (which drowns out the guitar and much of 12. "Let the Rest of the World Go By" (Ernest Ball, Karen
the bass guitar). It would be likely that McCartney would Brennan) – 2:55
have played bass on the unreleased "Stormy Weather" • Arranged by Les Reed
just as he had done for the material released by Mary • First released by Dick Haymes in 1944
Hopkin and Jackie Lomax, and that George Harrison
would’ve played guitar as well, but at present it remains
unresolved).
Personnel
• Ringo Starr: vocals
• All instruments performed by the George Martin
Track listing Orchestra
1. "Sentimental Journey" (Bud Green, Les Brown, Bon
Homer) – 3:26
• Arranged by Richard Perry
References
• First released by Doris Day in 1945 [1] Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr album) at
2. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 2:25 Allmusic
• Arranged by Chico O’Farrill [2] http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ringostarr/
• First released by Fred Astaire and Claire Luce in 1932 albums/album/245624/review/5941531/
3. "Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell the Trees)" (Fred sentimental_journey
Fisher, Doris Fisher) – 2:37
• Arranged by Ron Goodwin
• First released by The Ink Spots in 1940
External links
• JPGR’s Sentimental Journey site
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• Albums arranged by Maurice Gibb
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