Blast From Your Past
Compilation album by Ringo Starr
Released	12 December 1975
Recorded	June 1970 - August 1974
Genre	Rock
Length	31:51
Label	Apple/EMI
Producer	Pete Drake, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Richard Perry
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Ringo Starr chronology
Goodnight Vienna (1974) Blast From Your Past (1975) Ringo's Rotogravure (1976)

Blast From Your Past is Ringo Starr's first official compilation album, released in 1975. It is also Starr's final release under his contract with EMI, and was the last album to be released on The Beatles' Apple Records label until the label was revived in the 1990s. In 1976, Starr would sign with Atlantic Records in the US and Polydor Records for the rest of the world with the hopes of continuing his successful career. Image File history File links BlastPastRSCover. ... A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Richard Perry is one of the most successful producers in music history and over his 40 year career in music has produced albums that have resulted in album sales of over 500 million copies. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... Goodnight Vienna is the fourth solo album by Ringo Starr. ... Ringos Rotogravure is an album by Ringo Starr, released in 1976. ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ...

Encompassing material from 1970's Beaucoups of Blues to his succeeding hit albums, "Ringo" and Goodnight Vienna in 1973 and 1974 respectively, while also including single-only releases, Blast From Your Past provides a well-rounded overview to Starr's musical achievements as a solo artist thus far. Although it failed to chart in the UK (even with releasing "Oh My My" from "Ringo" as a UK single in early 1976), it reached #30 in the US. Beaucoups of Blues is the second album by former Beatles member Ringo Starr, and also his second full-length release in 1970, coming after his debut Sentimental Journey. ... Ringo is the third solo album by Ringo Starr, released in 1973. ... Goodnight Vienna is the fourth solo album by Ringo Starr. ...

Blast From Your Past was reissued on CD in 1987 and has - as of yet - not been upgraded or remastered. Nor is it likely to ever be upgraded or remastered, as all ten tracks on Blast from Your Past were included on Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo, Starr's 2007 career retrospective.

Track listing

1. "You're Sixteen" (Bob Sherman/Richard Sherman) – 2:47
2. "No-No Song" (Hoyt Axton/David Jackson) – 2:29
3. "It Don't Come Easy" (Richard Starkey) – 3:02
   • Previously a single release, Starr's first British and second American single, issued in April 1971
4. "Photograph" (George Harrison/Richard Starkey) – 3:55
5. "Back Off Boogaloo" (Richard Starkey) – 3:18
   • Previously a single release, Starr's second (third in US), issued in March 1972
6. "Only You (And You Alone)" (Buck Ram/Ande Rand) – 3:23
7. "Beaucoups of Blues" (Buzz Rabin) – 2:32
   • Starr's first solo single (in America, only) from the 1970 album of the same name
8. "Oh My My" (Vini Poncia/Richard Starkey) – 4:17
9. "Early 1970" (Richard Starkey) – 2:19
   • Previously the B-Side to "It Don't Come Easy" in 1971. In other editions it was replaced with "Goodnight Vienna"
10. "I'm The Greatest" (John Lennon) – 3:22

Ringo Starr Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940) is best known by his stage name, Ringo Starr, as the drummer for The Beatles from August 16, 1962 (when he replaced Pete Best) until their breakup in 1970. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Buck Ram (November 21, 1907 - January 1, 1991) was an American songwriter and businessman. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...

External link

• JPGR's Blast From Your Past site