 Ringo Starr's "Vertical man" |
About the album Vertical releases and pictures
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Ringo Starr's "Vertical man" |
About the album Vertical releases and pictures
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After releasing "Time takes time" in 1992, Ringo returns in great style. In fact, he has not stopped during the last years. His All Starr Band has toured many times and released two live albums, both containing exciting performances.
Now in 1998 Ringo has prepared a new studio release, and this time he counts with some heavy-weight mates from the world of music. Ozzy Osbourne, Alanis Morissette, Steve Tyler, Brian Wilson and Tom Petty are among the guests, not to mention the ultraspecial appearances of George Harrison and Paul McCartney. As usual, Ringo has created a party mood.
This is the list of the songs included on the album:
| One | A true album opener, with everything required to become a hit. There is a beautiful chorus and a warm feeling. |
| What In The...World | One of the most beautiful songs from "Vertical man". It remind the listener of the early seventies Ringo's albums. Paul McCartney plays bass and sing backing vocals. Joe Walsh also appears as guest. |
| Mindfield | An uptempo number, with catching chorus. |
| King Of Broken Hearts | Just to hear the guest appearance of George Harrison gorgeously playing slide guitar is reason enough to pay special attention on this song |
| Love Me Do | Predestined to become a classic remake, this terrific version introduces Steven Tyler on the album |
| Vertical Man | A psychedelic song, which evoques "Sgt. Pepper's" and "Magical mistery tour". Beautiful! |
| Drift Away | One of the best songs from "Vertical man". Tom Petty and Alanis Morissette make wonderful vocals appearances. Lovely chorus! As a curiosity, Ringo plays acoustic guitar. On the booklet there's a photo of him playing a Rickenbacker. |
| I Was Walkin' | Again Paul McCartney joins Ringo on this rocking number |
| La De Da | The first hit from the CD. This will probably drive people mad when performed live. Again Paul appears as backing vocalist |
| Without Understanding | A very interesting mix of rock and modern music. Very original instrumentation, with am epic chorus. |
| I'll Be Fine Anywhere | A powerful rock'n'roll number in the old rockers tradition. Guess who's playing guitar... Here's a clue: his name starts with "George" and ends with "Harrison". :o) |
| Puppet | Another lovely title, with tipical Ringo percussion, again evoquing his work in the seventies. |
| I'm Yours | A beautiful ballad Ringo dedicates to his beautiful wife Barbara. To show his love for her, Ringo has called hte best man he could to make the string arrangement: Sir George Martin |
The album release date is June 16, so go get your copy of it!!
The track "Everyday" appears on a bonus 7" vinyl single offered by Towers Records, Beatlefest and a few other stores for those who preordered "Vertical man". This vinyl single also brings na unique radio edit of "La de da".
"Mr. Double it up", "Sometimes" and "Good news" appear on a bonus CD offered by Best Buy for the thirty first people who buy the album at each store. Unfortuntelly this offer wasn't avaiable at their weeb store, so international costumers couldn't order it directly from Best Buy. Thanks God we count on our friends! :o)
"Double it up" and "Everyday" also appear on the Japan release of "Vertical man".
If you want to hear these tracks, go to the Vertical Audio section.
| Drift away (Steve Tyler version)
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Before "Vertical man" was released, a promo version of "Drift away" was given to radio stations. This promo version included Steve Tyler doing lead vocals instead of Tom Petty. Tyler's lead vocal was cut in demand of his record company. |
| Everyday
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Included on a promotional vinyl single and the Japanese release of "Vertical man", this became the first vertical rarity. Here there's an audio file for download. Emjoy it!! |
| La de da (radio edit)
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The promo edit of "La de da", relased on a promotional single, has extra backing vocals on the intro. |
| Mr. Doubleitup
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One of the bonus tracks included on Best Buy bonus single, this is a country/ rhythm and blue number, in the old tradition of "Coochy-coochy". |
| Sometimes
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The second number from Best Buy bonus single is a catching country number with a beautiful steel guitar melody. The melody sometimes evoques the classic tune "Crying", from Ringo's famous "Rotogravure" album. |
| Goodnews
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The final number from Best Buy bonus single is a hit-style rockiong number. It's a shame it's only released on this promotional single, since it has all the elements to become a hit: a rough guitar riff as intro, a catching chorus and a good message: "Good news is on the way". This line is maybe a reference to the promotional slogan for "Help!"(the film): "Help is on the way!".
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| Drift away (Dobie Grey)
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| The original version of "Drift away", the wonderful song for which Ringo invited Tom Petty, Steven Tyler and Alanis Morissette. This is Dobie Grey version from the sixities. |
Here's some pictures from "Vertical man".
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This is the main cover for "Vertical man". The inner sleeve can be seen through a star-shaped cutout. When it's removed, there's a second cover. |  |
The second cover for "Vertical man", which can be seen when the inner sleeve is removed. |
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The back cover, showing Ringo from "Abbey Road" and "Starry night", by Vincent Van Gogh, as background |  |
The CD. There's a clear Vangoghian project on the album. "Starry night" is on the back cover, and sunflowers are everywhere. |
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The inner sleeve |  |
The vinyl 7" single offered as bonus for those who pre-ordered "Vertical man" at their website |
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The main cover for Tower Records 7"single
This single brought two fascinating non-album tracks: the radio edit of "La de da" and "Everyday". If you want to hear them, go to the Vertical Audio section.
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The backcover for Tower Records 7" single |
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The main cover for Best Buy "Vertical man bonus music" promotional single.
This terrific single was sold by Best Buy to the first thirty people who bought "Vertical man" at each store. Three songs were included: "Mr. Doubleitup", "Sometimes" and "Good news".
If you want to hear these tracks, they're avaiable for download at the Vertical audio section.
My deep thanks to my good friends Joyce Slavik and Gladys, without whom I would never get this CD. Thank you, my friends! Please count on me whener you need! | ||
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The inner sleeve for "Vertical man - Bonus music", Best Buy promotional single.
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"Vertical man - bonus music": the CD. |
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