With A Little Help From A Friend (NMR063/72)

Ringo's Special Performances PLUS (1966 - 2012)

    Disc 1:

  1. 1968-02-06 Do You Like Me
  2. 1968-02-06 Ventriloquist Skit + Nellie Dean

    3. Cilla Black - vocal, Ringo Starr - backing vocal (Cilla Television Programme, BBC-TV)

  3. 1969-12-08+14 Octopus's Garden

    4. Ringo Starr - re-recorded vocal and new instrumentation (George Martin Special - With A Little Help From My Friends, ITV, UK)

  4. 1971-02-13 Act Naturally

    5. Ringo Starr - vocal, Cilla Black - vocal (Cilla Television Programme, BBC-TV)

  5. 1971-11-27 Cilla Black - The Snowman Song

    6. Cilla Black - vocal, Ringo Starr - backing vocal (Cilla Television Programme, BBC-TV)

  6. 1975-04-28 No No Song

    7. Ringo Starr - vocal, Smothers Brothers - backing vocals (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, USA)

  7. 1975-05-22 No No Song (mp3 sourced)

    8. Ringo Starr + Hoyt Axton - vocals, Micky Dolenz, Paul Williams, Keith Moon and others - backing vocals (The Hoyt Axton Country Western, Boogie Woogie, Gospel, Rock And Roll Show, syndicated TV show)

  8. 1976-10-05 Voor De Vuist Weg House TV theme

    9. Ringo Starr - drums (Voor De Vuist Weg House, Netherlands)

  9. 1976-11-25 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise)
  10. 1976-11-25 I Shall Be Released

    11. Bob Dylan - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (The Last Waltz, San Francisco, CA)

  11. 1976-11-25 Instrumental Jam #1
  12. 1976-11-25 Instrumental Jam #2

    13. The Band & ensemble, Ringo Starr - drums (The Last Waltz, San Francisco, CA)

  13. 1977-06-14 Badge

    14. Eric Clapton - vocal, Ringo Starr - tambourine (Pavillon de Pantin, Paris)


    Disc 2:

  1. 1979-06-08 Buried Alive

    2. New Barbarians, Ringo Starr - drums (Midnight Special, NBC-TV)

  2. 1979-09-03 Money (complete) + Twist & Shout (excerpt)*

    3. Todd Rundgren/Utopia - vocals, Ringo Starr - drums (Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Las Vegas, NV)

  3. 1979-09-03 Jumpin' Jack Flash + Jerry Lewis (complete)*

    4. Leon Russell & Kiki Dee - vocals, Ringo Starr - drums (Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Las Vegas, NV)

  4. 1981-12-12 Singing The Blues*

    5. Ringo Starr - vocal + drums, Michael Parkinson, Tim Rice, Jimmy Tarbuck - vocals (BBC Television Centre, London, UK)

  5. 1982-09-28 Honey Don't*
  6. 1982-09-28 Blue Suede Shoes*

    7. Glenn Shorrock, Ringo Starr - drums + backing vocal (ABC Channel 10 Studios, Sydney, Australia)

  7. 1984-07-04 Back In The USSR*
  8. 1984-07-04 Good Vibrations*
  9. 1984-07-04 Help Me Rhonda*
  10. 1984-07-04 Fun, Fun, Fun*

    11. The Beach Boys, Ringo Starr - drums (Washington, DC)

  11. 1985-10-21 Honey Don't
  12. 1985-10-21 Matchbox

    13. Carl Perkins & Friends Rehearsals, Ringo Starr - vocal + drums (Limehouse Television Studios, London, UK)

  13. 1985-10-21 Mean Woman Blues

    14. Carl Perkins & Friends Rehearsals, Ringo Starr - drums (Limehouse Television Studios, London, UK)

  14. 1986 Pop Goes The Diesel (a)

    15. Ringo Starr - vocal (Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, UK)

  15. 1990 The Lumberjack Song (b)

    16. Ringo Starr (Mr. Conductor) - vocal (Shining Time Station, PBS, USA)

  16. 1987-06-05 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  17. 1987-06-05 Here Comes The Sun

    18. George Harrison - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Prince's Trust Concert, Wembley, London)

  18. 1987-06-05 With A Little Help From My Friends

    19. Ringo Starr - vocal (Prince's Trust Concert, Wembley, London)

  19. 1987-06-05 Stand By Me

    20. Ben E. King - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Prince's Trust Concert, Wembley, London)

  20. 1987-09-26 Whole Lotta Shakin'*
  21. 1987-09-26 I Gotta Blues*

    22. Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (London Brassiere, Atlanta, Georgia)


    Disc 3:

  1. 1988-01-20 Twist & Shout
  2. 1988-01-20 All Along The Watchtower
  3. 1988-01-20 I Saw Her Standing There
  4. 1988-01-20 Stand By Me
  5. 1988-01-20 Stop In The Name Of Love
  6. 1988-01-20 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Hound Dog/Hi Ho Silver
  7. 1988-01-20 Barbara Ann
  8. 1988-01-20 Born On The Bayou
  9. 1988-01-20 Like A Rolling Stone
  10. 1988-01-20 Satisfaction

    11. Various Stars - vocals, Ringo Starr - drums (Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)

  11. 1989-06-13 Highway 61 Revisited
  12. 1989-06-13 Like A Rolling Stone

    13. Bob Dylan - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Frejus, France)

  13. 1989-06-20 Improvisational Jam* (mp3-sourced)

    14. Paul Schaffer, CBS Orchestra, Ringo Starr - drums (Late Night with David Letterman, CBS-TV)

  14. 1992-09-04 Without You*

    15. Harry Nilsson - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV - actually, Harry Nilsson was the guest for this All-Starrs concert))

  15. 2009-xx-xx Ringo Starr Goes Bollywood

    16. Tina Sugandh + Ringo Starr - tabla (The Making Of A Bollywood Popstar #5, TablaGirl webcast)

  16. 2009-12-2x Jam Session

    17. Ringo Starr - drums + Joe Walsh - guitar (Family Get-Together)

  17. 2010-07-07 Birthday

    18. Paul McCartney - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Ringo's 70th Birthday Bash, Radio City Music Hall, NYC)


    Disc 4:

  1. 1992-04-06 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  2. 1992-04-06 Roll Over Beethoven
  3. 1992-04-06 Drum Solo
  4. 1992-04-06 Roll Over Beethoven

    5. George Harrison - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)

  5. 1993-04-16 Hey Jude

    6. Paul McCartney - vocal, Ringo Starr - backing vocal (Earth Day, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles)

  6. 1993-04-24 Something Wild*
  7. 1993-04-24 Dark End of The Street*
  8. 1993-04-24 (She Makes Me) Feel Good (Lyle Lovett - vocal)*
  9. 1993-04-24 If I Had A Boat (Lyle Lovett - vocal)*
  10. 1993-04-24 Farther Down The Line (Lyle Lovett & Willie Nelson - vocals)*

    11. The New Maroons, Ringo Starr - drums (Farm Aid VI)

  11. 1993-06-23 Something Wild*
  12. 1993-06-23 Dark End of The Street

    13. The New Maroons, Ringo Starr - drums (Together For The Children M.U.S.I.C. syndicated)

  13. 1998-05-21 Great Balls of Fire* (mp3-sourced - improved audio and longer edit)

    14. Elton John - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums (Cannes Film Festival, France)

  14. 1999-06-27 With A Little Help From My Friends

    15. Ringo Starr - vocal, with Jack Bruce, Alan Parsons Project (Michael Jackson's What More Can I Give? concert, Munich, Germany)


    Disc 5:

  1. 2003-03-24 Never Without You
  2. 2003-03-24 With A Little Help From My Friends (ending recreated)

    3. Ringo Starr - vocal (Regis & Kelly Live!, USA)

  3. 2005-01-01 With A Little Help From My Friends
  4. 2005-01-01 Honey Don't
  5. 2005-01-01 Boys

    6. Ringo Starr - vocal (Woking, UK)

  6. 2005-01-01 Stormy Monday
  7. 2005-01-01 I Hear You Knocking

    8. Eric Clapton/Gary Brooker + Friends, Ringo Starr - drums (Woking, UK)

  8. 2005-06-11 Act Naturally
  9. 2005-06-11 Photograph
  10. 2005-06-11 With A Little Help From My Friends

    11. Ringo Starr - vocal, Eric Clapton & Band Du Luc (Wintershall, Surrey, UK)

  11. 2007-12-31 Boys
  12. 2007-12-31 Honey Don't

    13. Ringo Starr - vocal, with Eric Clapton & Friends (Woking, Surrey, UK)

  13. 2008-02-08 Liverpool 8

    14. Ringo Starr - vocal (Rachael Ray Show, USA)

  14. 2008-05-02 Liverpool 8 (acoustic)
  15. 2008-05-02 Improvisations

    16. Ringo Starr - vocal, Dave Stewart - guitar (Off The Record, HBO)

  16. 2009-04-04 With A Little Help From My Friends
  17. 2009-04-04 Cosmically Conscious
  18. 2009-04-04 I Saw Her Standing There

    19. Paul McCartney - vocal, Ringo Starr - drums, vocals (Radio City Music Hall, NYC)


    Disc 6 - Bob Dylan - Night Of The Hurricane (Houston Astrodome, TX):

  1. 1976-01-25 Introduction
  2. 1976-01-25 When I Paint My Masterpiece
  3. 1976-01-25 Maggie's Farm
  4. 1976-01-25 One Too Many Mornings
  5. 1976-01-25 Romance In Durango/Ringo Introduction
  6. 1976-01-25 I Threw It All Away
  7. 1976-01-25 Isis
  8. 1976-01-25 Positively 4th Street
  9. 1976-01-25 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (just Bob)
  10. 1976-01-25 Oh, Sister
  11. 1976-01-25 One More Cup Of Coffee
  12. 1976-01-25 Sara
  13. 1976-01-25 Lay, Lady, Lay
  14. 1976-01-25 Just Like A Woman
  15. 1976-01-25 Hurricane
  16. 1976-01-25 Ride 'Em Jewboy (Kinky Friedman - vocal with Dylan - guitar)

    17. Audience Recording - 3 different sources (1-7, 8-15, 16) - Ringo Starr - drums


    Disc 7 - Concert For Bangla Desh - afternoon performance (Madison Square Garden, NYC):

  1. 1971-08-01 Wah Wah
  2. 1971-08-01 Something
  3. 1971-08-01 Awaiting On You All
  4. 1971-08-01 That's The Way God Planned It
  5. 1971-08-01 It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr - vocal)
  6. 1971-08-01 Beware of Darkness
  7. 1971-08-01 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  8. 1971-08-01 Jumpin' Jack Flash
  9. 1971-08-01 Youngblood
  10. 1971-08-01 Here Comes The Sun
  11. 1971-08-01 A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall
  12. 1971-08-01 Blowin' In The Wind
  13. 1971-08-01 It Takes A Lot To Laugh / It Takes A Train To Cry
  14. 1971-08-01 Love Minus Zero / No Limit
  15. 1971-08-01 Just Like A Woman
  16. 1971-08-01 Hear Me Lord
  17. 1971-08-01 My Sweet Lord
  18. 1971-08-01 Bangla Desh

    19. Various Artists + Ringo Starr - drums


    Disc 8 - Birthday Party +:

  1. 1997-09-xx 20 Flight Rock (fades in)
  2. 1997-09-xx What A Shame (Gatemouth Brown)
  3. 1997-09-xx Dark End Of The Street (Jonell Mosser)
  4. 1997-09-xx Takin' Care Of Business (Randy Bachman)
  5. 1997-09-xx Twist And Shout
  6. 1997-09-xx Any Time At All (Nils Lofgren)
  7. 1997-09-xx Dazz (fades out)

    8. Private 50th Birthday Party For Barbara Bach (LA, California) - Performers: Brian Setzer, Gatemouth Brown, Don Was, Randy Bachman, Nils Lofgren, King Cotton, Mark Hudson, The New Maroons

    Ringo Starr (drums) can be heard towards the end of track 2, "Could we start...could we start before Barbara's 51 ?"

  8. 1966-05-02 Ringo Starr Interview

    9. Brian Matthew's Pop Profile (BBC Playhouse Theatre, London, UK)

  9. 1968-02-06 Viewer Mail skit

    10. Ringo Starr + Cilla Black - dialogue (Cilla Television Programme, BBC-TV)

  10. 1969 The Magic Christian Original Movie Trailer
  11. 1969 The Magic Christian Original Movie Trailer (longer)

    12. Ringo Starr + Peter Sellers - dialogue

  12. 1970-02-23 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    13. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  13. 1972 Brother LP radio spot

    14. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Lon & Derrek Van Eaton - Brother LP on Apple Records)

  14. 1973-03-03 Grammy Awards Presentation

    15. Harry Nilsson & Ringo Starr - dialogue (mp3-sourced)

  15. 1973-03-03 15th Grammy Album Of The Year (mp3-sourced)

    16. Ringo Starr - dialogue (ABC-TV)

  16. 1973 Get Off! Anti-Drug Radio PSA

    17. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  17. 1975-04-20 Survivors (Can You Hear Me?)

    18. John Stewart - vocal, Ringo Starr - part of the backing chorus (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, USA)

  18. 1977 - I Love My Suit commercial #1
  19. 1977 - I Love My Suit commercial #2
  20. 1977 - I Love My Suit commercial #3
  21. 1977 - I Love My Suit commercial #4

    22. Ringo Starr - vocal, Harry Nilsson + Davy Jones - back vocals (Simple Life Suits, Japan)

  22. 1977 - Simple Life commercial #1
  23. 1977 - Simple Life commercial #2
  24. 1977 - Simple Life commercial #3

    25. Ringo Starr - vocal, Harry Nilsson - back vocals (Simple Life Suits, Japan)


    Disc 9:

  1. 1974 Walls & Bridges LP TV ad 1
  2. 1974 Walls & Bridges LP TV ad 2
  3. 1974 Walls & Bridges LP radio ad 1
  4. 1974 Walls & Bridges LP radio ad 2

    5. Ringo Starr + John Lennon - dialogue (John Lennon's Walls & Bridges LP on Apple Records)

  5. 1974 Goodnight Vienna LP ad 1
  6. 1974 Goodnight Vienna LP ad 2
  7. 1974 Goodnight Vienna LP ad 3

    8. John Lennon + Ringo Starr - dialogue (Ringo Starr's Goodnight Vienna LP on Apple Records)

  8. 1979-09-03 Jumpin' Jack Flash (alternate source - complete)*

    9. Leon Russell & Kiki Dee - vocals, Ringo Starr - drums (Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Las Vegas, NV)

  9. 1979 The Kids Are Alright movie trailer
  10. 1979 The Kids Are Alright soundtrack LP TV ad

    11. Ringo Starr - dialogue (The Who's The Kids Are Alright, USA)

  11. 1980 Schweppes TV ad 1
  12. 1980 Schweppes TV ad 2

    13. Ringo - dialogue (Schweppes, Japan)

  13. 1981 Christmas Greeting radio spot

    14. Ringo - dialogue

  14. 1983 Ringo's Yellow Submarine Radio Show radio spots

    15. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  15. 1983-08-13 A Major Demonstration Of My Drum Work

    16. Ringo Starr - drums (Ringo's Yellow Submarine Radio Show # 11, syndicated)

  16. 1984-05-14 What's My Line panel game show

    17. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Thames Television, UK)

  17. 1984-12-07 Saturday Night Live TV promo

    18. Ringo Starr & Billy Crystal - dialogue + vocal (Saturday Night Live, NBC-TV)

  18. 1984-12-08 SNL1 Auction skit
  19. 1984-12-08 SNL2 monologue

    20. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Saturday Night Live, NBC-TV)

  20. 1984-12-08 SNL3 Billy Crystal skit

    21. Ringo Starr & Billy Crystal - dialogue + vocal (Saturday Night Live, NBC-TV)

  21. 1984-12-08 SNL4 Martin Short skit
  22. 1984-12-08 SNL5 Jim Belushi skit
  23. 1984-12-08 SNL6 Bridge skit
  24. 1984-12-08 SNL7 'Fernando' skit
  25. 1984-12-08 SNL8 Herbie Hancock introductions
  26. 1984-12-08 SNL9 outro

    27. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Saturday Night Live, NBC-TV)

  27. 1984 We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  28. 1984 We Wish You A Merry Christmas (2011 remix)

    29. Ringo Starr - vocal (Thomas's Christmas Party from Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends)

  29. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler TV ad 1
  30. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler TV ad 2
  31. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler TV ad 3
  32. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler TV ad 4
  33. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler TV ad 5
  34. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler radio 1
  35. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler radio 2
  36. 1987 Sun Country Classic Wine Cooler radio 3

    37. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Sun Country Wine Cooler, USA)

  37. 1989-02-19 Drumming

    38. Ringo Starr (as Mr. Conductor) - wooden spoons on wood (3 brief samples) ("Pitching In And Helping Out" - Shining Time Station, PBS)

  38. 1990-03-20 Rainforest Radio Appeal

    39. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  39. 1990-10-11 WNEW-FM T-Shirt charity auction

    40. Ringo Starr - dialogue (In support of the Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation, WNEW-FM, NYC)


    Disc 10:

  1. 1987-09-26 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
  2. 1987-09-26 Johnny B. Goode
  3. 1987-09-26 Ringo Talking
  4. 1987-09-26 I Gotta Blues
  5. 1987-09-26 Mony Mony
  6. 1987-09-26 Get Back

    7. Jerry Lee Lewis and friends, Ringo Starr - drums (London Brasserie, Atlanta, GA)

  7. 1988-01-20 I Saw Her Standing There (alternate souce - mp3)

    8. Various Artists, Ringo Starr - drums (Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame)

  8. 1990 'New Generation of Olds' TV ad
  9. 1990 'New Generation of Olds' TV ad (longer)

    10. Ringo Starr - dialogue and vocal, Lee Starkey (daughter) - dialogue

  10. 1992-06-15 MTV Video Awards skit

    11. Ringo Starr + David Spade - dialogue (MTV Video Awards, Los Angeles)

  11. 1992 Alberto VO5 Dealer promo tape

    12. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Alberto-Culver, USA)

  12. 1992 Porri Jucc concert TV ad

    13. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Porri Jucc - Finland)

  13. 1992-09-06 You're Sixteen

    14. Ringo Starr - vocal, with the All-Starrs (Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV)

  14. 1993-06-23 Intro to Bonnie Raitt

    15. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Together For The Children M.U.S.I.C., syndicated)

  15. 1995 Pizza Hut TV ad 1
  16. 1995 Pizza Hut TV ad 2

    17. Ringo Starr - dialogue, with The Monkees (two similar, but different ads)

  17. 1995 Private Issue Credit Card TV ad 1
  18. 1995 Private Issue Credit Card TV ad 2

    19. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  19. 1996 Ringo Sutaa apple juice TV ad 1
  20. 1996 Ringo Sutaa apple juice TV ad 2
  21. 1996 Ringo Sutaa apple juice TV ad 3
  22. 1996 Ringo Sutaa apple juice TV ad 3 stereo

    23. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Ringo Sutaa Apple Juice, Japan)

  23. 2000 Century 21 TV ad

    24. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  24. 2000 Charles Schwab TV ad

    25. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  25. 2003-2004 NORAD Santa tracker TV ad

    26. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  26. 2003-12-24 Ringo Starr Santa tracker

    27. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  27. 2008 Aviva TV ad 1
  28. 2008 Aviva TV ad 2
  29. 2008 Aviva TV ad 3
  30. 2008 Aviva TV ad 4

    31. Ringo Starr - dialogue (Aviva (Norwich Union) Insurance, UK)

  31. 2011 Hard Rock's Signature Series 28 (Make A Wish Foundation PSA)

    32. Ringo Starr - dialogue

  32. 1970-08-xx Who Goes There?

    33. Ringo Starr + Maurice Gibb - dialogue (Soundtrack from short film, Who Goes There?, Weybridge, UK)

  33. 1978-04-26 I'm The Greatest
  34. 1978-04-26 Act Naturally
  35. 1978-04-26 Yellow Submarine
  36. 1978-04-26 Ringo drum session
  37. 1978-04-26 You're Sixteen
  38. 1978-04-26 With A Little Help From My Friends
  39. 1978-04-26 Ognir Rrats Plays Drums on The Mike Douglas Show
  40. 1978-04-26 Heart On My Sleeve
  41. 1978-04-26 Hard Times
  42. 1978-04-26 A Man Like Me

    43. Ringo - vocal + drums (Ringo Starr TV Special, 1978)

  43. 1989 'Goodbye'

    44. Ringo - dialogue (re-edited from "Is This The End?" episode) (Shining Time Station, PBS-TV)


* denotes upgrade

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