Ringo Starr med sina Ludwig-trummor
Ringo Starr har tackat Giles Martin för det fina resultatet av de nya mixningarna på 50-årsutgåvan av The Beatles dubbelalbum The Beatles, som släpptes den 9 november 2018.
Framför allt för att de nya mixningarna har gjort det möjligt för var och en att höra Ringos trumspel tydligare än vad som framkommer på samma album från 1968.
Ringo själv pekar ut låtar som Long , Long, Long, Yer Blues och den 13 minuter långa versionen av Helter Skelter som tydligast bevis på att Ringos trumspel var hjärtat i bandet.
Ringo: . . .really far out to hear it. I love it because it’s remastered and you can really hear the drums. Med ett slugt leende på läpparna la han till: I have to pay Giles extra for that. ‘Yer Blues’ is my favorite, only because of we were in a 10-foot room, not that huge room at EMI. And we were like a band again, you know – like a little club band. But ‘Long, Long, Long,’ I was talking to Olivia (George Harrisons änka) about this. Before, ‘Long, Long, Long’ was actually just part of the album. But with the remaster, it is sensational. So beautiful – it’s very moving. And I didn’t think we got that a hundred years ago, when we made it.
Ringo berättar vidare: . . . singers love the way I play … I don’t play all over them, säger Ringo med referens till Harrisons ’Long, Long, Long’ och John Lennon i ’Yer Blues’.
I played with the singer – that’s how I’ve always played. If he’s singing, I sort of just hold it together. But if there’s some emotional move I’ve got, it just comes out, usually though when they’re not singing. So it can stand up beautiful. And we have to thank Giles. There’s a lot of information in this package, and, you think, ‘Aaah, why don’t we just put the album out?’ But I mean, it’s the new way.
