Rewind forward with Ringo
Ringo’s new EP: Rewind Forward
Today Ringo Starr announced details for his 4th EP, “Rewind Forward”, available to pre-order today, ahead of its release on October 13, 2023 on digital, cassette, CD, and 10-inch vinyl. The title track will be available to stream or purchase everywhere this Friday August 25, 2023.
The EP features 4 new songs:
1. Shadows On The Wall (Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams, Ray Williams)
2. Feeling The Sunlight (Paul McCartney)
3. Rewind Forward (Richard Starkey, Bruce Sugar)
4. Miss Jean (Mike Campbell)
“Rewind Forward was something I said out of the blue – it’s just one of those lines like a Hard Days Night. It just came to me. But it doesn’t really make sense,” Ringo said with a laugh about the title. “I was trying to explain it to myself and the best I can tell you about what it means is: sometimes when you want to go forward you have to go back first.”
“Rewind Forward” was written with his engineer and oft co-writer Bruce Sugar. “We’ve been writing a song now for every EP,” said Ringo.
The other tracks find Starr collaborating with old and new friends – including longtime All Starr Steve Lukather and his Toto bandmate Joe Williams who wrote the opening track “Shadows on the Wall;” Paul McCartney, who wrote “Feeling the Sunlight;” and for the final track, “Miss Jean,” Heartbreaker’s Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, who wrote the song and who also enlisted Ian Hunter, a former All Starr. In addition the EP features contributions from Joe Walsh, Steve Dudas, Lance Morrison, as well as Matt Bissonnette, Torrance Klein, Weston Wilson and two Lennons! No, not Sean and Julian, but Kip and Marky Lennon.
Of course there’s going to be a cassette edition.
All songs were recorded at Ringo’s home studio in Los Angeles, except for the McCartney composition “Feeling the Sunlight” which was largely recorded in the UK.
another useless paint by numbers release. Charge $20+ for a 4-song vinyl ep. Bring on BOTR50 festivities or the fabled Now and Then reunion track. OR – maybe a SDE of Rubber Soul (maybe 2024 or 2025…)
Guess what ?then simply don’t buy it ! Fact is you haven’t even heard it though ha ha
Let’s be honest. Ringo’s post Goodnight Vienna work is completely irrelevant.
Relevant to what? None of Ringo’s solo work is particularly groundbreaking. He has recorded several enjoyable albums. Many of them are much better than Goodnight Vienna. Sounds like you stopped listening when the hit singles stopped. Your loss.
I hold the opinion that Ringo should focus solely on playing the drums, rather than singing or composing. For instance, in albums like “Ringo Rama” or “Y Not,” to name just a couple, his drumming sounds superb, and I thoroughly enjoy listening to his drum skills alone.
On a sidebar, Ringo must be wondering what the heck he has to do to get offered the ‘Legends’ slot at Glastonbury.
From A distance looking in, seems strange, News of a last new Beatles song leaks, or emerges, nothing happens for a couple months, except the mistaken AI vocals flap. Then Ringo has a new EP, lets wait more. Ringo has had EPs lately, as often as the bus by my house, but it comes first ok… Far as know, there is no 2nd new track, Threetles track, so the new Ringo track featuring Paul, is sort of the closest thing to a Bside or 2nd new track, but they don’t go with that, They go with a different song for the lead off,
Just a series of things that don’t make sense. I am not so sure it’s all snafus, or mistakes. I was so primed for the new song, the last song, what seems like a weird series of marketing moves. Go with your strengths, all 4 Beatles on a new track, I’m no marketing expert. Democracy is messy they say. But this isin’t democracy, whoever it is Jeff Jones, Universal, I don’t know…..So long & so much twisted anguish, waiting just for announcement & details & confirmation,, I don’t think this protracted deal is helping, I know it’s frustrating, painful, for me, & kind of turning me off getting me uptight angry. I doubt it’s the Beatles themselves causing this. Sure people can wait, but don’t torture them while they are waiting. Red & Blue are nice comps, kind of poor vehicle for one new song, not even all 3 reunion songs, or remix on Bird and Real Love. Rather than building momentum, as an observer I see frustration, or worse. Even John’s younger son got involved, Yoko is 90 & ailing, let her see & enjoy this with Sean & the world. They want younger new fans, ok, well why would a 22 year old be any happier with this, than a 52 or 62 year old ? All I care about really, is hearing the song, owning a copy or burning one, seeing the music video, & knowing what other songs may be involved. Will an announcement & release assuage these feelings, Hey I’m pro Beatles, less people around them all the time. Please people, enough about you & more about Now & Then. 2 months already.
We all have to remember that the start of all this was that Paul, in an interview about his photo exhibition was asked what he thought about the wave of AI resurrecting dead people’s voices. He used his own involvement in remaking a lost Beatles/Lennon track to describe how AI also can be used differently for good causes and expressed that he was cautious about the use of AI in the future and what it could mean for the record industry. That was no announcement, he only used the existence if this track which was fresh in his mind to reply to the question. However this led to headlines being made and sparked a discussion between fans and many (particularly the ones who only read headlines) thought that the technology was used to recreate Lennon vocals. This again lead to Sean feeling he has to go out and clarify, and it lead to Ringo being asked questions about the track from reporters. Then Giles Martin played the track he had just been involved in creating, plus some new mixes of Beatles songs to a celebrity magician, who thought it would be okay to chat about it in his podcast. It turned out it wasn’t so the episode was taken off the air. So there has been no announcement of the new track or timeframe as to when this was planned to be made publicly available, and no announcement of the red and blue albums. Everything is hearsay and The Daily Beatle is also guilty of bringing it to the attention of Beatlesfans.