Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: The Anthology (2001)

About this title: Ringo Starr's constantly shifting All-Starr groups had been dusting off and gathering together rock survivors for more than a decade since 1989 -- and this triple-CD package is their most comprehensive testament to date. Starting with the 1989 band, the box takes listeners through the 1992, 1995, 1997, and 2000 editions -- curiously omitting the 1999 band -- with Ringo's jolly renditions of his Beatles-era songs and solo recordings serving as a friendly home base. Alas, the box's 12-page booklet is appallingly mum about the dates, locales, and release status of the recordings, nor is the set ... read more

Tracks:

1. It Don't Come Easy [Starr]
2. The No No Song [Axton]
3. Iko Iko [Crawford/Hawkins/Ha]
4. The Weight [Robertson]
5. Shine Silently [Lofgren/Wagner]
6. Honey Don't [Perkins]
7. Quarter to Three [Barge/Bonds/Guida]
8. Raining in My Heart [Bryant/Bruce]
9. Will It Go Round in Circles [Fisher/Preston]
10. Life in the Fast Lane [Walsh/Frey/Henley]
11. Desperado [Frey/Henley]
12. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [Lennon/McCartney]
13. Walking Nerve [Lofgren]
14. Boris the Spider [Entwistle]
15. Some Kind of Wonderful [Ellison]
16. You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful and You're Mine [Sherman]
17. Photograph [Harrison/Starr]
18. The Really Serious Introduction
19. I'm the Greatest [Lennon]
20. Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go [Grainger/Starr/Warm]
21. I Can't Tell You Why [Schmit/Henley/Frey]
22. Girls Talk [Costello]
23. People Got to Be Free [Cavaliere/Brigati]
24. Groovin' [Brigati/Cavaliere]
25. Act Naturally [Morrison/Russell]
26. Takin' Care of Business [Bachman]
27. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet [Bachman]
28. In the City [Walsh]
29. Bang the Drum All Day [Rundgren]
30. Black Maria [Rundgren]
31. American Woman [Bachman/Cummings/Ka]
32. Weight of the World [ODoherty/Velez]
33. Back off Boogaloo [Starr]
34. Yellow Submarine [Lennon/McCartney]
35. Show Me the Way [Frampton]
36. Sunshine of Your Love [Bruce/Brown/Clapton]
37. I Hear You Knockin' [Bartholomew/King]
38. Shooting Star [Rodgers]
39. Boys [Dixon/Farrell]
40. Baby, I Love Your Way [Frampton]
41. A Salty Dog [Brooker/Reid]
42. I Feel Free [Brown/Bruce]
43. All Right Now [Rodgers]
44. I Wanna Be Your Man [Lennon/McCartney]
45. A Whiter Shade of Pale [Brooker/Reid]
46. Hungry Eyes [DeNicola/Previte]
47. All by Myself [Carmen]
48. With a Little Help from My Friends [Lennon/McCartney]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.