Goodnight Vienna

Ringo Starr


Goodnight Vienna - Front Cover	Goodnight Vienna - Rear Cover

Goodnight Vienna - Inner Sleeve Front	Goodnight Vienna - Inner Sleeve Rear

Label

Apple

Catalogue No.

PCS 7168
TCPCS 7168 (cassette)

Release date

15th November 1974

Total time

33:41

U.K. Album Chart Detail :

Entry Date :	1st December 1974
Highest Position :	30
Weeks in Chart :	2

Detail :

Ringo Starr's fourth solo album release, last (new) album for Apple, and last album to hit the U.K. chart.
Credited to Ringo Starr.
Produced by Richard Perry
Engineered by Bill Schnee.

Recorded at Sunset Sound in L.A. and Producers Workshop, during August 1974.
As well as the tracks on the album, one other track was laid down but unreleased here, "Skokiaan".
Once again John Lennon recorded a demo vocal version of the track he had written,
and at the start of the reprise, John shouts "OK, with gusto boys, with gusto !".
Lennon also recorded a demo vocal for "Only You" for Ringo to sing over.

Sleeve art direction was by Roy Kohara, with Inner sleeve photographs by Larry Emerine.
The front cover is a still from the 1951 science-fiction classic, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" with Ringo's head superimposed over the head of Michael Rennie.

1st December 1974 - Goodnight Vienna enters the U.K. chart at no. 30.
8th December 1974 - the album drops sixteen places to no. 46.
15th December 1974 - the album drops out of the Top 50.

Side 1

Track	Composer	Recording Information	Time
(It's All Da-Da-Down To) Goodnight Vienna	Lennon	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums John Lennon - Piano, and inspiration Klaus Voorman - Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Lon Van Eaton - Guitar Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Billy Preston - Clavinet Carl "Weddings and Barmitzvahs" Fortina - Accordion Trevor Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Bobby Keyes, Lon Van Eaton - Horns Clydie King, The Blackberries, The Masst Abbots - Backing vocals.	2:35
Occapella	Toussaint	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums Dr. John - Electric piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Lon Van Eaton - Guitar Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Trevor Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Bobby Keyes, Lou McCreery - Horns Jim Gilstrap, Joe Greene, Clydie King, Ira Hawkins - Backing vocals.	2:57
Oo-Wee	Starkey-Poncia	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums Dr. John - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Dennis Coffey - Guitar Vini Poncia - Harmony vocal Trevor Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Bobby Keyes, Lou McCreery - Horns Clydie King and the Blackberries - Backing vocals.	3:46
Husbands And Wives	Miller	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals Vini Poncia - Acoustic guitar, harmony vocal Lon Van Eaton - Acoustic guitar Richard Bennett - Electric guitar solo Tom Hensley - Electric piano Carl Fortina - Accordion.	3:36
Snookeroo	John-Taupin	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums Elton John - Piano Klaus Voorman - Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Robbie Robertson - Guitar James Newton Howard - Synthesizer Trevor Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Bobby Keyes, Chuck Finley - Horns Clydie King, Linda Lawrence, Joe Greene - Backing vocals.	3:30

Side 2

Track	Composer	Recording Information	Time
All By Myself	Poncia-Starkey	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums John Lennon - Guitar Klaus Voorman - Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Dr. John - Piano Alvin Robinson - Guitar Steve Madaio - Trumpet solo Trevor Lawrence, Bobby Keyes, Lou McCreery - Horns Vini Poncia, Clydie King, Linda Lawrence, Joe Greene, Richard Perry (bass) - Backing vocals.	3:24
Call Me	Starkey	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums Klaus Voorman - Bass Steve Cropper - Guitar David Foster - Piano Lon and Derrek Van Eaton, Vini Poncia, Richard Perry, Klaus Voorman, "Sweet" Cynthia Webb (who also doubles as a model) - Backing vocals.	4:09
No No Song	Axton	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, percussion Klaus Voorman - Bass Jesse Ed Davis - Electric guitar Nicky Hopkins - Electric piano Trevor Lawrence, Bobby Keyes - Horns Harry Nilsson - Backing vocals	2:34
Only You (And You Alone)	Ram-Rand	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums John Lennon - Acoustic guitar Jim Keltner - Drums Steve Cropper - Electric guitar Jesse Ed Davis - Electric guitar Billy Preston - Electric piano Harry Nilsson - Backing vocals	3:28
Easy For Me	Nilsson	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals Lincoln Mayorga - Piano Trevor Lawrence, Vini Poncia - String arrangement Richard Perry - String Conductor	2:21
Goodnight Vienna (reprise)	Lennon	Personnel : Ringo - Lead vocals, drums John Lennon - Piano, and inspiration Klaus Voorman - Bass Jim Keltner - Drums Lon Van Eaton - Guitar Jesse Ed Davis - Guitar Billy Preston - Clavinet Carl Fortina - Accordion Trevor Lawrence, Steve Madaio, Bobby Keyes, Lon Van Eaton - Horns Clydie King and the Blackberries - Backing vocals.	1:21

Released Versions

First pressings (1974)
PCS 7168 - With pictured inner sleeve.
It is Deleted in December 1979.

C.D.

30th November 1992
A first C.D. issue on Parlophone with catalogue number CDEMS 1467 with three bonus tracks (+TCEMS 1467).
This has a running time of 45:18, as it adds the bonus tracks of :

Track Composer Time

Back Off Boogaloo Starkey 3:22

Blindman Starkey 2:46

Six o'Clock Paul & Linda McCartney 5:23