Consumer Guide Album

Ringo Starr: Blast from Your Past [Capitol, 1975]
Though I wish John Lennon's "Goodnight Vienna" replaced "I'm the Greatest," Lennon's misbegotten attempt at a mock theme song for Ringo, basically this compilation is what might happen if you or I--or any innately unpretentious person with strong tastes in rock and roll and lots of smart pros helping out--were to spend five years putting together an album, with the false starts eliminated. It could only happen to an ex-Beatle, of course, but what the hell--it does include his great debut B side, "Early 1970," which could only have occurred to a passionate Beatle fan. B+