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Ringo Starr February 1978

Title: "Ringo"
Type: TV Special
Filming Location: Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: February 11th-26th 1978
Broadcast Date: April 26th 1978
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 53:12 Minutes
Quality: B+
Source: Ringo Starr - Remastered Archives 1978 Vol 2 (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: Ringo Starr Ognir Rrats (MCP111)
Notes: This was Ringo`s very first TV special and it was a modern day adaption of the old "Prince and The Pauper" story.
The special co-starred Carrie Fisher (fresh from "Star Wars") and Art Carney plus a cameo from George Harrison!
Quite a few musical numbers appear throughout with the duet version (with Carrie Fisher)
of "You`re Sixteen" being excerpted and used on Ringo`s "Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr" (Collector`s Edition DVD) (Aug 2007).
The special however has never been commercially released.

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