![]() Starr was joined at this session by Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono, recording “ A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll“, which featured Lennon on piano, and the Lennon-penned “ Cookin’ (In the Kitchen of Love)“. Sessions began in April at Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, and eventually moved on 12 June to Cherokee Recording Studios. John, and former Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. This time, Eric Clapton took part, in addition to his old friend Harry Nilsson, and Peter Frampton, Melissa Manchester, Dr. Starr again stuck to his tried-and-true formula of having friends write songs and play on the recordings. Starr’s intention was to work in Los Angeles as his friends were there. Mardin met up with Starr in London to see what they were like together and, pleased with the encounter, Mardin told Starr he’d be happy to work with him. Starr thought “ since we were trying another label, we’d try another producer.” It had been suggested by Atlantic to Starr that he work with Arif Mardin, who was the in-house producer for the label at the time. Starr’s original intention was to get Richard Perry to produce the album, before he had switched labels. As stated in the deal, Starr was expected to release 7 albums within 5 years, with the first album planned for release in June. However, on 26 January 1976, when Starr’s recording contract with EMI ended, he signed with Atlantic for the US and Polydor for the UK, on 10 March. It was reported in December 1975 that ABC Records in the US was to sign former-Beatle Ringo Starr for a 5-year recording contract, worth $5 million. Following the end of his contract with EMI, Starr signed on with Polydor Records worldwide (Atlantic Records handling US distribution). It would turn out to be the last album featuring active involvement from all four former Beatles before John Lennon’s death in 1980. Ringo’s Rotogravure is the fifth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1976.
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