Nanker Phlegm Wrote:
>
> Ringo didnt play on the first single,
he did, actually. the initial pressings of the Love Me do single feature Ringo - see here for more - [
en.wikipedia.org]. Andy White's drumming is on the later pressings which was also on the Please Please Me album and the US release of the single.
replaced by
> Session drummer ( jim white i think) and Paul did
> play on some later stuff circa white album.
Paul played on a couple of songs on the White album because Ringo walked out of the band during the sessions (Back in the USSR./Dear prudence)
Paul
> did play drums on his own demos and played
> everything on Ballad of John & Yoko.
he played the drums and bass on it. Lennon did guitar and piano. the reason why the others didnt play was simple. Harrison was on holiday and Starr was filming.
>
> Paul once joked when asked about how good Ringo's
> drumming was, he replied "ringo isnt even the best
> drummer in the beatles" but that was more scouse
> humour than anything else. Ringo's drumming is
> very much underated, a very different style than
> Charlies.
I thought that quote was attributed to Lennon? - and apparently its totally apocryphal.