The Beatles bootleg recordings at the club. Eventually Taylor sold the tapes, which formed the basis of the double album "Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962", released in 1977 by Lingasong Records. The liner notes for the initial release falsely implied that the recordings had been made in the spring of 1962, prior to the Beatles' EMI contract, on a night when Ringo Starr happened to be sitting in for Pete Best. In commentary for a lawsuit to block the album's release, John Lennon wrote, "the sleeve note, apart from being inaccurate, seems to have been written with a court case in
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux 2: Live from Montreux" was released worldwide on Rykodisc, on 14 September 1993, eventually being deleted towards the end of the 1990s. To help promote the album, Starr appeared on NBC's "Today" television show, on 13 October 1993. Due to his heavy involvement in "The Beatles Anthology", it was Starr's last official release until "Vertical Man" in 1998. In between these releases, Starr orchestrated a limited edition live release of his 1995 tour exclusively through the Blockbuster video store chain in 1997. Footnotes Citations Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux Ringo Starr and His