Blast From Your Past is a singles compilation album by Ringo Starr, released on Apple Records in 1975. It is both Starr's first compilation LP and his final release under his contract with EMI, the last album to be released on The Beatles' Apple label until it was revived in the 1990s. In 1976, Starr would sign with Atlantic Records in the US and Polydor Records for the rest of the world, with the hopes of continuing his successful career.
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Blast From Your Past is a singles compilation album by Ringo Starr, released on Apple Records in 1975. It is both Starr's first compilation LP and his final release under his contract with EMI, the last album to be released on The Beatles' Apple label until it was revived in the 1990s. In 1976, Starr would sign with Atlantic Records in the US and Polydor Records for the rest of the world, with the hopes of continuing his successful career.
The album compiles eight singles, one B-side, and one album track, released between 1970 and 1975. All eight charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with all but "Beaucoups of Blues" making the top ten. Both "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen" topped the chart, while five of the singles charted in the United Kingdom. "Early 1970" was the flipside to "It Don't Come Easy," and "I'm the Greatest" was taken from the album "Ringo". "Oh My My" and "You're Sixteen" were taken from the Ringo album as well, and "No No Song" and "Only You (And You Alone)" was taken...
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