"Angel in Disguise" is a song co-written by
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
and
Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...
that has never been released.
Overview
The song was intended for Ringo's 1992 ''
Time Takes Time'' album;
however, it did not make it onto the album,
[ and therefore remains an intriguing, publicly unheard song. Had it been released in 1992 it would have been the first McCartney-Starkey composition on record, although there were Beatles songs that were credited to Lennon–McCartney–Starkey and Lennon–McCartney– Harrison–Starkey.
]
Recording
McCartney sent Starr an unfinished demo of the song, to which Starr added an extra verse.[ Backing tracks for the song were recorded on 9 September 1991 at ]Conway Studios
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, in Los Angeles, produced by Peter Asher.[
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About the song
There have been several documented mentions of the song.
From ''Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'', 1992: "Working with (Peter) Asher, Starr recorded a cover of The Posies' "Golden Blunders" and a version of a previously unfinished Paul McCartney composition, "Angel In Disguise", to which Starr added a new verse."
From Alan Clayson's biography of Ringo Starr titled ''Ringo Starr: Straight Man Or Joker?'': Among tracks short-listed were a (Jeff) Lynne original ("Call Me"), Rick Suchow's "What Goes Around" - picked as the singalong finale — a version of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", and songs written by Ringo either alone, with Paul McCartney (the remaindered "Angel In Disguise"), or with Johnny Warman." It appears that the song written by Rick Suchow ("What Goes Around") was the last song picked for the album, and as a result the McCartney–Starkey song was shelved, and not subsequently released.
From the Ringo Starr interview in ''Beatlefan'', 1992: "You see, they expected that because it's McCartney and Starr, anyone in their right mind would put that on. It just didn't fit the space we needed on the album... this is my best shot, in my opinion, of my album."
Auction sale
An unheard record of the song penned by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr has been put up for online auction through Omega Auctions and is expected to be sold for around £20,000.
The unheard record appears on a cassette tape which is part of British DJ Tony Prince's collection.
The lot description explains that there are two versions of the song on the tape, with the first rendition featuring McCartney singing the lyrics over a piano and drum machine, and the second version featuring "a full backing track, backing singers, increased instrumentation including harmonica, guitar and more".
The tape has been given an estimated price of £10,000 to £20,000.asiaone.com > Unheard song penned by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr up for auction (May 07, 2020)
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See also
*" Beautiful Night"
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angel in Disguise (McCartney-Starr song)
1992 songs
Paul McCartney songs
Ringo Starr songs
Songs written by Ringo Starr
Songs written by Paul McCartney
Unreleased songs