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In the early 1970s, The Beatles<\/a> were all in a strange state. The band had been split for a while in terms of their relationships and collaborations, but the slow, painstaking announcement that the end was for real placed them all in an eerie stagnation.<\/p>\n For Paul McCartney, it was a state of total sadness. \u201cI was depressed. You would be<\/a>,\u201d he said when suddenly he\u2019d not only lost his band, but he\u2019d lost his friends too. After suing the rest of the group in order to protect their finances, the frosty ending pushed him to wonder if he\u2019d ever make music again.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the rest of the group seemed to move in the opposite direction. They hit the ground running about as quickly as they possibly could. George Harrison even set the tone for his solo pursuit in 1968 with Wonderwall Music as he was beginning to get restless, whereas Ringo Starr was the first one to release a proper solo debut<\/a> in March 1970 with Sentimental Journey. <\/p>\n It seems surprising that Starr got in there first, given that he was also the one Beatle who seemed to support the whole crew so vehemently. Starr is regularly found in the credits and album notes on Harrison and Lennon\u2019s work, while McCartney plummeted into a period of creative isolation, making his debut without a single other helping hand. <\/p>\n There\u2019s an argument to be made that Starr simply was desperate to keep busy. He went in hard and fast, but then, by his own admittance, he hit a wall. The clue might all lie on \u2018Early 1970\u2019, a song written around the time of his 1973 album, Ringo. \u201cAnd when he comes to town, I wonder if he\u2019ll play with me,\u201d Starr sings sadly on that tune, finally owning up to just really missing his friends. <\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t feel like a coincidence that after that point. Having hit a peak and finally saying what he needed to say, he lost steam \u2013 until regaining it in 1992 with Time Takes Time. An apt title.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first time since the Ringo album that I put this much energy into making an album. After Ringo and maybe Goodnight Vienna, I started tearing it up and turning up less and less,\u201d Starr admitted to Rolling Stone on the promotional trail of that new record. <\/p>\n
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