Helpful Score: 3
This is a book of postcards that Ringo received from the other three Beatles. Ringo's commentary tells what was going on at the time of each postcard and reveals some of his feelings about the boys. The choice of cards range from funny to perplexing, from beautiful to ordinary. Paul's drawings and word art make his mail the most entertaining, but John's messages are puzzling and often poetic. One of the loveliest pictures is a photo postcard taken in Hawaii of George and Olivia's shadows.
Changes in the girlfriends and wives can be seen in this visual chronology, with postcards to Ringo and "Mo" (Maureen) then later to Ringo and Barbara Bach. John's mail is initially from "John, Cyn (Cynthia), and Julian," and later from "John, Yoko, Julian, and Kyoko," until eventually just addressed as "J & Y." Paul's poscards change from Paul and Jane (Asher) to Paul, Lin (Linda), and kids. There are no postcards from George and Pattie, but George's mail picks up when he and Olivia become a couple.
The best part of the book by far is the postcard in which Paul says Ringo is "the greatest drummer in the world." George and John sent telegrams begging Ringo to come back after he briefly quit the band during the recording of the White Album. Ringo says that Paul's postcard, however, is a bit late...one year after the fact!
Changes in the girlfriends and wives can be seen in this visual chronology, with postcards to Ringo and "Mo" (Maureen) then later to Ringo and Barbara Bach. John's mail is initially from "John, Cyn (Cynthia), and Julian," and later from "John, Yoko, Julian, and Kyoko," until eventually just addressed as "J & Y." Paul's poscards change from Paul and Jane (Asher) to Paul, Lin (Linda), and kids. There are no postcards from George and Pattie, but George's mail picks up when he and Olivia become a couple.
The best part of the book by far is the postcard in which Paul says Ringo is "the greatest drummer in the world." George and John sent telegrams begging Ringo to come back after he briefly quit the band during the recording of the White Album. Ringo says that Paul's postcard, however, is a bit late...one year after the fact!
