Richard Perry

[Derek]

Talking about producers on the other board, it brought my mind Ringo's producer in the 70's. What do yall think of Richard Perry's work? He seems to have similer stylings to George Martin.  It sorta makes me wonder why at least he didnt produce for John and George. I'm trying to remember he produced Ringo's self-titled and"Goodnight Vianna" right? Or did he also do "Beaucoups Of Blues" too. I know he did the 2 singles. I just wish John and George wouldve at least used Perry for thier producer. (Paul already knew how to produce his own stuff by then...he did [and still does] a great job at it, even though sometimes Martin would help out some [he produced "Live & Let Die" and "Tug Of War" album])
How did Ringo meet him anyway?

[mervap]

I did some research and still haven't found a story as to how Ringo met Richard Perry...my guess would be thru mutual friends or at some industry party. Perry produced both "Ringo" and "Goodnight Vienna" to good effect...after which Ringo's EMI contract expired and he signed with Polydor/Atlantic who paired him with disco guru Arif Mardin.

"Beaucoups of Blues", on the other hand, was produced by Nashville pedal steel ace Pete Drake. There were a number of soon to be relatively famous Nashville seesion players on this album, including Jerry Reed and Charlie Daniels as well as appearances by former Elvis Presley sidemen the Jodinaires and D.J. Fontana. Ringo is listed as having played drums on the album, but I'd always heard most of the tracks were, in fact, recorded before Ringo was there.