I love it when the interviewer allows them to talk without interrupting them...this was a great interview

Elliot, This is the most comprehensive, detailed , wonderful interview I've ever heard with Ringo. Thank you so much for making this available.

Every once in a while, I like to come back and listen to this interview again. Ringo is absolutely amazing! 🤩 I mean I love them all, but it seems to me that Ringo was the glue that held things together more than anyone else could. Well, for a while anyway. Wonderful man!

This is the best interview I've ever heard Ringo give.

A very sweet and sincere sounding Ringo.

That was a fantastic interview...not because it was a Beatle for say,but because it was so casual and honest...it was easy to listen to and it wasn't all over the road..I could have sat here for hours,listening to Ringo...it was relaxing...Thank you Elliot and Ringo..very nice.

I was born in 64 so by the time The Beatles broke up my memories are very limited but my love has always been deep, I really enjoyed this interview, Ringo Love and Peace x

I just listened to this entire interview some 42 years later, that is the power of Ringo Starr! #RingoRocks

So far he's right about living to be 87.

What a wonderful interview: Ringo the hardman asking The Beatles to play sad songs, just one of the little gems in this interview: Thank Mr Mintz for letting the world listen in.

A big thanks to Elliot not only for conducting such a substantive interview with Ringo and uploading it but also for going through and answering people’s questions in the comment section.

Thank you so much Elliot. I absolutely LOVE to hear the guys relaxed and not on their guards so much, which is rare. I honestly cannot recall another interview where Ringo is so easy and loose. As always,Peace ✌ and Love ❤.

Ringos so cool

Best most natural interview with Ringo I've ever heard in my life! This is absolutely WONDERFUL!💜

Thanks for sharing. We forget that as of 1976 all 4 BEATLES were hugely successful solo artists. Some of the biggest of the 70’s.

One more thing: your introduction. I am STUNNED to learn that John would want to listen to an interview with one of his bandmates...and your description of that moment is....(for me) incredible. I would have thought he would have been blase about such a thing, wow.

Ringo is the best spoken Beatle. So many many great details. Love him.

love hearing Ringo....wish we were seeing him....

Never heard this...Great stuff...Thanks for posting!!!

Great insights. When the experience of being a Beatle was still fresh.

Always love Elliot’s interviews. You can tell you loved them so much. How can anyone not just love Ringo?...he’s STILL adorable! Beatles are before my time but always love everything on them as a group & individually. Amazing men, amazing artists- the love passed to me through my parents & they will live forever. Never get tired of this stuff. Thank you Elliot. GREAT interview & thank you for sharing with us 😘👍

I am just going to echo the sentiments below and say that this is THE definitive Ringo Starr interview; it's not too long after it all went down, but with enough distance to have a clear perspective. And because he's still a young guy in his 30s, he doesn't have to be so "polite". Fantastic, as always. Your channel is incredible, an absolute oasis......and one of the best secrets on the internet!!!!!! (I know I've said this a million times on your other videos). You are a true brother to all of us Beatle freaks (and music fans), a liaison between us and them. You have always understood BOTH sides of the curtain. PS: Elliot, I have a request! I would love to get your recorded memories just about the early days of rock and roll, from when you first got into it, and the records you loved, the shows you saw, the radio stations you tuned into, your memories of the collective rock and roll sociological experience you had with your own generation, and the generation that both preceded and followed you, etc... I'd even be happy to "interview" you for such a thing, I know I've got a million questions! - PSS: I hope you're safe and keeping healthy and sane during this awful time. Please take care of yourself, we need a strong and healthy Elliot Mintz!!!!!

Ringo obviously had a hard childhood and his school days will resonate with a lot of people. In fact, schools were still terrible in the 1960s and in the 1970s; some teachers were absolute sadists and got away with anything. It's no wonder that kids skived off.

Hands down THE best interview with Ringo Starr - absolute perfection.....(little wonder then, that John enjoyed it so much too)

Excellent

58:50 Ringo's cat, Spook, omg

Fantastic interview. When I worked at British Airways at LAX I printed out his boarding pass with the name Richard Starkey and I was able to escort Ringo and Barbara into First Class and he signed the back of the boarding pass. Awesome man.

It's so clear...he came from the most humble of beginnings, and landed in Laurel Canyon. Some are chosen. Wonderful Sunday morning listen over coffee & bagels. Cheers !

Don't see too many Ringo interviews, interesting.

Happy anniversary to Ringo! Greetings from Norway

What an interesting and.nice man. Very unique man

Wonderful

Elliot i love you man. I love your channel,but when i get here i discover KZfaq had changed the settings for my subscription so i wasnt getting ALL notifications. Annoying to say the least. I've reset them to hopefully now receive ALL your notifications. I have to return to your videos very often because they are SO SO lovely. Just the best top notch interviews of the lads. They talk so much more openly with yourself for obvious reasons. And you are a beautiful man Elliot. Thank you for all you do and have done for all us Beatles lovers. As ever Peace and Love.

I revisited this excellent interview last week (prompted by Sir Ringo's 80th Birthday celebrations) and was enthralled once more at the insightful, playful and heartfelt comments captured by Elliot back in 1976 (the 86 mins fly by all too swiftly - like so much sand through the fingers)...a true high water mark interview - the Host's low key, laid back but laser focused questioning is a lesson for any young person considering a career in journalism.....Bravo! (once again) Elliot

Mr. Mintz, This is a real treat. Thank you for posting and sharing. I really enjoy hearing you talk about these amazing events in your life.

Excellent interview! One of the best in the history of the band. The ultimate bit: the old school VU meters keeping perfect pace.

Thank you Elliot for sharing. Great!!!

The way he relates the stories of the White Album and the Let it Be sessions sounds like he was telling his experience for the first time. He sounds fresh here. Thanks so much for posting.

Ringo played with John and George on an album that Apple signed with Jackie Lomax. George wrote "Sour Milk Sea" and it is a rocking good album. Nobody knows about it. It's on KZfaq.

Subscribing to Mr Mintz's channel is probably one of the best choices I've made on KZfaq. What an absolutely stunning career that Mr Mintz has had. I can listen to him conduct interviews and being interviewed all day. A complete mixture of class, information and entertainment all rolled up into one amazing person! Thank You Elliot!!

This is great. Glad I stumbled across it.

Only 7 mins in and I have to comment. This is a wonderful insight on Ringo's birthday! Thank you for sharing your memories Elliot and in depth conversations. Btw follow this man on Facebook as I just recently did peeps. Fabulous stuff

A great interview a must listen from 1976.

This is a very special interview. Far more honest, thorough and forensic than the usual talk show fare. The view counts don't really do it justice, but I'm sure it'll be regarded as a gem one day by Beatles historians.

First time I’ve heard this! So sweet and soulful. Ringo and Elliot two goodhearted intelligent men. Wonderful sound quality and as always professional but warm interview via Mr Mintz How I’d love to interview him. I cannot imagine a better friend.

Loved it!..all these years later,getting to hear something,I've never heard, Ringo,is so down to earth!

Thank you Elliot! We love these interviews. :)

Thank you for putting this on KZfaq. A great treat indeed.

Actually experts say Ringo was the least talented but i think he was one of the most unique instrumentalist ever.

Thanks for putting this out Elliot. Have always been interested in you since I saw you interview a chilled out John on the beach. I get the sense you were one of the few journalists the individuals in the Beatles trusted, i suspect because you didn't have an agenda

1:17:47 best line in the whole interview: "The three frustrated drummers I used to have in my band." 🤣

John and Ringo looked after each other 😂 They were brothers.☺

Love the interview with ringo. Elliot has some great interviews. It sounds like two friends talking. Great!

great guy,,, it flew by ,,,lovely

Poignant, brave. Thank you

Used to listen to Elliot's radio show in the mid-'70s on KABC, Los Angeles. Always insightful - filled with inside stories of his friends, like John & Yoko and actor, Sal Mineo.

This is great

There's an interview with John, where he starts talking about Ringo and says to the interviewer "he's not dumb". I think John loved Ringo a lot. They all seemed to feel good about Ringo. There didn't seem to be many arguments with him.

What a wonderful and insightful interview! Thank you for sharing!

Loved the interview with john on the beach too well done elliot

Thanks for posting this Elliot, it’s great to hear Ringo in such a relaxed mood. I really enjoyed this interview.

Wonderful interview Elliot always love your interviews

Awesome recording, wow. If only they knew what was coming with John.

This is brilliant Elliot...thanks a lot!

Very down to earth, mind grabbing. Smooth, incisive. Wonderful.

This is absolutely great. Most I have ever heard Ringo talk about the old days. Thanks for posting.

Thanks so much for this video.

Thanks for posting this. It's great to hear Ringo's recollection.

Great interview! It was very interesting to listen to, thanks for the upload.

This is a very interesting interview. Many thanks for posting this, Elliot. Interesting to hear so much detail about Ringo's gang involvement and fighting in view of the fact that John talked about seeing George 'in action' (fighting), and characterized him as the one capable of defending himself in The Fabs.

Very interesting interview, nice how you don't hurry Ringo and go for depth.

Fabulous interview...!

You knew Ringo would have loved to have remained in the Beatles forever and it was only confirmed when the three remaining lads got together for the Anthology. I actually felt bad for him because you could tell he missed it so.

it's so creepy when they start talking about being 5 years old - that's how old I was when this was recorded. i love hearing the cigarettes and cocktails (ice in glass) in the background.

Great interview. Thanks!!

Best one yet.💕

Just fantastic! Best Ringo interview I ever heard. Thank you for making this available.

Thanks so much for this. Absolutely loved this interview.

I heard a kettle boil, I heard a kitty meow. . . nice!

Now and then a interview comes along and this is the one a golden nugget thanque

Great, great stuff. Thanks.

Great interview!!!

Amazing interview, thanks for posting.

this is one of my favorite ringo interviews, very cute and sweet and he sounds very comfortable and open. wonderful job, elliot! ♡ i have subscribed now, id love to be a fly on the wall during this interview. ringo is my favorite! so lovely

Very interesting to say the least.

I'm 64 no pun intended and here I am bit by the bug in 1972 at 14

Thank you for giving us this interview. I was a fan of The Lost Lennon Tapes as it rekindled my interest in The Beatles and in the music industry in general. Thanks again for including this interview and others, which I have yet to hear, as I have just found the channel and subscribed to it.

Love you Ringo

Best interview with Ringo ever.

Amazing

Ringo saying they would all be willing to do another gig but the problem would be deciding what to do and how to do it is a bit of a loaded answer. Seems like he is saying the problem would be getting them in a room to AGREE on anything. In other words overcoming a dysfunctional group dynamic.

1:20:58 Funny exchange, followed by the obligatory reunion question.

Ringo is spot on about Abbeyroad

Ringo Starr le survivant (Camion Blanc)

Elliot Mintz is a great interviewer. He asks questions and listens as the answers are given. Did he say he interviewed George? I'd like to hear that, too.

Thank you Elliot. Would you ever do any new interviews now that more time that has past.

Mr Mintz, thank you for posting this video. I have a little question for you: in the preface to this vid, you say that shortly after you brought the tape to listen to John and Yoko ... but the holidays in Japan took place the following year, in 1977, as documented in several books I read. So this interview is from 1976, or from 1977? It is not very important, of course, it does not change anything, but just my curiosity. Thank you for reading. Best regards

Honest Ringo

39:40 George Martin thinks Ringo's a 'leper or somethin' ', what a recollection!

By the way love the beginning with theJuke box