Written by: Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
Recorded: November 1977; January; February; March 1978
Producer: Vini Poncia
Engineer: Bob Schaper
Released: 21 April 1978 (UK), 18 April 1978 (US)
Available on:
Bad Boy
Personnel
Ringo Starr: vocals, drums
Lon Van Eaton, Jimmy Webb: acoustic guitar
Dr John: piano
Morris Lane: organ
Dee Murray: bass guitar
Vini Poncia: vocals
‘Old Time Relovin” is the ninth song on Ringo Starr’s seventh solo album, 1978’s Ringo The 4th.
The song was composed by Starr and producer Vini Poncia, who also wrote ‘Who Needs A Heart’ on the album. The pair had worked together on Starr’s previous four albums. Poncia also contributing backing vocals to the recording.
Starr’s version of ‘Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)’ was released as the lead US single from Bad Boy on 18 April 1978, with ‘Old Time Relovin” on the b-side. It failed to chart. The single version of ‘Old Time Relovin” fades out slightly earlier than the album mix.
To whom it may concern ,
I played all the piano on the Ringo Starr “ Bad Boy”. I was playing for Melissa Manchester on 2 of her albums ( Help is on the Way and Better Days and Happy Endings) in Los Angeles in 1978 when Vini Poncia asked me to play ( and doing rhythm section chord charts) in Vancouver .We were asked to used pseudonyms so I used “ Morris Lane “ , a street I lived on in upstate NY .
You can confirm this with Vini Poncia if you want.
Thank you , Stanley Schwartz