What specific songs from All Things Must Pass album did Ringo play drums on?

I know he played on Wah-Wah, the title track and a few others.

 

The Jams on disc 3

 

I believe he was Tambourine on MSL. I always thought I Dig Love was him.

 

If I recall correctly he plays on the majority of the tracks. Ringo is the main drummer on "All Things Must Pass".

 

If I remember correctly, he does not play on any of the Apple jams. Those are all Jim Gordon.

 

All Things Must Pass - Who played What on Which Song

According to Simon Lang book, mentioned in the thread above, It's Ringo on 7 songs (Alan White on 4 & Jim Gordon on 9.... 18 songs on the first two proper albums ... 3 drummers on a couple songs)
My Sweet Lord
Wah-Wah
Isn't It A Pity
Beware of Darkness
All Things Must Pass
I Dig Live
Isn't It A Pity (Version 2)

 

Jim Gordon except "I Remember Jeep" which is Ginger Baker.

 

That should read
a) Simon "Leng"
... and...
b) "2 drummers on a couple songs"

And in the thread cited above George Harrison said he thought Ringo played drums on about half the album


... another poster cited two core groups:
Bobby Whitlick, Carl Radle & Jim Gordon.
...and...
Billy Preston, Klaus Voorman & Ringo Starr
And notes the later overdub sessions were Ringo Starr & Alan White... and that sometimes either Ringo or Alan would end up drumming with Clapton, Radle & Whitlock (rather than Gordon).

 

Thank you!!

 

Hi all - obviously, the question of who played what on which "All Things Must Pass" tracks has been of much conjecture over the years, and a thread devoted to this appeared on this forum some years back: All Things Must Pass - Who played What on Which Song

That thread is closed to additional posts, so I thought I'd revive the next closest thread I could find, which is this one...

In the original thread, Simon Leng's Harrison bio was quoted extensively, and the Wikipedia entry on "ATMP" does so as well. I just acquired that book, but as pointed out on the original thread, I see many likely inaccuracies with that. However, at the same time I acquired the Leng book, I also got Bobby Whitlock's very entertaining autobiography, in which HE lists, in very great detail, who played what on each and every track from the album. I'm curious as to the opinions of others here regarding Bobby's recollections (since that book was out by the time of the original thread, I can't believe no one pointed it out; some did mention his remarks in various interviews, but not his full-on track-by-track breakdown). I'm inclined to believe most, and maybe all, of what he says about the album - since, after all, he was there (and yes, I know it had been forty years by that time). To me, this seems like the definitive credit source, and should replace the one on Wikipedia!

I can post his credits here, if needed, unless it's already been done on this forum in a thread I haven't seen. First off, he says that he's always been an organ player, and never played piano in his life until these sessions! He claims that almost all of the Hammond and harmonium playing on the album are him, with Billy Preston playing most of the piano. "The two Garys", as he calls them (Brooker and Wright) pop up here-and-there. He arrived late for the first session ("Wah-Wah") and ended up playing electric piano on that one, as the other keyboard parts were already filled, and played acoustic piano for the first time in his life on "Beware Of Darkness" (as well as on the Apple Jams). Other than that, he's playing organ or harmonium on all but a couple of the tracks.

Also of note: Gary Brooker was recently on Sirius XM's Beatles Channel program "Fab Forum", and from what I gleaned in that conversation, he (Brooker) only played on two of the "ATMP" sessions, even though he lived very near Abbey Road studios at the time: "My Sweet Lord" and "Wah-Wah" (apparently piano on both). And lastly, some years back I emailed Gary Wright (from the link on his website), asking what all he played on the album...he replied that he played piano, electric piano, and organ, but didn't, or couldn't remember, which specific songs. From all the info provided by Bobby Whitlock, I think we can narrow down Wright's contributions...

 

I always thought that too, cause of the reference in Never Without You (I Dig Love is about you).

 

Since we're on the subject, I got Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie)'s memoir from the library and he says he attended one ATMP session and played tambourine in the bridge of two songs, "If Not For You" and "Let It Roll," and says George asked Phil Spector to keep the session moving so Ringo could be home for tea.

 

Bobby does say that Ringo plays drums on both "MSL" and "IDL".

 

Maybe I should make this a new, separate thread for Who Played What on ATMP...that way it would reach a wider audience?

 

....according to Bobby Whitlock in the Life in 12 Bars documentary, it's the Derek and The Dominoes band on My Sweet Lord with the exception of slide which is George. That would imply Gordon on drums even though I must admit, it sounds *nothing* like him and a whole lot like Ringo.

 

In his book, Bobby says it's Ringo on drums, Klaus on bass, plus George on acoustic and slide guitar, and himself on harmonium. I find this more believable. Not sure why he'd contradict himself in the documentary.

 

...hmmm...very very weird...maybe it wasn't Whitlock that said it in the film (??)...I have to double check now...but "he" also very clearly stated that it was Clapton on acoustic (which also surprised me).

 

I just looked in a couple of places..Clapton plays acoustic *with* Harrison and Jim Gordon plays drums *with* Ringo. The one member of DATD that's missing is Carl Radle...Voorman is the bass player.

 

I see where this is all heading. Just like with "Old Brown Shoe", it will soon be revealed that Paul played the drums on the ATMP album...

 

Are you referring to the Wikipedia/Simon Leng credits? If so, I wouldn't put much faith in those. Whitlock doesn't mention Clapton or Gordon as playing on "MSL", at least not in his book. I'm really warming to the idea of starting a whole new thread devoted to the credits Bobby lays out, and open that up for discussion!

 

From what I can tell, the basic track of My Sweet Lord has: 1 drum track, 3 acoustic guitars, bass, tambourine, piano, harmonium and guide vocals from George.
So, work from that whatever you can.