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Can you revert to one of your previous edits because I missed it which sucks but hopefully someone took a picture or something. Well anyways, although what you are saying there has some light of truth, your so called ghost writers are actually the 2 lucky chaps near the bottom of this post who were essentially The Beatles bodyguards and assistants and they were always there, so they’re not ghost writers, they’re people who actually experienced it firsthand and I put Beatles Book Monthly top priority when it comes to these claims.

Also, Beatles Book Monthly says that Ringo left for Sardinia, the place where Ringo supposedly was when he quit, on October 14th, which makes sense and also there are some plot holes in the Ringo quit during the recording session for Back In The USSR for 2 weeks and went to the Mediterranean theory:

1. Supposedly, Ringo came back to the studio on September 3rd with the drum set covered in flowers, but why would he go to the studio that day if there was nothing for him to do, that’d be like if I worked from Monday through Friday at a job but then I stormed out in rage only for my boss to want me to come back and for me to come in on a Saturday despite there being nothing for me to do that day.

2. Why would go back on vacation to the same place they spent 2 weeks at 2 months later.

3. Mal and Neil’s claims are from 1968 whereas Ringo’s claims are from 1995, so it is very possible that he isn’t quite remembering things that clearly, false memories are common and happen gradually over time.

4. Ringo supposedly returned on September 3rd whereas the video shoot was on September 4th, it seems odd that they got Ringo back the day before the classic closest thing you’ll get to a 1968 Beatles live performance of Hey Jude and Revolution especially considering they weren’t considering hiring a replacement drummer and they weren’t looking for a replacement drummer for the video in case if Ringo refused to return.

5. Do you really think Ringo would consent to having the first 2 tracks on their album be 2 that completely lack him

6. Although it is likely that Mal and Neil are deliberately lying in the magazine, it’s unlikely because if they really wanted to keep it a secret, they wouldn’t mention it at all instead of making false claims about it.

My theory:

Ringo did indeed storm out of the session for Back In The USSR and therefore didn’t participate at all in that song and although planned to stay in Sardinia on Peter Sellers yacht until September 3rd (which could be why he falsely remembers it this way), but after about a week, the other 3 decided to send Ringo a telegram asking for his return, which he did just in time to record the chorus aahs and handclaps for Dear Prudence although Paul still played drums on the track. However, if I could see the telegraph and if it has a date of September 3rd on it, I will agree with you.

Is there any confirmation of this both in general and for the little snippets written about each song.

@Evangeline said
Erasers take off ringwear. (On white record jackets ONLY. On dark colours, it just takes everything off.)
I just cleaned up my copy of Beatles VI with an eraser.

Reveal Spoiler

Before:

After:

(Note: The Before picture was taken at 7 in the morning, that’s why it’s a different colour.)

  

Thanks for this Evangeline. I kept note of this when I first saw it, and I finally got a chance to use it. My new On The Border record had some ringwear and I tried this trick on it, and it cleaned it up nicely.

A lot of things have unusual origins, such as how Corn Flakes were originally made to prevent masturbation.