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Here’s the section from Badman’s book (1976):

April

 At the Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, with assistance from Paul who is waiting for his American tour to begin, Ringo begins recording tracks intended for his album Ringo’s Rotogravure. The sessions, which during June move to the Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, produce the following tracks: ‘A Dose Of Rock And Roll’, ‘Hey Baby’, ‘Pure Gold’, ‘Cryin’ ‘, ‘You Don’t Know Me At All’, ‘Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love) ‘, ‘I’ll Still Love You’ (originally called ‘When Every Song Is Sung&#39, ‘This Be Called A Song’, ‘Las Brias’, ‘Lady Gaye’ and the instrumental track ‘Spooky Weirdness’. He also records the unreleased songs ‘Where Are You Going’, ‘All Right’ and ‘It’s Hard To Be Lovers’. Incidentally, while Ringo is recording the album, George Martin, producing an album by a new band who call themselves American Flyer, is in the studio next door. Their paths do not cross as George is recording during the day while Ringo, in typical Beatles fashion, records through the night.

 During the sessions in Hollywood on June 12, John assists by playing piano on the recording of ‘A Dose Of Rock And Roll’ as well as on his own composition ‘Cookin’ (In The Kitchen Of Love)’. On June 19, Paul and Linda, during a break from their American tour, join Ringo at Cherokee for a four-hour recording session for Paul’s track ‘Pure Gold’. Sadly, George fails to make this an album featuring musical contributions from all four ex-Beatles as he is unable to attend any of the sessions. His typical guitar sound, on his own composition of ‘I’ll Still Love You’, is recreated by Lon Van Easton. George is in New York working on his next album. Rumours circulate this month that he is to tour America at the end of the year, anxious to make amends for his disappointing 1974 concert appearances.

Friday September 17

 Ringo’s album Ringo’s Rotogravure is released in the UK (The American release takes place on September 27.) The title is inspired by the Judy Garland and Fred Astaire 1948 film Easter Parade, that Ringo had enjoyed on TV some three years earlier. Besides John’s contribution on ‘Cookin’ (In The Kitchen of Love)’, Paul writes ‘Pure Gold’ (on which he contributes backing vocals) and George writes ‘I’ll Still Love You’. The album makes number 28 in the US charts. Ringo is naturally asked how he received contributions from John, Paul and George.

“Well, Paul asked to write a song. I asked John and he worked on it and worked on it and eventually he came up with ‘You Got Me Cooking’ (sic). You know he’s really into that now – cooking! I also asked George to write one, but there was an old one of his that was never released by anybody that I always loved. I was on the session when it was recorded so, in the end, I asked him if instead of writing one, could I have that old one? He said fine; it saved him a job. It’s called ‘I Still Love You’, a big ballady thing.” (Note: Although George allows Ringo to record the song, he is not pleased with the result and takes legal action against Ringo. The action is resolved later this year.)