Angel In Disguise

This is a song co-written by the Beatles' Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr that was never released. The song was intended for Ringo's 1992 "Time Takes Time" album, however did not make it on and therefore remains an intriguing, never to be heard, piece of Beatles history. Had it been released in 1992 it would have been the first-ever McCartney-Starkey composition on record, although there were Beatles songs that were credited to Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey such as "Flying" from "Magical Mystery Tour".

There have been several documented mentions of the song.

From Rolling Stone Magazine, 1992: "Working with (Peter) Asher, Starr recorded a cover of the Posies' "Golden Blunders" and a version of a previously unfinished Paul McCartney composition, "Angel In Disguise", to which Starr added a new verse." [Rolling Stone Magazine, 1992]

From Alan Clayson's biography of Ringo Starr titled "Ringo Starr: Straight Man Or Joker?": Among tracks short-listed were a (Jeff) Lynne original ("Call Me"), Rick Suchow's "What Goes Around" - picked as the singalong finale-- a version of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", and songs written by Ringo either alone, with Paul McCartney (the remaindered "Angel In Disguise"), or with Johnny Warman." [Clayson, Alan: "Ringo Starr: Straight Man Or Joker", p. 334]

From the Ringo Starr interview in Beatlefan Magazine, 1992: "You see, they expected that because it's McCartney and Starr, anyone in their right mind would put that on. It just didn't fit the space we needed on the album... this is my best shot, in my opinion, of my album." [Beatlefan Magazine, 1992]

It appears that the song written by Rick Suchow ("What Goes Around") was the last song picked for the album, and as a result the McCartney-Starkey song was shelved, and subsequently never released.

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