Ringo recalls the making of A Hard Days Night, being shown in cinemas again on the fiftieth anniversary of the film’s first appearance.
"I mean, we were in a movie, man. We were making a movie!" the Beatle recently told Billboard. "Four guys from Liverpool making a movie -- it was so great. I loved it, and as you can tell I loved it because the next movie (Help!) was sort of based around me, based around the ring and Kaili."
The 1964 film was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Screenplay for Alun Owen and Best Score (Adaptation) for Beatles producer George Martin.
The album, A Hard Day’s Night made the number one spot in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. The title track won a Grammy Award for Best Performance By a Vocal Group.
"It was a really exciting thing to do," Starr reveals. "We were making records and, wow, the records were taking off and then we're playing to bigger and bigger audiences and that's taking off, and now we're doing a movie. It was mad... but it was incredible."
"It's just been one of those incredible years," the 74-year old drummer observes. "I mean, how incredible that it's 50 years since we landed in New York and Paul and I did the Grammys and... It's massive!"
The Beatles in Mono, a 14-LP vinyl collection, will be released in September.
