Edit by B: Some of the images that were meant to be seen in this post are not. timmyb52 may have to reconfigure them.
If I have time later, I will attempt to fix the problem. I'm not sure if an in depth discussion or analysis has been done for the 1973 Ringo album or not...but several things have caught my attention
which I wish to share with everyone in order to get their opinions and thoughts on.
At first glance of this album cover it is obvious that it is parodying the Sgt.Peppers album in style and design.
To me many things on this album cover seem to be telling us to go back and look at Sgt.Peppers...which reminds me of the many posts and hints left by
Apollo C.Vermouth who is believed to have been Neil Aspinall.
To be honest I had not been very familiar with his posts and recently have been studying and researchiung them...and I find myself now doubting PID
after many years of being pro-PID and reavulating those long held beliefs.
Many of the albums post Sgt.Peppers...along with many of the Beatles solo work seems to be telling us to go back to Pepper over and over again.
This album cover seems to be telling us the same thing...and saying it very loudly!
www.beatlesbible.com/people/ringo-starr/albums/ringo/Take note of the appearance here of Paul,George,John and Ringo...they are all wearing bright colored T-Shirts with overalls. No one else is wearing this ensemble
but the Beatles themselves.
Just as Sgt.Peppers and MMT had done before...the Beatles are presenting themselves as a new band.
With Sgt.Peppers it was a marching band...MMT it was a band of animals...with Ringo it looks like a band of field workers or farmers.
It is curious to note that overalls have their first mention in written history as early as 1776 as a protective garment commonly worn by black slaves.
Are the Beatles not just telling us to go back to Pepper but also telling us about something we missed in connection with that album cover?
Are they trying to tell us that they are all slaves to the music industry and those who own,control and profit the most off them?
Stella McCartney who is known as a fashion designer has a very popular line of overalls for women and children...coincidence?
Another link between this album and Peppers is The Eggman...who is standing behind Paul and Linda. Once again we are lead back to Peppers and Lewis Carroll...
with the Alice motiff that repeats also over and over again in our research.
Other things of interest include;
1.} Peppers has everyone on its cover under a blu sky it is curious to note here that everyone here is under a dark sky "illuminated" by the stars of twilght.
2.} Ringo appears 3 times on the same cover...in the center of the album itself with a cherub, as the wizard, and also the little Ringo puppet on the wizards hand.
Is this wizard a representation of Merlin? Does this suggest links to The Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn and the establishment of the Fraternity of The Inner Light
with its strong interest in the legends of King Arthur and The Knights of The Round Table?
Wizards are also closely linked to alchemy and magic...occult practices. Wizards also cast spells much the same as music casts spells over its listeners.
3.} Just as Apollo always mentions "the flowers in the dirt"...we see a reminder of the 5 pointed star flower as seen on Peppers here on the Ringo album
represented by John who can be seen grasping a Ruby colored 5 pointed star...also known as the pentagram.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram4.} Also between John and George can be seen a green apple representing Apple Records...but why is it's stem appear to be on fire or illuminating light?
Is this suggesting to the viewer that the platform of Apple Records and its music are a device used to propagate messages and transfer knowledge to their fans and listeners?
As if to reinforce this idea we have George holding a yellow balloon with an OM symbol written on it indicating a state of higher consciousness or enlightenment.
I will be adding some more of my thoughts on this and how it relates to Apollo and Peppers in the near future...but first I would like to get the forums thoughts
on some of the items I have presented here.