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Tonsillectomy

It's just that you can't help
wishing all the time that Ringo
would shut up. (The great rock
voice that Ringo had on the early
albums, on songs like "Honey
Don't" and "Boys," seems to have
disappeared with his tonsillectomy.'

In the last two weeks, both
George and John have released their
first solo albums, if we choose to be
kind and overlook the live Plastic
Ono Band album and John's earlier
"experimental" records. The
Harrison material is absurdly
overproduced, both physically and
musically.

Someone at Apple seemed to
think that George's solo debut
called for a boxed three record set,
complete with lyrics, a color
poster, and different kinds of
adorable record labels, all of which
is kind of a drag. The inclusion of a
third, "free" record, made up of
several rather uninspired rock jams
between George and his friends, is
pretty superfluous.