What made Ringo leave during the “White Album” session?
Well, first of all, I’d like to say that there were many events leading up to Ringo quitting the band at that time. Much of the following information comes from the book “Beatlesongs”. Most of the time during the making of the White Album, Ringo would sit in the corner and play cards with Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans. Sometimes, Paul would dub in the drum tracks himself after Ringo had left the studio for the day. Then when Ringo returned to the studio the next day he would pretend not to notice what Paul had done, even though he knew it was Paul who was drumming on the track. Ringo became very upset one day when Paul criticized his drumming and decided to quit. It is Paul you hear dubbing in the drum tracks on “Back in the U.S.S.R.” and “Dear Prudence”. Paul told the public he quit because he didn’t think it was fun anymore. But that wasn’t it. Ringo thought he himself was playing terribly and the other three were doing great. He had a feeling that no one loved him. So he went on holid
