It was, for that reason, handy timing when the Beatles' deal with EMI Records expired on January 26, 1976. For the to start with time since 1962 John wasn't obliged to enter a recording studio, and the last time that he did so for 4 many years was in April 1976, when he played piano on "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)," a music that he experienced created primarily for Ringo's Rotogravure, the new album by his previous colleague Ringo Starr.