popular music: Badfinger     popular music:       Wish You Were Here4 reviews Badfinger Collector's Choice, 2007 Badfinger reissue well worth the money Horay for Collector's Choice for reissuing this almost-long-lost classic. The remastering is very similar (if not identical) to the German import released a few years back. The CD booklet is just a gatefold (four pages, including the back cover and front cover) with some liner notes. No photos, but I'd take a great-sounding CD with a crisp printing job on the front and back artwork over a muddy ...             No Dice17 reviews Badfinger Capitol, 1992 Badfinger comes of age No Dice (1970.) Badfinger's second album. From their infancy when they were known as the Iveys to Pete Ham's untimely suicide in the mid-seventies, Badfinger was a damn fine (and severely underrated) classic rock group. Because they were on Apple Records, they were often forced to live in the shadow of the Beatles - and some people unfairly coin them a Beatles rip-off. This really is a shame. ...             BBC in Concert 1972-19738 reviews Badfinger Varese Sarabande, 2000 Power pop? Nope, just power... Badfinger was so well known during their short time in music history for their wonderful pop confections in the style of their mentors, the Beatles. So well known for this, and so long forgotten for their own true love, hard and driving rock and roll. And here on this generous disc, you'll find the "other" Badfinger. The tough group of kids, wailing on guitars, singing their lungs out. You'll ...             Magic Christian Music10 reviews Badfinger Capitol, 1991 A Good Album! Magic Christian Music was the first album to bear the Badfinger name, though 6 of the songs on the album are in fact old Iveys recordings that had already been released on the Maybe Tomorrow album. Some of the recordings were done with Paul McCartney, and he obviously helped the band create their characteristic sound. Great tracks like "Midnight Sun", "Crimson Ship" and "Come and Get it" point ...             Airwaves { Bonus Tracks }16 reviews Badfinger Permanent Press, 1999 Beautiful Album I bought this LP back in 1979 and it quickly became one of my all time favourite albums. I started getting into Badfingers music shortly after Peter Ham died. Though it does miss the sounds of Pete's voice and songs, I'm glad Tommy and Joey got together to make this album.             Badfinger1 review Badfinger Collector's Choice, 2007 4.5 stars for Badfinger's 1974 eponomously titled LP Great CD reissue of this great album by the most underrated rock band of all time. Collector's Choice should be applauded for reissuing this. The sound is very strong. Not overlycompressed, yet not muddy either. To my ears, it sounds very, very close to the LP mix, maybe just a pinch cleaner. The CD artwork book is only four pages (including the CD front cover and back cover) and includes two ...             Straight Up39 reviews Badfinger Capitol, 1993 No Respect Sadly, Badfinger was a band that never got much respect from the critics. It was generally criticized for being, at best, a Beatles "sound alike" and, at worst, a Beatles imitator. "Badfinger recycles familiar riffs and harmonies in far less striking configurations" says The Rolling Stone Album Guide. There was plenty of other circumstantial evidence. Paul McCartney wrote their first hit, George ...             Badfinger8 reviews Badfinger Warner Bros UK, 2001 Badfinger - A Strong Album with a few Misses! Badfinger had signed to Warner Brothers around 72/73 before the release of their final Apple-album "Ass". The recordings for the first album for their new company began in June 73, with Chris Thomas as the producer. The title for the new album changed twice during its creation. Originally it was to be called "Wish You Were Here"; that title was later changed to "For Love Or Money" and finally the ...             Head First16 reviews Badfinger Snapper UK, 2000 Head First Finally Released This was supposed to be Badfinger's 3rd album, but several reasons it was not released until year 2000. But well worth waiting for. The recordings for Badfinger's third Warner album began at the end of November 1974. You would expect the members of the band at this point to be totally exhausted from touring, financial worries and the departure of Molland; and of course they were. Never the ...             The Very Best of Badfinger54 reviews Badfinger Capitol, 2000 Timeless... Timeless music...there are just no other words. Badfinger is one of the most under-appreciated bands. You know many of their songs, you just don't realize it's them.             Day After Day: Live Badfinger Vido Arts, 2005 2005 issue Japanese CD album featuring the live recording from March 1974 (originally released in 1990) including 'Sometimes', 'I Don't Mind', 'Baby Blue' and 'Timeless', presented in LP-style gatefold card picture sleeve + obi-strip. Pegged as one of the most promising British groups of the late '60s and the one world-class talent ever signed to the Beatles' Apple Records label that remained with the label, Badfinger enjoyed the kind of success ...             The Best of Badfinger, Vol. 27 reviews Badfinger Rhino / Wea, 1990 Tragedy and Triumph Were the Cornerstones of This Great Band Even casual fans of Badfinger have to be aware of the bittersweet story of Badfinger. After being hand-deliviered their first world-wide hit "Come and Get" it by Paul McCartney and signed to the Beatles' fledgling Apple label, Badinger seemed destined for greatness. And for a while it looked like everything they touched would turn to gold. The band followed up Magic Christian Music with No ...             Airwaves3 reviews Badfinger Wounded Bird Records, 2004 Badfinger's Comeback "Airwaves" proved that Badfinger could have gone on without Pete Ham. It featured some of the best song writing Tom Evans had done in years and reminded us of the chemistry between him and Joey Molland. Joe Tansin was also an excellent addition with his song writing and guitar playing. His songs "Sympathy" and "The Winner" sounded like Badfinger songs and featured fantastic harmonies between Tom ...             Straight Up8 reviews Badfinger Indent Series, 1996 Classic album by Badfinger Most folks know the tragic story behind Badfinger(and if you don't I'd recommend picking up Dan Matovina's book WITHOUT YOU to discover more). This doesn't detract from the terrific music the band produced during their short, but productive peak period of 1970-1974. This album, along with NO DICE and WISH YOU WERE HERE represents the band at their best--melodic, riff driven power pop(similiar in ...             Say No More6 reviews Badfinger Real Music, 2000 Badfinger........Say No More An ironic title to this last release by Tom and Joey together. This time they did what they liked to do, pull out all the stops. This was strickly high energy with the most outrageous lead guitar ever on a Badfinger release, provided by Glenn Sherba. Fantastic keyboards were also added by Tony Kaye and the great songwriting of Tom and Joey continued. If "Airwaves" didnt convince you that Tom and ...             Badfinger Badfinger Warner Brothers, 1974 SIDE ONE: I Miss You, Shine On, Love Is Easy, Song For A Lost Friend, Why Don't We Talk, Island. SIDE TWO: Matted Spam, Where Do We Go From Here?, My Heart Goes Out, Lonely You, Give It Up, Andy Norris. Paste on cover.             BBC in Concert 1972-1973 Badfinger Strange Fruit UK, 1997 1997 release from the Strange Fruit label featuring 15 standout performances from the band's happiest & most successful period of 1972-73, including the top 10 hit 'Come And Get It'. 15 tracks total.             Wish You Were Here36 reviews Badfinger Warner Bros UK, 2000 Ahead of Their Time Have never heard of Badfinger until I came across them in a ListMania section while I was browsing. What intrigued me to give this CD a try was their sad story. Clearly a superb band, way ahead of their time and with a unparalelled talent. Really sad the way it ended but ironically that's makes them more of a real gem. I'm sure I'll be exploring more of them.             Straight Up8 reviews Badfinger Dcc Compact Classics, 1995 Classic album by Badfinger Most folks know the tragic story behind Badfinger(and if you don't I'd recommend picking up Dan Matovina's book WITHOUT YOU to discover more). This doesn't detract from the terrific music the band produced during their short, but productive peak period of 1970-1974. This album, along with NO DICE and WISH YOU WERE HERE represents the band at their best--melodic, riff driven power pop(similiar in ...             Best Of Badfinger 1994: featuring Joey Molland22 reviews Badfinger Prime Cuts, 1997 Not All Bad I personally don't care if this is the original Badfinger or not. I saw Joey Molland live this year (2007) and loved it. What's wrong with him performing solo versions of his old band's songs? I say nothing, because a lot of bands do that. So to say that Joey Molland shouldn't tour with Badfinger music, does that mean that: Stu Cook and Doug Clifford shouldn't tour with original CCR ...              search for popular music 1972, 1972-1973, 1973, 1994, after, airwaves, badfinger, best, bonus, christian, concert, day, dice, featuring, first, head, here, joey, live, magic, molland, more, music, straight, tracks, very, were, wish, you popular music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Wedding Decorations on a Budget home  impressum - about us