Monday, June 13, 2011

Badfinger




Artist:  Badfinger
Origin:  UK Group formed 1960
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop

Original line-up:

Pete Ham:       Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards 
Mike Gibbons: Drums
Tom Evans:     Vocals, Bass
Ron Griffiths:   Guitar, (later replaced by Joey Molland)

Classic line-up:

Pete Ham:       Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards 
Mike Gibbons: Drums
Tom Evans:     Vocals, Bass
Joey Molland:  Guitar
               
                                               
Title:  No Dice (1970)
Label:   Apple
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop
Rating:  *****


Tracks:

 1.  I Can't Take It  (2:55)
 2.  I Don't Mind  (3:13)
 3.  Love Me Do  (2:59)
 4.  Midnight Caller  (2:48)
 5.  No Matter What  (3:00)
 6.  Without You  (4:43)
 7.  Blodwyn  (3:26)
 8.  Better Days  (3:59)
 9.  It had To Be Me  (2:27)
10. Watford John  (3:23)
11. Believe Me  (3:00)
12: We're for the Dark  (4:02)

Personnel:

Pete Ham:       Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards 
Mike Gibbons: Drums
Tom Evans:     Vocals, Bass
Joey Molland:  Guitar






Badfinger formed in 1960, sound like early British Invasion comparison with The Beatles, play Power Pop and Painful Rock  Ballad, the first hit  "Come and Get It: composed by Paul McCartney from soundtrack album called "The Magic Christian"(1969).


Badfinger's second album "No Dice" with many classic hits:  "
No Matter What" and Grammy Award Winning "Without You",  made famous by Harry Nilsson, and later Mariah Carey, "I Can't Take It", "Midnight Caller"-A Lovely Ballad Song by Pete Ham.





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