Badfinger

 

Artist:   Badfinger

Origin:  Origin:  Swansea, Wales
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary 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, Piano
Tom Evans:  Vocals, Bass
Joey Molland:  Vocals, Guitar
Mike Gibbins:  Vocals, Drums

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.

Title:   No Matter What - Revisiting The Hits  (2021)

Genre:  Rock, Power Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop

Label:  Cleopatra Records

Rating:    *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  No Matter What (feat. Mark Stein)  (3:02)

 2.  Come & Get It (feat. Rick Wakeman)  (2:26)

 3.  I Don't Mind (feat. The Buckinghams & Carl Glammarese) (3:04)

 4.  Day After Day (feat. Ian Anderson & Terry Reid, Manchester String Quartet)  (3:16)

 5.  Love Is Gonna Come At Last (feat. Rick Springfield)  (3:39)

 6.  Baby Blue (feat. Matthew Sweet)  (3:40)

 7.  Midnight Caller (feat. The Legendary Pink Dots)  (2:52)

 8.  Suitcase (feat. Sonny Landreth)  (2:52)

 9.  Sweet Tuesday Morning (feat. Albert Lee)  (2:35)

10. Without You (feat. Todd Rundgren)  (4:41)

Format:   LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  No Matter What (feat. Mark Stein)  (3:02)

 2.  Come & Get It (feat. Rick Wakeman)  (2:26)

 3.  I Don't Mind (feat. The Buckinghams & Carl Glammarese) (3:04)

 4.  Day After Day (feat. Ian Anderson & Terry Reid, Manchester String Quartet)  (3:16)

 5.  Love Is Gonna Come At Last (feat. Rick Springfield)  (3:39)

Side B:

 1.  Baby Blue (feat. Matthew Sweet)  (3:40)

 2.  Midnight Caller (feat. The Legendary Pink Dots)  (2:52)

 3.  Suitcase (feat. Sonny Landreth)  (2:52)

 4.  Sweet Tuesday Morning (feat. Albert Lee)  (2:35)

 5.  Without You (feat. Todd Rundgren)  (4:41)

Personnel:

Badfinger:

Joey Molland:  Vocals, Bass

Jurgen Engler:  Guitars

Adam Hamilton:  Drums

Special Guest Superstars:

Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge):  Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards on Track 1

Rick Wakeman (Ex Yes):  Piano on Track 2

Carl Glammarese (The Buckinghams):  Guitar, Vocals on Track 3

Terry Reid:  Guitar, Backing Vocals on Track 4

Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull):  Flute on Track 4

Manchester String Quartet:  All String Instruments on Track 4

Rick Springfield:  Guitar, Vocals on Track 5

Matthew Sweet:  Guitar, Backing Vocals on Track 6

The Legendary Pink Dots:  on Track 7

Edward Ka-Spel:  Keyboards on Track 7

Sonny Landreth;  Sldie Guitar on Track 8

Alber Lee:  Guitar on Track 9

Todd Rundren (Ex The Nazz, Utopia):  Guitar, Vocals

No Matter What - Revisiting The Hits is the tribute album by Badfinger, released on march 26, 2021 by Cleopatra Records, featuring Special Guest Superstars:  Ian Anderson (Flute from Jethro Tull), Rick Wakeman (Keyboards Ex Yes), Todd Rundgren (Guitar Ex The Nazz, Utopia), Albert Lee (Guitar), Sonny Landreth (Slide Guitar), Matthew Sweet, Rick Springfield, Mark Stein (Keyboards from Vanilla Fudge), Carl Glammarese (Guitar from The Buckinghams), and more!.