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BBC in Concert 1972-1973

Live

Badfinger Format: Audio CD

Track Listings

1 Better Days
2 Only You Know And I Know
3 We're For The Dark
4 Sweet Tuesday Morning
5 Feelin' Alright
6 Take It All
7 Suitcase
8 Love Is Easy
9 Blind Owl
10 Constitution
11 Icicles
12 Matted Spam
13 Suitcase
14 I Can't Take It
15 Come And Get It

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches; 1.6 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Varese Sarabande
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2000
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 17, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Varese Sarabande
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00003XABX
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Leo Hott
5.0 out of 5 stars Badfinger turns " Power Pop" into " Hard Rock" in Concert !!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2017
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I have always loved the B.B.C. Live recordings because the average B.B.C. Live recordings were done inside a studio at the radio station through a top quality soundboard & what generally would be the result was the best of both worlds, especially from bands that grew up listening to this radio show !!! What I mean by the best of both worlds was you had the clarity of a top quality soundboard recording with all the excitement & energy of a live show!!! However this C.D. is not recorded from the radio studio but was recorded from three different live performances!!! Two are taken from show's played at the Paris Theater in London & the last song on this C.D. " Come & Get It" was from Top of the Pop's. Badfinger is often called " Power Pop' , but if you listen to the music on this C.D. there is no denying Badfinger played " Hard Rock" at their Live Shows!!! This is a great collection of song's that showcase the incredible talent that all four member's of Badfinger had!!! Pete Ham is mostly remembered for being the head song writer for Badfinger & his talent as a guitarist is to often overlooked! But consider this when George Harrison looked for help with guitar skill's in the studio it was from the likes of Eric Clapton until George met Pete Ham who not only joined George Harrison along with the rest of the members of Badfinger for The Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison also asked Pete Ham to play guitar on Georges album's " All things must Pass" & " Living in the Material World"!!! Pete Ham was not a good guitarist he was a great guitarist & it's all captured here on this C.D. for you to hear!!! Unfortunatley Stan Polley ( Badfinger's Manager) ruined Badfingers career when he robbed them & told the recording company Warner that Badfinger failed to honor their contractual agreement!!! This is a utterly insane lie because Badfinger had recorded four album's worth of material during the time they were with Warner in 1974 !!! It was Stan Polley's threats of lawsuits and lie's that deterred Warner properly promoting Badfinger & effectively stopping any other high profile label from taking a interest in the band that had millions of dollars of ongoing litigation, lawsuit's & potential debt hanging over Badfingers heads!!! So not only did thief extraordinaire Stan Polley ruin Badfinger's career at the time he also tied up their music for decades!!! This obviously hurt the band but it also hurt Badfingers fans I don't even think any of Badfingers music was put out on Cassettes!!! This basically stopped two decades worth of potential new fans from hearing a true Badfinger album/Cassette/ C.D. !!! I could go on & on about Badfingers ill fated career, but your probably more interested in this C.D. !!! Well it is not the greatest live recordings I have ever heard but it is certainly worth hearing or having to put in your Rock & Roll Library's & it is a must have for avid fans of Badfinger!!! I am a big Badfinger fan & incourage any lover of classic Rock & Roll to give them a listen before their music gets tied up in litigation or becomes to expensive to purchase. I can honestly say I have never heard a Badfinger or Ivey's album/ C.D. I didn't like or feel it had much to offer in any Rock & Roll collection!!! The Iveys were Badfinger's pre- Apple record's name.
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Joseph A. Kengor
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD LIVE ALBUM
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2000
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The true test of a band is how they come off during a live performance. Judging by this historical disc, Badfinger was a good live band. On their studio recordings, their performances were polished and well-rehearsed; live, the songs are still melodic, but there is more power and grit, qualities that the studio producer softened to gain radio play. This disc shows Badfinger jamming, the wailing guitar solos extending songs- listen to the long renditions of the two Dave Mason tunes- and hear a "singles" band really boogie! The sound is very good quality. This disc will take a place of honor next to my copies of STRAIGHT UP and NO DICE. At one time, I owned all of their vinyl releases up to the time of Pete Hamm"s unfortunate demise, and I'm sorry I sold them. Many folks treated this band lightly- they were not lightweights, as this live disc proves.
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James Douglas
5.0 out of 5 stars a big hand for bad finger
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2018
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Badfinger is one of those bands on my list of bands that shoulda made it big. From the time they were signed to the Beatles Apple label they were churning out hits for several years before they slipped into mediocrity and then disappeared. due to bad management they barely saw a dime and then its 2 principle songwriters committed suicide. Tragic end to a band that had the right mixture of pop sensibility and hard hard rock as well as spot on vocals. If youre not a Badfinger fan then this live outing is a bad place to start. Youre probably better suited to start with No Dice of the Magic Christian soundtrack. However if you want a stripped down no effects or overdubs then this recording is exactly what the doctor ordered. When you here the harmony vocals it sounds like they are having trouble hearing one another but at the same time everyone hits their notes. The guitar solos show that although Badfinger is better known for getting some of its songs on the top 10 list they could rock out as raw & heavy with the best of them. No gimmicks and no greatest hits here, just a damn good band showing they were so much more than a studio band from Apple Records. For Badfinger completists only.
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Barbara May
5.0 out of 5 stars Good transaction. Sealed. Fast shipping.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021
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Happy to receive this. Getting as much Badfinger as possible from 1969-1974 and this one is excellent. Seller also excellent.
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Pat Lamorgese
4.0 out of 5 stars More of a Rocker
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2008
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Badfinger was a great band that was the first signed to Apple records (James Taylor was the first artist). Known for their pop hits ("Day After Day", "Baby Blue", "No Matter What") that are omitted from this release, and "Come and Get It" (written by Paul that is included here) they display a harder rocking style than one might expect. It is of particular interest that they chose to include two Dave Mason tunes. I would recommend this one. Makes you appreciate their harder side.
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james ahlgrim
5.0 out of 5 stars good enough
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022
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Bootleg. Not sellers fault
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Aphelion
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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Gets better with every listen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars No frills performance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2021
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Highlights a band playing for the songs and each other. A reminder that it is the songs and the dedication of the players that drew me into music.
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Lutz Hagestedt
5.0 out of 5 stars Badfinger - Bbc In Concert 1972-1973
Reviewed in Germany on December 31, 2012
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Bbc In Concert 1972-1973. Wegen Ham gekauft, der den Freitod wählte. Seine letzte Arbeit mit Badfinger ("Head First") blieb lange unveröffentlicht.
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Ms Stephanie Layne.
4.0 out of 5 stars Badfinger, the BBC concerts 1972-73.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2020
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A cracking CD of 15 live tracks recorded at the BBC concerts in 1972 and 1973.
Tracks 1-7, recorded at the Paris Theatre, London on 8 June 1972.
Tracks 8-14, recorded at the Paris Theatre, London on 10 August 1973.
Track 15, recorded at Top of the Pops in 1970.
There is not a duff track on the album, great music from a band that should of had more success, but, they were ripped off and treated really badly by the sharks in the music business.
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rew1965
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny. Thankyou
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2015
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Amazing sound quality
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