Badfinger/Wish You Were Here/In
Concert At The BBC, 1972-73
compiled by Tom Brennan
last update: October 27, 2013
BADFINGER/WISH YOU WERE HERE/IN CONCERT
AT THE BBC, 1972-73
June 8, 1972-July, 1974
Paris Theatre (BBC In Concert), Olympic Studios,
Caribou Ranch, and AIR Studios, London
Chris Thomas (WB albums), Jeff Griffin (BBC In Concert)
U.K. release on October 28, 2013 on Rhino/Edsel EDSK
7036
U.S. release on November 5, 2013 on Rhino/Edsel EDSK 7036 (U.K.
import)
[booklet
pages 4-5 (credits/lyrics) | booklet
pages 16-17 (essay)]
Review
(by Tom Brennan, October 27, 2013):
With this two-CD set reissue, which includes Badfinger's two Warner
Brothers albums, all of the official Badfinger albums with Pete Ham
are currently available on CD. (The Apple albums were reissued in
2010).
Disc 1 contains both albums Badfinger released originally in 1974
for Warner Brothers. Disc 2 is a reissue of Strange Fruit's 1997 CD
release, "BBC In Concert 1972-3," however, track 15 (Come
And Get It) has been omitted.
This reissue doesn't include any of the photos from the Strange
Fruit release. Neither are there any rare bonus tracks added. As for
the sound quality, these sound no better than previous releases, and
sadly lack any new remastering. The packaging is just okay (with a
lack of any previously unseen photos of the band). It includes a
long, detailed essay by Alan Robinson that is well-written, with
several interesting facts and quotes about the recording of the
albums from Dan Matovina's book, "Without You: The Tragic Story of
Badfinger." Unfortunately, Matovina's name is mis-spelled in the
credits and the essay.
A number of typos are in the essay too, and a few grammatical errors
additionally spoil it to some degree. The publishing credits are a
mess (obviously not well researched) with Tom Evans' songs being
credited to different publishers, as one example. The lyrics in the
booklet are drastically incomplete and full of errors (especially on
Give It Up). The bottom line with this release is
unless you already don't own a copy of these on CD, you might want
to pass on this one, although the convenience of two albums on one
CD is nice.
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