Airwaves

Ass Ass was the last Badfinger album recorded for Apple, originally released in 1973. Parlophone/Apple.	Wish You Were Here Badfinger's 1974 studio album & second for Warner Brothers after their highly successful spell on the Apple label. Features nine tracks, including 'Got To Get Out Of Here', 'Know One Knows' and 'In The Meantime Some Other Time'.	Golders Green Badfinger mainstay Pete Ham should have become one of the 1970's brightest singer-songwriters. Instead, he became one of the decade's tragic musical footnotes. Caught in the spiraling financial turmoil spawned by the dissolution of the Beatles' Apple Records (Badfinger's label), ...	Badfinger The band's 1974 album & their first for Warner Brothers. 12 tracks, including 'I Miss You', 'Shine On' and 'Love Is Easy'.	7 Park Avenue Badfinger leader Pete Ham hanged himself in 1975 three days before his 28th birthday, leaving behind six albums, a note declaring the group's manager a "soulless bastard," and the demos collected here. Most of these songs didn't make it to Badfinger's records, a circumstance 7 Pa...
No Dice	Straight Up	Badfinger No band in rock 'n' roll has quite the hard-luck story to match that of Badfinger. Despite abundant songwriting and performing talent, a Beatles connection and critical acclaim, the band ended up penniless, with two of its members committing suicide. These two records, cut for Wa...	BBC in Concert 1972-1973	Magic Christian Music

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 and Joey. This was a very upbeat and significant release that didnt receive fair criticism then or now. Many Badfinger fans dont consider this a legit release which adds to the Badfinger tragedy. The only problem with "Airwaves" is the fact that it short, not enough songs, and yes, Mike Gibbins should have been on the album. Pete Ham's death was a tragedy but Badfinger had the talent to continue.

Badfinger's "Come-back" Album
Airwaves from 1979 was the first Badfinger album to be released without Pete Ham, who tragically committed suicide in 1975. Of course he is sadly missed on this album, which only feaures two members from Badfinger's heyday; Tom Evans and Joey Molland. After Pete's death the group disbanded and both Tom and Joey were in other bands. In 1978 they felt like reuniting and drummer Mike Gibbins were also invited to a rehearsal before these recordings took place. Unfortunately Mike quickly left again and he is consequently not playing on this album. The line-up is: Tom Evans: bass and vocals; Joey Molland: guitar and vocals; Joe Tansin: lead guitar; Ken Harck: drums; Andy Newmark: drums and Nicky Hopkins: keyboards. Ken Harck left during the recordings and he was replaced by Andy Newmark who came in to finish the album. Joe Tansin also left soon after the final recordings. Nicky Hopkins only appeared as session musician; he was never a member of the band. The trends in popular pop/rock music had changed markedly during the 5 years that had passed since the last Badfinger album, so obviously the album had to be different from their earlier albums. Producer David Malloy has often been critizised for poor production on this Badfinger album. "He had not been able to find the real Badfinger-sound". I think that's an unfair and wrong concluson. Actually a lot of the album is really good. Tom Evans' songs like "Lost Inside Your Love" and "Sail Away" are true highlights. Joey's "Love is Gonna Come at Last" is a very commercial number and it was released a single. "The Dreamer", also by Joey, is a nice ballad, and a track you may not discover the first two or three times you listen to the album. Joe Tansin wrote two songs for the album; "Sympathy" and "The Winner". "Sympathy" is too commercial for my taste, almost disco-like; "The Winner" is a rocker similar to many of Joey's songs. Tansin shows on several tracks that he's a fabulous guitarist and some of the weaker tracks are helped a lot from his guitar-playing. The playing time is rather short, so it's a shame that this reisssue version doesn't feature any of the 5 bonus tracks that were added to the 1999 CD version. Especially "Send Me Some Love", "Can You Feel The Rain" and "One More Time" were great additions.