Badfinger - Airwaves [2014][Japan Mini LP SHM-CD]




01. Airwaves  
02. Look Out California  
03. Lost Inside Your Love  
04. Love Is Gonna Come At Last
05. Sympathy
06. The Winner  
07. The Dreamer  
08. Come Down Hard  
09. Sail Away 
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Badfinger were a British rock band that originally consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans and Ron Griffiths. The band evolved from an earlier group called The Iveys that was formed in 1961 by Ham, Ron Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales. They were signed by the Beatles' Apple label in 1968 as The Iveys. In 1969, Griffiths left and was replaced by Joey Molland, and the band renamed itself Badfinger. In 1970, the band engaged American businessman Stan Polley to manage their commercial affairs. Over the next five years the band recorded several albums for Apple and toured extensively, before they became embroiled in the chaos of Apple Records' dissolution.

Badfinger had four consecutive worldwide hits from 1970 to 1972: "Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), "No Matter What", "Day After Day" (produced by George Harrison) and "Baby Blue". In 2013, "Baby Blue" made a resurgence onto the "Hot Rock Songs" Billboard 100 chart at number 14, due to its featuring at the end of the series finale of the hit TV show Breaking Bad. Their song "Without You" has been covered many times, including a Billboard number one hit for Harry Nilsson.

They signed to Warner Bros., but Polley's financial machinations resulted in a lawsuit by Warner over missing escrow account money. Warner's consequent withdrawal from market of the 1974 album, Wish You Were Here (seven weeks after its release), cut off the band's income. Three days before his 28th birthday, on 24 April 1975, Ham committed suicide by hanging himself, leaving a note that included damning comments about Polley.

Over the next three years, surviving members struggled to rebuild their personal and professional lives against a backdrop of lawsuits. The albums Airwaves (1978) and Say No More (1981) floundered, as Molland and Evans see-sawed between co-operation and struggle in attempts to revive and capitalise on the Badfinger legacy. Having seen Ham's body after Ham's wife had called him, Evans reportedly never got over his friend's suicide, and was quoted as saying in darker moments, "I wanna be where he is." On 19 November 1983, Evans also took his own life by hanging.
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Airwaves is an album released by British rock band Badfinger in 1979 on the Elektra label (a sister label to Warner Bros. Records, their previous label), the seventh album released that was credited to Badfinger. Anticipated as a comeback album for the group at the time, expectations were not quite realized, as the "group" now consisted of just the duo of Tom Evans and Joey Molland, accompanied by guitarist Joe Tansin and various session musicians.
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Personnel And Credits:
As listed in liner notes of 1999 re-issue.

1."Airwaves" Words and music: Joey Molland and Tom Evans
Lead vocal: Tom Evans
Acoustic guitar: Joey Molland
Leg, hands and feet: Peter Clark

2."Look Out California" Words and music: Tom Evans
Lead vocal: Tom Evans
Harmonies: Tom Evans and David Malloy
Guitars: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Bass: Tom Evans
Drums: Ken Harck
Synthesizer: Duane Hitchings

3."Lost Inside Your Love" Words and music: Tom Evans
Lead vocal: Tom Evans
Harmonies: Tom Evans, Joe Tansin and Joey Molland
Guitars: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Bass: Tom Evans
Acoustic piano: Nicky Hopkins
Drums: Andy Newmark

4."Love is Gonna Come at Last" Words and music: Joey Molland
Lead vocal: Joey Molland
Harmonies: Joey Molland, Tom Evans and Joe Tansin
Guitars: Joey Molland
Percussion: Steve Foreman

5."Sympathy" Words and music: Joe Tansin
Lead vocal: Tom Evans
Harmonies: Joey Molland and Tom Evans
Guitars: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Bass: Tom Evans
Electric piano: Joey Molland
Percussion: Steve Foreman
Drums: Ken Harck

6."The Winner" Words and music: Joe Tansin
Lead vocal: Joey Molland and Tom Evans
Harmonies: Joey Molland, Joe Tansin and Tom Evans
Middle eight vocal: Joe Tansin and Tom Evans
Lead guitar: Joe Tansin
Bass: Tom Evans
Acoustic piano and Synthesizer: Duane Hitchings
Drums: Steve Foreman

7."The Dreamer" Words and music: Joey Molland
Lead vocal: Joey Molland
Harmonies: Joey Molland and Tom Evans
Guitar: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Lead guitar: Joe Tansin
Bass: Tom Evans
Piano and Hammond organ: Nicky Hopkins
Percussion: Steve Foreman

8."Come Down Hard" Words and music: Joey Molland
Lead vocal: Joey Molland
Guitar: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Lead guitar: Joe Tansin
Bass: Tom Evans
Drums: Andy Newmark

9."Sail Away" Words and music: Tom Evans
Lead vocal and Harmonies: Tom Evans
Acoustic piano: Nicky Hopkins
String arrangement: David Campbell

10."One More Time" Words and music: Joe Tansin
Lead vocal: Joe Tansin
Harmonies: Joe Tansin and Tom Evans
Guitars: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Lead guitar: Joey Molland
Cardboard box: Ken Harck
Cricket noise: cricket

11."Send Me Your Love" Words and music: Joe Tansin
Lead vocals, guitar and keys: Joe Tansin

12."Steal My Heart" Words and music: Joe Tansin
Lead vocal: Joe Tansin
Guitars and keys: Joe Tansin
Tom Toms: Ken Harck
Saxophone: Barry Sperti

13."Love Can't Hide" Words and music: Joey Molland and Joe Tansin
Lead vocal: Joey Molland
Guitar: Joey Molland
Bass: Tom Lecher
Piano: Harry Pulver, Jr.
Drums: Bob Millea

14."Can You Feel the Rain" Words and music: Joe Tansin
Lead vocal: Joe Tansin
Backing vocals: Dean Ford and Joe Tansin
Slide guitar: Rick Salon
Acoustic guitar: Joe Tansin
Piano: Scott Greer
Mandolin: Joe Tansin