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This column includes any news on upcoming album/single
releases of Badfinger.
Badfinger's Warner Brothers Albums Reissued by Collector's Choice Music
On June 19, 2007, Collector's Choice Music reissued Badfinger's two Warner Brothers albums 'Badfinger' and 'Wish
You Were Here'. These albums were recorded in 1974 for Warner Brothers after the band left Apple Records. Previously,
the albums were only available on CD in Germany and could be aquired through import. Now, Collector's Choice Music has
remastered and released these albums for the first time in the United States on CD. The sound of the albums is incredible,
sounding much clearer and sharper than the original German CD releases.
An Apple A Day: More Pop Psych Sounds From The Apple Era 1968-1970 Released
A 22 track CD featuring 4 unrelased tracks by the The
Iveys was released on April 10, 2006 in the U.K. and on April 25, 2006 in the U.S. on the RPM (Cherry
Red) label. The CD includes tracks from the Apple Publishing vaults by such artists as Denis Couldry and Gallagher
& Lyle.
Tracks by the Iveys include the following:
Black & White Rainbows
The Girl Next Door In The Mini-Skirt
Tomorrow's Today
Mr. Strangeways
The album can be ordered through Amazon.com, as well as many other online stores.
-- posted 6/21/06
Day After Day Live CD Reissued
Day After Day, the live Badfinger album released in 1990 by Rykodisc, was reissued on May 10, 2005 by the
label after being out of print for many years. The album documents the famed 1974 Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio,
and features the original band line-up. As a warning, this is the same album that was remixed and partially re-recorded
by Joey Molland before its release. Overall, it is still a great album for any Badfinger fan to own because of the history
behind the concert. For more information on the remixing and the ensuing lawsuit, visit the links page to access a summary
of the lawsuit.
Day After Day Live CD can be purchased at Amazon.com.
-- posted 4/26/05, updated 8/25/07
Airwaves Reissued on CD
The Badfinger album Airwaves has been reissued on CD by Wounded Bird Records. The album, originally released
in 1979 by Elektra Records, was previously reissued on CD in 1999 by Permanent Press Records. The Permanent Press release
contained five bonus tracks, which are not included on the new Wounded Bird release. The CD was released on September
21, 2004 and can be order through Amazon.com, as well as many other online stores.
-- posted 9/21/04
Maybe Tomorrow and Ass Reissued on CD
The Iveys only album, Maybe Tomorrow, and Badfinger's last
Apple album, Ass, have been reissued on CD. Maybe Tomorrow was the 1968 album by the Iveys that was not released in
the United States and only in select countries in Europe. In 1991, Apple issued the album for the first time in the
United States, remasted on CD. Soon afterward, it was pulled from shelves. Copies continued to be exchanged on
the internet through systems like Ebay, but with a hefty price due to scarcity. Ass was Badfinger's farwell album on
Apple in 1973, when it was released for it's first and only time in the United States. The album did not see the light
of day again until 1996, when it was reissued on CD in England and Japan, but not in America. For years, Badfinger fans
urged Apple to finish the reissue series with the classic album. Now, for the first time since 1996, the album has been
re-released in England, available for import into the United States. Before this, finding a legitimate Apple copy could
cost upwards of fifty dollars on Ebay. Both of the CDs are available through Amazon.com, with links posted
below. What great news for Badfinger fans!
-- posted 5/18/04, updated 8/25/07
94 Baker Street: The Pop Psych Sounds Of The Apple
Era 1967-1969 Released
An 18 track CD featuring 5 unrelased tracks by the The Iveys
was released on October 6, 2003 in the U.K. and on November 4, 2003 in the U.S. on the RPM (Cherry Red) label.
The CD includes tracks from the Apple Publishing vaults by such artists as Focal Point and Grapefruit.
Tracks by the Iveys include the following:
I'm Too Shy
Maybe Tomorrow (Demo)
Tube Train
She Came Out Of The Cold
I've Been There Once Before
The album can be ordered through Amazon.com, as well as many other online stores.
-- posted 10/24/03, updated 6/21/06
Head First Released
Head First, the last album recorded before Pete Ham's
suicide, was released by Snapper Music on November 14, 2000 in America and Novemeber 6 in the U.K. The album was
recorded in 1975 for Warner Brothers, but was never released due to management problems and Pete Ham's suicide. The master
tapes were lost in the late 1970's, but drummer Mike Gibbins had kept a tape copy of the rough mixes which were used
to make this CD. This 2 CD set includes the complete album along with unreleased demos.
Unfortunately, Head First has gone out of print, but copies are still turning up on ebay.com.
-- updated 8/25/07
The Very Best Of Badfinger Released
On September 12, 2000, Apple/Capitol records released
"The Very Best Of Badfinger." All 19 tracks on the album have been remasted. For the first time, songs from both
Badfinger's Apple and Warner Brothers records appear on the same album. This album takes the place of "The Best Of Badfinger"
album that was released by Apple records in 1995.
This album can be ordered through Amazon.com, as well as many other online stores.
-- updated 8/25/07
Special thanks to Tom Brennan for this photo.
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