M- CLEAN ORIG 1971 ● BADFINGER ● STRAIGHT UP ● Beatles "Day After Day" POPCRAFT
Sold Date:
October 7, 2018
Start Date:
October 4, 2018
Final Price:
$48.00
(USD)
Bid Count:
13
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19029
Buyer Feedback:
222
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M- VINYL
1971 ORIGINAL APPLE RECORDS COLLECTIBLE
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BADFINGER
" STRAIGHT UP "
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USA - APPLE RECORDS - SW 3387
SUPER-CLEAN MINTY VINYL ! (see full details below)
....Original 1971 first pressing of the peak collectible album on the Apple label featuring the timeless smash hit "Day After Day" produced by George Harrison.
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The closest anyone ever came to crossing Revolver with Abbey Road:
a set of excellent, emotional, diverse pop songs with a pristine lush
production. Badfinger got criticized in their day for sounding like the
Beatles, but time has shown that emulating that sound, in your own way,
is pretty cool. In the '70's, with the former Beatles doing a somewhat
patchy job of sounding like their old band, Badfinger came the closest
of anyone. And pretty consistently, too:
Three
of Badfinger's five best songs are here, all Pete Ham compositions: the
heartstrings-tugging "Day After Day", the power-pop gem "Baby Blue",
and the soaring "Name of the Game". (The fourth is Joey Molland's "Some
Other Time", and the fifth... ah, impossible to narrow it down from so
many great tunes.) In fact, Pete could do no wrong during this period;
"Take It All" and "Perfection" are also standouts, and the diversity and
quality of his contributions here recollect Paul's Revolver songs.
Like
the Beatles, Badfinger was blessed with several great songwriters. Pete
Ham was the giant, most comparable to McCartney, but Tom Evans (bass)
and Joey Molland (guitar) were talents analogous to George Harrison, and
Mike Gibbins (drums) came up with a good song every album or so. On
this album, Joey contributes some pretty good pop/boogie songs ("I'd Die
Babe" sounds kind of like Wings from this period) and a very cool,
Allman Brothers-esque acoustic ballad, "Sweet Tuesday Morning". And Tom
has the nice medley of "Money/Flying" on side 1 and the dramatic,
foreboding "It's Over" closing out side 2. So, it's mostly Pete's show,
with a couple more excellent tracks from Joey and Tom, and several more
good ones that are a little too good to be just "filler".
It's
impossible to listen to this stuff, especially the opening and closing
tracks, without feeling the profound sadness and desperation that was
gripping the band. Blessed with abundant talent and cursed by awful
management, Badfinger got about as screwed over as you can get in the
music business; Pete and Tom ended up commiting suicide by hanging
themselves over monetary woes. You can hear this in their music, much of
which sounds like a call for help. Despite or because of the pressures
Badfinger faced, they came up with one of the best bodies of pop from
the early '70's. The "Straight Up" album, their shining star...
Take It All
4:25
Baby Blue
3:38
Money
3:31
Flying
2:37
I'd Die Babe
2:05
Name of the Game
5:49
B:
Suitcase
2:53
Sweet Tuesday Morning
2:31
Day After Day
3:02
Sometimes
2:57
Perfection
5:10
CONDITION: The Cover: Rated: near "EX" (excellent) no more than a tiny (very small) bit of contact wear was starting and contained...Very SOLID all over, hard to this find clean with the dark cover so prone to wear from 47 years ago. NO split seams, no bends, no writing, no delete marks.
The Vinyl: is all glossy and clean on both sides, rated: M- expect LP to play with enjoyable MINT-CLEAN audio. CLEAN Apple labels too....
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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