BBC in Concert 1972–1973

Infobox Album | Name = BBC In Concert 1972-1973
Type = Live album
Artist = Badfinger


Released = January 11, 2000
Recorded = 1972-73
Genre = Power pop
Length = ?
Label = Fuel 2000
Producer = Jeff Griffin
Reviews =

*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfuxqqjldae link]
Last album = ""
(1990)
This album = "BBC In Concert 1972-1973"
(1997)
Next album = "Head First"
(2000) |

"BBC in Concert 1972–1973" is a CD of live recordings by the group Badfinger released in 1997 by Strange Fruit Records and then re-released in 2000 by Fuel 2000 Records. The recordings were made for the BBC in 1972 and 1973, in two separate concerts at the Paris Theatre in London. The album also includes a 1970 BBC recording of Badfinger's first Top 10 hit, "Come and Get It".

History

Badfinger recorded two seven-song shows approximately 14 months apart, the first on June 8, 1972 and the second on August 10, 1973, for broadcast on the BBC.

Although these concerts were recorded at the height of Badfinger's fame, they do not feature any of the band's hits from this time such as "No Matter What", "Day After Day", "Without You" or "Baby Blue". Instead, the first concert includes covers of two Dave Mason songs, plus two songs from "No Dice" and three songs from "Straight Up". The second concert also features songs from each of these albums plus others from "Ass" and "Badfinger". The Joey Molland song "Suitcase" from "Straight Up" is played in both concerts.

The songs illustrate Badfinger's rock side, which was never really captured on any of the band's studio albums. Molland and Pete Ham dominate the recordings on lead guitars.

The last track on the CD is a live recording of the hit "Come and Get It", recorded by Badfinger in 1970 for the BBC show "Top of the Pops".

Track listing

#"Better Days" (Evans/Molland)
#"Only You Know and I Know" (Mason)
#"We're for the Dark" (Ham)
#"Sweet Tuesday Morning" (Molland)
#"Feelin' Alright" (Mason)
#"Take It All" (Ham)
#"Suitcase" (Molland)
#"Love Is Easy" (Molland)
#"Blind Owl" (Evans)
#"Constitution" (Molland)
#"Icicles" (Molland)
#"Matted Spam" (Ham)
#"Suitcase" (Molland)
#"I Can't Take It" (Ham)
#"Come and Get It" (McCartney)

Personnel

*Pete Ham: guitars, piano, vocals
*Tom Evans: bass, vocals
*Joey Molland: guitars, vocals
*Mike Gibbins: drums, vocals