NEW
BADFINGER ALBUM OUT 6th November 2000!!
Snapper Music are proud to present the forthcoming release of....
"Head First" - Double CD
The Final Badfinger Studio Album with Pete Ham
Release Date: 6th November 2000.
"Head First" - the
final studio album by Badfinger before vocalist/guitarist Pete Ham's suicide
on April 24th 1975 - is certainly one of the most legendary unreleased albums
in rock history. For more than two decades Badfinger fans have waited for this
album to be issued. Finally, twenty-five years after it was recorded, this
long-lost album can take its rightful place alongside such Badfinger classics
as "No Dice." "Straight Up" and "Wish You Were
Here."
Badfinger were one of the finest English rock bands of the seventies.
Discovered by The Beatles' Apple Records label in 1968, Badfinger worked
extensively with former Beatle George Harrison and scored a string of sublime
power pop hits that included the Paul McCartney-written "Come and Get
It,", plus "No Matter What," "Baby Blue" and their
gold selling, "Day After Day". "Head First" was originally
recorded for Warner Brothers as their first album after the departure of
guitarist/vocalist Joey Molland and, with the addition of new
vocalist/keyboardist Bob Jackson, headed the move towards a heavier sound.
Crushing management related business problems (the manager had made off with
the advance) and ongoing litigation made it impossible for Warner Brothers to
release the album.
Any hope that "Head First" would be issued finally faded on the
morning of April 24, 1975. After months of band negotiations, and the trust in
their long term manager finally dissolved, Pete Ham took his own life at the
tender age of 27. After the master tapes of the album disappeared in the late
seventies, it looked as if "Head First" was lost forever.
Fortunately, Badfinger's Bob Jackson had kept a copy, which was remastered and
used to produce this new CD.
"Head First" will be released in 2CD format, featuring the complete
10 track album and a second, bonus CD featuring never heard Demo's by the
group members. The album was produced by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise,
producers of the early Kiss albums. While it is uncertain if any of the tragic
events to come would have been averted had "Head First" been
released as planned in 1975, it's clear that this fine album has remained
unheard for far too long.
But better late than never, and now - for one last time - you have the chance
to hear an all-new album by Badfinger and remember the days when this
remarkable group was making some of the finest power pop and rock ever
recorded. (taken from Snapper Music)
http://www.snappermusic.com/badfinger/
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