Badfinger/Maine, USA 1970

The great thing about the taper Joe Maloney is that he has been recording Odins since 1970. It’s true that the younger artists Mike Millard and Dan Lampinski are better in terms of sound quality, but the accomplishment of recording the stages of famous artists in America nearly five years before them is immeasurable. There are things I don’t know. Badfinger also benefited from his recording efforts, with some great recordings left from their first American tour in 1970. Maroney recorded Badfinger’s stage performance at a show in Portland on November 7th. In fact, their live sound source does not exist outside of the BBC before the American tour, and his recording is of high historical value as it is the second sound source from the American tour. Besides, the sound quality is surprisingly good. This is also a feature of the Maroney sound source, and it is highly valuable in that it has an easy-to-listen sound quality and contains almost a full set of Badfinger’s live stage (including a cut due to a tape change in “Feelin’ Alright”). . Since it is such a valuable sound source, it has been released in the past, but it had the disadvantage that the pitch was still out of order at the time Maroney released it on the internet. Therefore, this time we carefully adjusted the pitch, which had been gradually changing. This is a high quality item that records Badfinger’s earliest live sound sources in their best condition. Of course, the content is also extremely valuable. During this American tour, George Harrison accompanied them from the middle, and Apple put a lot of effort into promotion to ensure the group’s success in the United States, and at the end of the tour, they even left a soundboard connected directly to the table. Ta. However, the big hit song that wasn’t included was “Come And Get It.” Because this song requires a piano, it was performed only at the venue where it was located, and the Portland venue where Maloney recorded it probably had a piano installed. The live sound source of the same song, which was written by Paul McCartney and became Badfinger’s breakthrough work, is also rare, and it can only be said that it is lucky that it was recorded in high quality by Maroney. Compared to the 1972 Granada TV, the highest quality video of which will be released on DVD this time, the live performance as a whole is attractive in that it still has a live sound that retains the pop of the late 1960s rather than the hard rock style. Moreover, since it was released just after the release of the group’s masterpiece “NO DICE”, it is also attractive that many songs from that album are featured, such as “I Don’t Mind” and “Blodwyn”. The show opened with a cover of Steve Miller’s “My Dark Hour,” which was a fresh yet pop-like early Badfinger sound that was different from the band’s live sound seen on this DVD in 1972, when they were perfected. This is a superb item that allows you to enjoy a live performance filled with excitement at an accurate pitch. Gymnasium, University of Maine, Portland, Maine, USA 7th November 1970 (50:49) 1. Introduction 2. My Dark Hour 3. Midnight Sun 4. Better Days 5. I Don’t Mind 6. Blodwyn 7. We’re For The Dark 8. Feelin’ Alright 9. I Can’t Take It 10. No Matter What 11. Come And Get It 12. Love Me Do/Lucille/Rip It Up/Long Tall Sally