Badfinger : Magic Christian Music (1991 Expanded Edition)

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 Magic Christian Music

 is the second 

studio album 

by the Welsh 

rock band 

Badfinger 

released on

  January 9th 1970 

on Apple Records.

 It was their

 first release

 under the

 Badfinger name

 having previously

 released the album 

Maybe Tomorrow

 in 1969 

under the name

 The Iveys. 

It includes the band's

 first international hit, 

"Come and Get It", 

written and 

produced for them

 by Paul McCartney.

Of the fourteen tracks, 

seven were 

newly recorded

 for the album

 while the remaining songs 

were recycled from 

Maybe Tomorrow, 

which had seen 

only limited release

 in a handful of

 international markets, 

including the singles 

"Maybe Tomorrow" 

and 

"Dear Angie". 

Three of the

 new tracks

 were featured in the film 

The Magic Christian, 

which also gives

 the album its title. 

However, 

Magic Christian Music 

is not an 

official soundtrack album 

For the film.

History

The film soundtrack for

The Magic Christian

 featured three new songs 

by

 Badfinger

 that had been

 commissioned for the film, 

including their

 US/UK top-10 hit 

"Come and Get It"',

 which opened the film, 

Apple combined the 

film's three 

Badfinger songs 

with four 

unreleased songs

 and seven 

older tracks 

released by the group 

when they were still known 

as the Iveys

 on the album 

Maybe Tomorrow, 

which had been

 quickly pulled off the market

 in 1969 

after having only been

 released in Germany, 

Japan

 and Italy. 

The previously released 

Iveys songs 

were specially

 re-mixed 

for this album, 

significantly improving

 their sound quality

 in the process. 

One of them, 

"Fisherman", 

was also edited

 for this release.

The three Badfinger tracks

 used in the film 

 "Come and Get It",

 "Rock of All Ages" 

and

 "Carry on Till Tomorrow" 

bear the strongest

 "Beatle connection". 

They were produced by 

Paul McCartney

 (the first was also composed by McCartney),

 and the strings on

 "Carry on Till Tomorrow" 

were arranged 

and conducted by 

Beatles producer

 George Martin.

 The other tracks

 on the album

 were produced by 

Tony Visconti 

six songs, 

including both 

Iveys singles

 and the last 

recording made, 

"Crimson Ship"

 and

 Mal Evans

 (five songs).

Badfinger's line-up

 on these tracks 

includes 

bassist/vocalist 

Ron Griffiths, 

but Evans 

doubled on bass on

 "Midnight Sun", 

"Crimson Ship" 

and

 "Rock of All Ages" 

after Griffiths

 fell ill during the sessions.

Griffiths departed 

The Iveys 

at the end of 

the McCartney sessions

 in late 1969, 

prior to the name change

 from The Iveys

 to Badfinger, 

which led to his 

exclusion from

 the credits

 and pictures 

on the album

 although Griffiths

 does appear on the

 picture sleeve for 

"Come and Get It"

Guitarist 

Joey Molland 

was eventually added as 

Griffiths' replacement, 

causing 

Tom Evans

 to move from

 guitar to bass, 

but Molland's addition

 came after 

the album art 

had been prepared, 

so only

 Pete Ham, 

Tom Evans 

and

 Mike Gibbins

 are pictured on

 the cover.

The album peaked at 

number 55

 on the US charts.

TRACKLIST

Come And Get It

Crimson Ship

Dear Angie

Fisher Man

Midnight Sun

Beautiful and Blue

Rock Of Ages

Carry On Till Tomorrow

I'm In Love

Walk Out in The Rain

Angelique

Knocking Down Our Home

Give It a Try

Maybe Tomorrow

Storm In a Teacup

Arthur

BONUS

Believe Me [*]

Midnight Caller [*]

Day After Day [*]

No Matter What [*]

Its Over [*]

Without You [*]

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