Sole surviving Badfinger member Joey Molland has created a tribute to his famous band with a line-up of guests including Rick Wakeman, Rick Springfield, Ian Anderson and Todd Rundgren.
‘No Matter What – Revisiting The Hits’ features new recordings of classic Badfinger with Molland and is mates.
Molland’s Badfinger co-founders Pete Ham, Tom Evans and Mike Gibbons died in 1975, 1983 and 2005.
Badfinger were the first group signed to The Beatles’ Apple Records in 1968. They had their first hit with ‘Come and Get It’ (written by Paul McCartney) in 1970, followed by ‘No Matter What’ (written by Peter Ham) in 1970, ‘Day After Day’ (written by Ham and produced by George Harrison) in 1971 and ‘Baby Blue’ (written by Ham and produced by Todd Rundgren) in 1971.
Pete Ham also co-wrote ‘Without Love’, later a hit for Harry Nilsson. Todd Rundgren performs ‘Without You’ on this album.
TRACK LISTING
1. No Matter What feat. Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge)
2. Come And Get It feat. Rick Wakeman
3. I Don’t Mind feat. Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams)
4. Day After Day feat. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Terry Reid & Manchester String Quartet
5. Love Is Gonna Come At Last feat. Rick Springfield
6. Baby Blue feat. Matthew Sweet
7. Midnight Caller feat. The Legendary Pink Dots
8. Suitcase feat. Sonny Landreth
9. Sweet Tuesday Morning feat. Albert Lee
10. Without You feat. Todd Rundgren
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