A lot has been claimed about this album that doesn't seem to add up. It's been presented as the bands debute album, but it's not. They recorded one for Apple - "Maybe Tomorrow" - under their former name "The Iveys" prior to this and albeit withdrawn in UK that was originally released in Italy, Germany and Japan. It's also been called a soundtrack to the homonymous movie which is not entirely true either. A soundtrack had been issued before with partly different tracking on Commonwealth Records in US (CU 6004) and Pye International in UK (NSPL 28133). But as that didn't sell Apple tried to get the ball rolling again by presenting it as a Badfinger LP - this time by combining the band's three film songs with seven from "Maybe Tomorrow" and four previously unreleased recordings. So it was a jumble and as handeled at separate occations by three different producers - Paul McCartney, Tony Visconti and Mal Evans - you would expect a somewhat uneven outcome. Yet you don't get anything even reminding of that here. I hear an evenly made good power pop album, well sung with sweet guitars and a fair share of psych streaks. Not 100% in with some of the softer songs, but truly delighted by the more potent ones like the McCartney-penned "Come And Get It", further "Crimson Ship", "Midnight Sun", "I'm In Love" and "Rock Of All Ages". The stereo on this UK is wide, yet covering, and the audio lovely throughout. Good listening. Released on vinyl pretty much all over the world early seventies, also 8-track, reel and cassette. US came as a 12-track, omitting "Angelique" and "Give It A Try". Japan 2005 Apple CD (TOCP-67562) came with two bonus tracks. Premiere UK had label as shown here and fully laminated cover with very thin spine. (PÄY*) (BÄ*) (ÄPLÄ*) (ZÖNT*)
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