The Badfinger Diary

The Iveys debut "Maybe Tomorrow", produced by Toni Visconti, is released.

Proposed "Maybe Tomorrow" is withdrawn from UK and US release schedule, while "No Escaping Your Love" is a Europe-only issue.

Come And Get It hits UK #4 taken from parent album Magic Christian Music, which incorparates cuts from Maybe Tomorrow.

No Matter What hits US# 8 as No Dice Reaches US # 28

Ass is the groups final Apple release, making US # 122.

Now signed to Warner Bros Badfinger releases an album simply called Badfinger produced by Chris Thomas stalls at US # 161. After the label discovering that a $600.000 advance which had been placed into an escrow account has disappered, withdraws all copies from stores and intiates a lawsuit agains Badfinger Enterprises(the groups business manager, Stan Polley, will be accused,amid much rancour, of mishandling their affairs.) Facing a forthcoming US tour Ham quits and is replaced by Bob Jackson, only to rejoin a few days later.

Wish You Were Here released during US tour makes US # 148. Frustration over management and financial problems sees Molland leave at the end of UK tour supported by Man.

Gibbins moves back to Wales(years later he will reappear on ,playing drums on Bonnie Tyler hit It's A Heartache), Molland forms Blue Goose, then Natural Gas,releasing a eponymously-titled album and opening for Peter Frampton at the height of his Frampton Comes Alive! succes.

Evans and Jackson joins Dodgers, releasing a handful of singles.

Molland laying carpets in Los Angeles CA, and Evans, insulating pipes in the UK re-form Badfinger, with Joe Tansin on Guitar and Kenny Harck on drums, and sign to Elektra Records to record Airwaves. Andy Newmark replaces Harck midway through the sesions, by the time the project is finished Tansin has also left. When the album is released Molland and Evans are the only credited band members.

Molland releases his first solo-album After The Pearl

Edsel Records releases the first ever Badfinger CD and compilation Shine On featuring great tracks from the two Warner Brothers albums. A new growing interest in Badfinger has started.

While Molland and Gibbins still undertakes occasional US tours, Rhino releases Best of Badfinger Vol. 2. comprising Warner material and 4 great tracks from the unreleased "Head First" album. The liner notes written by Dan Matovina

Rykodisc issues Day After Day., a live album of a 1974 concert in Cleveland, which unfortunately is somewhat ruined by some very poorly done overdubs.

Apple begins their reissue series with "The Magic Christian" featuring 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Rykodisc releases a Molland solo album The Pilgrim in June 1992. Apple continues their rereleases with "Maybe Tomorrow" and "No Dice" with 4 and 5 bonus tracks.

Apple rereleases "Straight Up" with 6 bonus tracks.

The first Apple compilation The Best of Badfinger is released.

The last Apple record "Ass" is rereleased with only one bonus track. Some unreleased recordings were dropped in the last minute; among them Pete Ham's "Piano Red".

Two Joey Molland CD's are released this year. One is a CD called The Best of Badfinger Featuring Joey Molland. This CD features uninspired and poorly produced redoings of old Badfinger material.

A Joey Molland Mini-CD called Timeless is also released.

This is a great year for Badfinger fans. Dan Matovina releases the Pete Ham demos collection 7 Park Avenue. The album receives overwhelmingly positive reviews all over the world.

BBC live-recordings from 1972-73 are released on a Strange Fruit album called BBC In Concert 1972-73

Late this year Mike Gibbins releases his first solo album A Place In Time on Forbidden Records.

The long awaited Dan Matovina Badfinger biography Without You - The Tragic Story of Badfinger is issued. The book gets extremely positive reviews all around. In 1998 the book is chosen as no. 2 rock-literature issue of the year. A bonus CD with the first 1000 copies of this book features the previously unreleased Badfinger recording "I Won't Forget You" along with some Pete Ham and Tom Evans demos.

A collection of Joey Molland home/demos recordings Basilis released on the Independent Artists label.

Finally Badfinger's Airwaves album is released on CD. The releases features 5 bonus-tracks, one of them "One More Time" is great outtake from the original recordings; the others are later recordings by Joe Tansin and Joey Molland.

The long awaited second collection of Pete Ham demos Golders Green is released in July. This release receives almost equally positive reviews as "7 Park Avenue". This year VH1 is working on a Badfinger portrait which has already been scheduled for airplay several times. Hopefully it will be ready by the end of 1999 or the beginning of 2000.

The master tapes for the unreleased Badfinger album "Head First" which were thought to have been lost are rediscovered at Warner Brothers. Rumors of a license deal with Rhino Records remain unconfirmed, but it seems probable that this great album, featuring the last Pete Ham Badfinger recordings, finally may see the light of day on a regular CD releases in near future.

"7 Park Avenue" is rerelased in Japan with some of the tracks remastered.

In summer 2000 Matovina´s Badfinger Biograhy Second Edition. Some very interstings additions have been made and a very interesting Bonus CD featuring many great demos by Pete Ham, Tom Evans and The Iveys. The highlights on the CD are Tom Evans´"Over You" and "Mr Manger" from the still unreleased "Head First".

Late this year two essential Badfinger releases see the light of Day.The Very Best of Badfinger featuring both Warner and Apple tracks and finally Head First released by the British company "Snapper". Unfortunately this CD was not made from the original master-tapes, but from Bob Jackson´s 4-track copy. The sound is great though and demos from all Badfinger members are added as bonus.

The VH1 on Badfinger finally airs and for some months all Badfinger releases sell very well, according to the ratings on Amazon. Especially the two recent releases "The Very Best of" and "Head First"

Mike Gibbin´s second album More Annoying Songs is released in Exile Records.

The long awaited third solo album by Joe Molland This Way Up is finally released. Most Molland fans agree that it´s his best so far. Molland´s own company Independent Artist puts out the release. To promote the album Molland also makes a video for one of the strongest tracks "Isn´t it a Dream".

Mike Gibbins makes a charity CD single for the victims of September 11 and prepares a rerelease of his first album "A Place in Rime" featuring two new tracks.

The remastered reissue of Mike Gibbins´ first album is released

Mike Gibbins releases "Badfinger Live Indiana 1983 DBA-BFA" on Exile Music

Mike Gibbins also releases his third solo album "Archeology" on Exile Music

A 18-track CD "94 Baker Street"from the vaults of Apple Publishing featuring 5 previously unreleased rare recordings by The Iveys is released on October 6, on the RPM (Cherry Red) label (RPM270).

Mike Gibbins releases his fourth album "In the Meantime" on Exile Music

Joey Molands records a new Christmas song, available for mp3 download from www.joeymolland.com starting in December 2004. The title is "The King Of Kings"

Badfinger's Ass and the Iveys' Maybe Tomorrow compact discs are both reissued in the U.K.
Also 1979 album "Airwaves" is re-issued; unfortunately this time without the 5 bonus-tracks

Sad news! Mike Gibbins peacefully passes away in his sleep on October 4.

Apple Records decided to reissue the four Badfinger albums Magic Christian Music, No Dice, Straight Up and Ass. The CDs was released on October 26 along with 11 other original Apple albums. Among those two with Mary Hopkin and James Taylor's first album. The music was remastered from the original master tapes and previously unreleased bonus-tracks were added; including "Sing For the Song", "Baby Please", "Piano Red" along with several other rarities.

A CD exclusiveliy containing Badfinger rarities was released as part of the 17 CDs boxset only. Tracks: Dear Angie / Think About the Good Times / No Escaping Your Love / Arthur / Storm in a Teacup / Yesterday Ain't Coming Back / Get Down - long version / Money / Flying / Perfection / Suitcase / Sweet Tuesday Morning / Mean, Mean Jemima / Loving You / Get Away - alt. / When I Say - alt. / The Winner - alt. / Piano Red

The 16 tracks CD compilation "Timeless - the Musical Legacy of Badfinger is out now. A projected 25 tracks vinyl version was cancelled.

The Pete Ham estate released a Limited Edition 50 track double CD set – “Keyhole Street: Demos 1966-67” – to coincide with a Blue Plaque Ceremony and Tribute concert to Pete Ham / Iveys / Badfinger taking place on his birthdate, April 27, 2013, in Pete’s hometown of Swansea in Wales.