"I'm Too Shy" is a great song. I first heard chunks of it in the background on their episode of VH1 Behind the Music, and I was happy to see it released in full later on on the demo compilation. I can think of maybe half a dozen tracks that it could have replaced on Maybe Tomorrow to greatly improve the album. I think the band wanted to do fairly hard-edged pop, of which "I'm Too Shy" is a great example, but they felt some degree of pressure to record an eclectic variety of material in order to showcase their range. By the early 1970s, they had a little more freedom to record the material they wanted, but then came the rise of the Sensitive Singer-Songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, which (I believe) influenced Badfinger to record more ballads than they otherwise might have.
Coveted Archives of Beatles Road Manager Mal Evans Will Finally See Light of Day Forthcoming Mal Evans biography by Ken Womack (Harper Collins) https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/12/...lapd-in-1976-got-little-help-from-his-friends [ thanks @botfinger ! ]
December - 2021 The Sad Story of Badfinger | The Sentinel & Rural News by Travis Rogers Jr. [ thanks @botfinger ! ]
Since people have been posting covers here...Wendi Dunlap recently recorded "Baby Blue" for a covers EP.
A recent cover of Badfinger's classic hit... December 4, 2021 From Carteret Performance Art Center The Smithereens w/ Marshall Crenshaw and the Gin Blossom's Robin Wilson on vocals! "No Matter What" [thanks @botfinger !]
Harry Nilsson singing Pete Ham and Tom Evans "Without You" which became a big Hit Single for him in Spring 1971, a song he did not ever perform live until the early 90's, Harry in 1992 at BeatleFest... "Without You"
Here's a live version of the Pete Ham song Circle Sky contributed to 'Come And Get It' - A Tribute to Badfinger released by Copper records...it's board tape in a club. Circle Sky (1996 Live at Mercury Lounge) "Just A Chance"
Found this article on the web: Albums That Should Exist: Badfinger (The Iveys) - Out of the Cold - Various Songs (1967)
Nice! The same writer had one for a few Badfinger releases, one of which is a special November 1970 gig from a club in Birmingham, Michigan.
That's almost the same set of songs I mentioned earlier in the thread. The only difference is the inclusion of a demo version of "Knocking Down Our Home" instead of "Permissive Paradise" (which might have escaped the other compiler's attention because it was released under a pseudonym, "The Pleasure Garden"). That song originally appeared on a flexi-disc in a very obscure book, but needledrops have since appeared on a couple of compilation CDs.
Rock History Music's John Beaudin has posted on YouTube a Five Part series of interviews with Joey. Today they talked about recording, help contributions from George on "I'd Die Babe"
a very rare audience recording from Badfinger at Michigan Palace evening of February 23rd on Spring Tour of 1974... "I'd Die Babe"
Circle Sky perform a live version of Pete's terrific song off the ASS album... Circle Sky (1996 Live at Mercury Lounge) "Apple Of My Eye"
