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in just two weeks. The difficult circumstances that surrounded Badfinger at this time contribute to the album's tone and provide the theme for two of its songs. In particular, an investigation by WB's publishing division discovered that approximately $ 100,000 was missing from a Badfinger escrow
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would never be released, as the litigation between WB and Stan Polley remained unresolved, the master tapes had been misplaced, and the audio quality of known copies was so poor as to be unusable. However, four remixed and remastered songs from the master tapes for
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Unaware of the lawsuit at the time, the group had nevertheless argued amongst themselves regarding Polley's honesty and his handling of their money, factors which had contributed to Molland's departure. These sentiments came to the surface in the lyrics for two
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opposed the decision to record a new album so soon after the last one, feeling that the band had had too little time to recover, Badfinger's management replaced him as producer with Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise, who had just become successful by producing
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were delivered to and accepted by WB's recording division in Los Angeles, WB's publishing arm there refused to accept them because of the lawsuit. With a lack of publishing protection, the record division shelved the tapes and the album was not released.
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was finally released on CD in 2000 on Snapper Records, using the rough mix of the recordings that was prepared by Phil McDonald at the end of the recording sessions in 1975, which was rediscovered in the late 1990s. This was the last
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Badfinger became aware of the lawsuit in early 1975, simultaneous to a discontinuation of the group's salary checks from Polley. As financial turmoil mounted for the band members and its future became more uncertain, group leader
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and undertook a last tour with Ham still in the band. During the tour, Badfinger was told by its management to go back in the studio to record another new album. As a result, long-time member
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original tracking order, compiled by Kerner and Wise, was not used on the Snapper release. The following is the Snapper CD order. The songs on the second CD are demo bonus tracks.
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committed suicide on 24 April 1975, only four months after the album was completed. Because of continuing financial difficulties related to Polley, which led
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to also suspend the group's royalty payments and pull the group's albums from distribution, Evans then took his own life on 19 November 1983.
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account. Inquiries made by WB as to the whereabouts of the money were reportedly met with silence by Badfinger's manager, American
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The original track listing consisted of the 10 songs on disc one and was originally compiled by Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise.
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quit the group before the tour ended, and Ham then decided to stay. Because Badfinger's producer
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tracks, "Rock & Roll Contract" and "Hey, Mr. Manager", which are indictments by bassist
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decided to quit Badfinger. To replace him, the band added keyboardist/guitarist
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recording sessions, which also sought to attach the royalties due from
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is the tenth and final studio album to be released by British
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