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Badfinger – Straight Up (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Apple Records (1971)
$120.00
Very Rare Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Includes Insert, Lyrics, Original Apple Black Inner Sleeve. “Day After Day”, “Baby Blue”, “Name Of The Game”…
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Very Rare Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Includes Insert With Lyrics & Original Apple Records Black Inner Sleeve. Labels Are Clean. The Thrilling Third LP By Badfinger, ‘Straight Up’ Features Production & Musical Contributions By George Harrison. Includes “Day After Day”, “Baby Blue”, “Name Of The Game” & More.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Surface is Near Mint, Side 2 has slightly foggy look, but does not affect play at all. Wonderful 52-year-old record ~ sounds fantastic!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Shelf wear, corner creases. Overall, in great condition for such a vintage LP!
Pete Ham – lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, piano, organ on “Take It All”, harmonica on “Perfection”
Tom Evans – lead & backing vocals, bass guitar, twelve string guitar on “Sweet Tuesday Morning” & “Perfection”
Joey Molland – lead & backing vocals, rhythm & lead guitar
Mike Gibbins – drums
George Harrison – slide guitar on “Day After Day”, guitar on “I’d Die Babe”
Leon Russell – piano on “Day After Day”, guitar on “Suitcase”
Bobby Diebold – bass guitar on “Suitcase”
Klaus Voormann – electric piano on “Suitcase”
Bill Collins – accordion on “Sweet Tuesday Morning”
Produced by George Harrison & Todd Rundgren
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Take It All
Baby Blue
Money
Flying
I’d Die Babe
Name Of The Game
Side 2:
Suitcase
Sweet Tuesday Morning
Day After Day
Sometimes
Perfection
It’s Over
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Apple Records (1971)
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Fine songwriting, combined with sharp performances and exquisite studio craft, make Straight Up one of the cornerstones of power-pop! Straight Up winds up somewhat less dynamic than No Dice, largely because that record alternated its rockers, pop tunes, and ballads. Here, everything is at a similar level, as the ballads are made grander and the rockers have their melodic side emphasized. Consequently, the record sounds more unified than No Dice, which had a bit of a split personality. Todd Rundgren's warm, detailed production makes each songwriter sound as if he was on the same page, although the bonus tracks -- revealing the abandoned original Geoff Emerick productions -- prove that the distinctive voices on No Dice were still present. Frankly, the increased production is for the best, since Badfinger sounds best when there's as much craft in the production as there is in the writing. Here, there's absolutely no filler and everybody is in top form. Pete Ham's "Baby Blue" is textbook power-pop -- irresistibly catchy fuzz riffs and sighing melodies -- and with its Harrison-esque slide guitars, "Day After Day" is so gorgeous it practically aches. "Perfection" is an unheralded gem, while "Name of the Game" and "Take It All" are note-perfect pop ballads. Tom Evans isn't as prolific here, but the one-two punch of "Money" and "Flying" is the closest Straight Up gets to Abbey Road, and "It's Over" is a fine closer. Still, what holds the record together is Joey Molland's emergence as a songwriter. His work on No Dice is enjoyable, but here, he comes into his own with a set of well-constructed songs. This fine songwriting, combined with sharp performances and exquisite studio craft, make Straight Up one of the cornerstones of power-pop, a record that proved that it was possible to make classic guitar-pop after its golden era had passed.