Badfinger – Come and get it

“Come and Get It” – Single by Badfinger from the album Magic Christian Music
Released: 5 December 1969
Recorded: 2 August 1969
Songwriter: Paul McCartney
Producer: Paul McCartney

This was the group’s first single as Badfinger. Under the name The Iveys (they were re-named by Apple executive Neil Aspinall after “Bad Finger Boogie,” the working title of the Beatles song “With A Little Help From My Friends”) they released the singles “Maybe Tomorrow” and “Dear Angie” earlier in 1969; they had high hopes for “Maybe Tomorrow,” but it went nowhere in the UK and stalled at #67 in America. These songs were released on Apple Records; they signed to the label after The Beatles heard their demo and were suitably impressed.

“Come And Get It” they recorded at the behest of Paul McCartney, who was asked to do the soundtrack for the film The Magic Christian but ended up writing just the one song for the project. McCartney also produced the song along with two others that Badfinger members wrote for the film: “Carry on Till Tomorrow” and “Rock of All Ages.” These songs were combined some earlier Iveys tracks to form Badfinger’s first album, Magic Christian Music.;

Paul McCartney recorded a solo demo of the song on 24 July 1969, after arriving early for a Beatles recording session for their Abbey Road album. Singing the double-tracked lead vocal and playing all the instruments, he laid down the vocals and piano on the first take, sang again and played maracas on the first overdub, then added drums, and finally put in the bass guitar track. It took less than an hour to finish. The biggest differences between the McCartney and Badfinger versions are a slower tempo and slightly higher key on the demo, and the use of three-part harmonies on the Badfinger single. Though McCartney was the only Beatle performing on the track, it was officially released as a Beatles song on the 1996 Anthology 3 compilation album and the 2019 Abbey Road re-release, having already appeared on various bootlegs. The 2019 re-mix featured a significant improvement in the recording’s sonic quality.

On 2 August 1969, McCartney produced the studio version at EMI (Abbey Road) Studios by the Apple band Badfinger (then called the Iveys) telling them, “Okay, it’s got to be exactly like this demo.” His “carrot” for the band was his offer to produce this song and two other Iveys’ originals for the movie The Magic Christian, since he had a contract to supply three songs for it. The band followed his instructions.

McCartney auditioned each of the four Iveys to sing lead on “Come and Get It”. Ultimately, he picked Tom Evans over the other three band members, Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, and Mike Gibbins.

The single was released on Apple Records on 5 December 1969 in the UK, but not until 12 January 1970 in the US. “Come and Get It” was a hit single for the band, peaking at number 7 in the United States, and number 4 in the United Kingdom. It was the opening theme for the film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr (it was also repeated during the movie’s closing credits, with an additional string arrangement added). The UK picture sleeve for the single shows a kaleidoscopic montage of all four members of Badfinger that appear on the song, although bassist Ron Griffiths left the band before the single was released.

• Tom Evans – lead vocals, maracas
• Pete Ham – backing vocals, piano
• Ron Griffiths – backing vocals, bass guitar
• Mike Gibbins – drums
• Paul McCartney – tambourine, production
• Tony Clark – engineer

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“Come and get it” este o compoziție a lui Paul McCartney, și înregistrată de Bandfingers pentru filmul The Magic Cristian, în care au jucat Ringo Starr și Peter Sellers.

Piesa a fost primul hit pentru Apple Records al unui al grup altul decât The Beatles. Paul McCartney a înregistrat piesa ca demo, el cântând la toate instrumentele. Badfinger au vrut să o cânte în stilul lor, dar Paul a insistat să cânte așa cum era în demo, adică versiunea lui, știind că piesa va fi un hit, și a fost., atât în UK cât și USA.

Această piesă a fost primul hit al grupului Badfinger, (ei au cântat înainte sub numele The Iveys) dar un executive de la Apple, Neil Aspinali, a decis noul nume, după titlul de lucru “Bad Finger Boogie”, a melodiei  Beatles-ilor – With A Little Help For My Friends.

Din păcate, datorită unui prost management și a pierderilor financiare, The Badfingers sau desființat în 1975, liderul vocal, Pete Ham, s-a sinucis la 24 Aprilie 1975.

Componentă Badfinger, la înregistrarea acestei melodii

• Tom Evans – lead vocals, maracas
• Pete Ham – backing vocals, piano
• Ron Griffiths – backing vocals, bass guitar
• Mike Gibbins – drums
• Paul McCartney – tambourine, production

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