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Badfinger were an excellent progressive band who I think have always been in the higher echelons of Welsh music, despite numerous changes. They also have a a member who joined the 27 group when Pete Ham committed suicide some time in the seventies if I recall correctly.
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A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
BADFINGER - They Sold A Million ... on 13:40 - Jun 19 by KeithHaynes
Badfinger were an excellent progressive band who I think have always been in the higher echelons of Welsh music, despite numerous changes. They also have a a member who joined the 27 group when Pete Ham committed suicide some time in the seventies if I recall correctly.
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And what a club that is Keith Jim Morrison made me seethe at his self destruction and selfishness It’s often the case with talented people
To the rear of (closed many years back) Top Gear Music on London’s Denmark Street in the 1970’s was the outbuilding that became Badfinger’s rehearsal studio, which latter become the Sex Pistols rehearsal studio, demo-recording location and living quarters.
I had a conversation with the former owner of Top Gear Music, and he said that Pete Ham’s brother John used to make regular trips to Denmark Street even after Pete's passing. I guess it's a location popular for many fans of both Badfinger and Sex Pistols to go on some form of pilgrimage to retrace their musical hero's steps also.
I guess for John however it was some form of emotional release and sentimental-cathartic healing part of the grieving process for him, because I guess it was the very location where is brother was at his most happiest, most successful and untouched from the sociopathic world of rip-off mangement and music industry executives.
No 6 Denmark Street, Sept, 1975. Glen Matlock showed Malcolm McLaren a property advertisement from the 13th September, 1975 "Melody Maker". He told Glen to offer £1,000 for the lease. The rent was £4 a week. Steve lived upstairs and the Pistols would rehearse downstairs pic.twitter.com/gsWIz3vBbK
Karen Carpenter , health wise or other issues surronding her loss of life , what a voice .
Badfinger were a bit before my time .
Man at the Patti Pavillion , Deke Leonard included , vinyl 33 album in the plastic sleeve cover them days , loved annoying the parents playing Bananas very loud .
Many years later after a break up , my ex threw all my vinyl classics in a skip for the tip .
Got over it , not bitter in any way .
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BADFINGER - They Sold A Million ... on 23:47 - Jun 21 by Robbie
Great list of artists who left us far too early .
Karen Carpenter , health wise or other issues surronding her loss of life , what a voice .
Badfinger were a bit before my time .
Man at the Patti Pavillion , Deke Leonard included , vinyl 33 album in the plastic sleeve cover them days , loved annoying the parents playing Bananas very loud .
Many years later after a break up , my ex threw all my vinyl classics in a skip for the tip .
Got over it , not bitter in any way .
I still have the vinyl of that
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BADFINGER - They Sold A Million ... on 22:32 - Jun 21 by Wingstandwood
To the rear of (closed many years back) Top Gear Music on London’s Denmark Street in the 1970’s was the outbuilding that became Badfinger’s rehearsal studio, which latter become the Sex Pistols rehearsal studio, demo-recording location and living quarters.
I had a conversation with the former owner of Top Gear Music, and he said that Pete Ham’s brother John used to make regular trips to Denmark Street even after Pete's passing. I guess it's a location popular for many fans of both Badfinger and Sex Pistols to go on some form of pilgrimage to retrace their musical hero's steps also.
I guess for John however it was some form of emotional release and sentimental-cathartic healing part of the grieving process for him, because I guess it was the very location where is brother was at his most happiest, most successful and untouched from the sociopathic world of rip-off mangement and music industry executives.
No 6 Denmark Street, Sept, 1975. Glen Matlock showed Malcolm McLaren a property advertisement from the 13th September, 1975 "Melody Maker". He told Glen to offer £1,000 for the lease. The rent was £4 a week. Steve lived upstairs and the Pistols would rehearse downstairs pic.twitter.com/gsWIz3vBbK
BADFINGER - They Sold A Million ... on 12:18 - Jun 22 by KeithHaynes
Great post.
Thanks! I used to go into John Ham’s music shop as a teenager and in my early twenties and see the (and not copies) 'proffesional' instruments that my hero's on TOTP played. His shop tended to be the only one with that type of stock.
I can vividly remember seeing a Les Paul Deluxe played by Thin Lizzy and The Who....A white Fender Precision Bass with black scratch plate that Sid Vicious played, a silver face Fender Twin 100w amp that Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols used, a Rickenbacker 330 that Paul Weller played and a Rickenbacker 4001 bass that Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Lemmy from Motorhead and Bruce Foxton of The Jam played.
This was all extremely ‘high-end’ gear that could not be scratched, scuffed or damaged, BUT despite that John Ham would let me and other kids wander and browse through his shop, unlike ‘Duck Son And Pinker’ where we were asked to leave despite causing no trouble or threat of damage to its vastly ‘inferior’ gear.
John Ham was an absolute diamond!
Argus!
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BADFINGER - They Sold A Million ... on 13:02 - Jun 22 by Wingstandwood
Thanks! I used to go into John Ham’s music shop as a teenager and in my early twenties and see the (and not copies) 'proffesional' instruments that my hero's on TOTP played. His shop tended to be the only one with that type of stock.
I can vividly remember seeing a Les Paul Deluxe played by Thin Lizzy and The Who....A white Fender Precision Bass with black scratch plate that Sid Vicious played, a silver face Fender Twin 100w amp that Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols used, a Rickenbacker 330 that Paul Weller played and a Rickenbacker 4001 bass that Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Lemmy from Motorhead and Bruce Foxton of The Jam played.
This was all extremely ‘high-end’ gear that could not be scratched, scuffed or damaged, BUT despite that John Ham would let me and other kids wander and browse through his shop, unlike ‘Duck Son And Pinker’ where we were asked to leave despite causing no trouble or threat of damage to its vastly ‘inferior’ gear.
BADFINGER - They Sold A Million ... on 13:37 - Jun 22 by onehunglow
We bought two piano ps from DSP. Loved the Arcade
At the time (late 1970's) of being asked to leave Duck Son And Pinker I thought that the rather abrupt and unfriendly guy doing the orders was a right b@stard.
All these years later I pause and reflect and think that a lot of stock must have been damaged or dropped or stolen by over zealous and excited young hands. Hence why I have warm memories of John Ham's kindness to let teenagers like myself stand in awe at stuff that was impossible to purchase, or to save up for out of pocket money.
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