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Without You : The Tragic Story of Badfinger (with 72 minute cd)

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A handbook on what not to do in the music biz
Fantastic book
A+ for book and CD
ATribute And A Warning
An Excellent Book on an Excellent Group

Without You : The Tragic Story of Badfinger (with 72 minute cd)
Dan Matovina
Manufacturer: Frances Glover Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A handbook on what not to do in the music biz.......2006-12-30

The "tragic" story of Badfinger couldn't be a better title for this book or this band. So much talent and ability and such bad management and naivete' destroyed not just a band but many lives in the process. I believe every young musician should read this book and learn from their mistakes.

Fantastic book.......2006-03-17

This is one of the greatest rock n roll biographies I've ever read. Not only is it well-researched and thorough, it is the only in-depth biography that exists on Badfinger - one of the most underrated groups in the history of rock music. Thank you, Dan Matovina, for bringing their tragic story to light.

A+ for book and CD.......2004-11-13

Well, after attempting to write a review on a purchase I made through Amazon itself, my review was removed. Why I ask....who knows!?!

This is a wonderfully balanced book. Don't listen to the non-sense about it being biased. Both Joey and Mike have appeared with the author of this book. Apparently, somebody trying to create some sort of "Cheap Heat" to sell a little more copies.

Bottom line....awesome story of a Band which was done over, abused and a band who made some music that many people missed out on and were not able to listen to....a darn SHAME!!

If you like this Book.......please be sure to listen to Wish You Were Here LP (not to be confused with Pink Floyd) and watch the VH1 and the DVD release. Not to be missed...brilliant over-views!!!

ATribute And A Warning.......2004-05-23

My overwhelming reaction after reading this marvellously researched book,is one of anger.Anger at the torments,both emotional and financial,that all the band members,especially Peter and Tom,must have gone through.It really shows that for all the idealism of the decade that the group came from,the music business,like all others,is filled with unscrupulous individuals with no decency whatsoever when they can smell money.However,against this awful background the group produced much truly marvellous music.Music that varies from the melancholic to the totally uplifting,and that is the bands true legacy and that is what they are remembered for.I have to say though,that the story of Badfinger should serve as a warning to any band entering the music business.Unfortunately,you have to be careful and you have to be clued up.We should be grateful that the full story of the band is available,both as a celebration and as a warning.
Finally,as someone from the same town as the four original Ivey's,my admiration for them has only gone up after reading this book.My beautiful home town of Swansea was not the most affluent place on earth in the sixties,and the part of it that Peter Ham came from was one of the poorer,at least economically,of that town.That a guy from that background wrote such marvellous songs,and even a classic or two,I find fantastic.Read this book,then enjoy the marvellous music of a band that were ahead of their time,and were probably in the wrong place at the wrong time.Ladies and gentlemen...Badfinger.

An Excellent Book on an Excellent Group.......2004-04-22

What a fantastic book "Without You" by Dan Matovina is! I have read it through several times, and it has had such an effect on me. It is so good that sometimes it hurts to read it. I followed Badfinger in the early days and it brought back so many memories - happy and sad. I was lucky enough to know the boys when the song "Without You" was written, and Tommy gave me a rendition of his part before it was released, so I have very special memories.

Quite a few of the events in the book I can remember happening, and they have been retold with great accuracy, sometimes even bringing to mind bits I had forgotten, such as Bill Collins going on a separate flight when they went to Hawaii. Obviously Mr Matovina has delved deeply into Badfinger history, and spent a long time researching and writing the book. He has contacted hundreds of people - friends, families and business associates - in order to paint a clear and true picture of the good and bad times leading to the tragic consequences. Although I believe he never met Tommy or Pete, Dan Matovina got to know them well through interviewing other people.

It is clear that he put his whole heart into this brilliantly written book about the lives and work of Pete, Mike, Tommy, Joey and Bob. Truely a labour of love!

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