Tracklist
| A1 | Apple Of My Eye | |
| A2 | Get Away | |
| A3 | Icicles | |
| A4 | The Winner | |
| A5 | Blind Owl | |
| B1 | Constitution | |
| B2 | When I Say | |
| B3 | Cowboy | |
| B4 | I Can Love You | |
| B5 | Timeless |
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – EMI Records Ltd.
- Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
- Published By – Apple Publishing Ltd.
- Recorded At – Olympic Studios
- Recorded At – Apple Studios
- Recorded At – The Manor
- Recorded At – Morgan Studios
- Manufactured By – Apple Corps Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Apple Corps Ltd.
Credits
- Bass, Vocals – Tom*
- Drums, Vocals – Mike*
- Engineer – Tom Newman (2)
- Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals – Pete*
- Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Joey*
- Mixed By – Chris Thomas
- Photography By – Tony Beresford-Cooke
- Written-By, Arranged By – Badfinger
Notes
Housed in an unlaminated cover printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Inner sleeve has a picture of an Ass and carrots
Inner sleeve has a picture of an Ass and carrots
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): SAPCOR 27 A-1U R 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): SAPCOR 27 B-1U C 1
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): SAPCOR.27A
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): SAPCOR.27B
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Ass (LP, Album) | Apple Records | SAPCOR 101 | New Zealand | 1973 | ||
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Ass (LP, Album, Los Angeles Pressing) | Apple Records | SW-3411 | US | 1973 | ||
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Ass (LP, Album) | Apple Records | SW-3411 | Canada | 1973 | ||
| Ass (LP, Album) | Apple Records | 5 C 062-95191, 5C 062-95 191 | Netherlands | 1973 | |||
| Ass (LP, Album) | Apple Records | EAP-80948 | Japan | 1973 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I was excited when I found this, but it’s honestly JUST as muddy as my US pressing, but without any of the fun bass— save your money with this one, or maybe just stick with the 2010 remaster. -
Edited 6 years agoreferencing letter from T.J. Smith, from June 17, 2012
If you're thinking of acquiring the best stuff by Badfinger, Ass is certainly NOT a recommendation. Their previous two albums, 'No Dice', and 'Straight Up', were not only their two biggest selling albums, they're really great too and a lot better than Ass. Todd Rundgren produced Straight Up and was present when they went to record Ass too, although unfortunately, Rundgren left early in the project and most of the production was done by the band. Their record company rejected the tapes and Badfinger brought in engineer/producer Chris Thomas to work on an 'improved' or rather, re-mixed version of Ass, which is what was finally released to the public. It still was never an especially great album. It's not a total piece of crap, the song Apple Of My Eye is pretty good but most of the stuff on Ass isn't very memorable. Thomas produced their next two albums too, which both came out in 1974, on their new label, Warner Brothers Records. The first of those two was the self titled album, 'Badfinger', which is on a par with Ass, although the next album 'Wish You Were Here', is excellent and praised by many Badfinger fans as one of the group's best. Some say it's THE best Badfinger album.
There's also the two 'comeback' Badfinger albums, 'Airwaves'(1979) and 'Say No More' (1981), both of which are really great, even though Pete Ham (and Mike Gibbins) were no longer in the band. Don't assume the albums suck just because Ham was no longer in the band. They're a lot better than Ass and the S/T album, which both featured all the earlier too.
There's the 'Head First' album also, (from 2000), although it was actually recorded in 1975 and released 25 years later. There's some pretty good songs on Head First, especially 'Moonshine' and 'Back Again' and the album is recommended.
I hope my input on Badfinger's recordings will help people make good decisions when shopping for music by this great band.
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