Bad Company (3)Bad Company

Label:

Swan Song – SS 8501

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold, SP - Specialty Records Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Blues Rock

Tracklist

A1 Can't Get Enough
Guitar [Second]Paul Rodgers
Written-ByRalphs*
4:10
A2 Rock Steady
Written-ByRodgers*
3:46
A3 Ready For Love
KeyboardsMick Ralphs
Written-ByRalphs*
5:00
A4 Don't Let Me Down
Guest [Thanks To], Backing Vocals [Back Up Vocals]Sue And Sunny*
PianoPaul Rodgers
Written-ByRodgers*
4:18
B1 Bad Company
PianoPaul Rodgers
Written-ByKirke*
4:50
B2 The Way I Choose
Written-ByRodgers*
5:05
B3 Movin' On
Written-ByRalphs*
3:20
B4 Seagull
Instruments [All]Paul Rodgers
Written-ByRodgers*
4:06

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed ByAtlantic Recording Corporation
  • Recorded AtHeadley Grange
  • Recorded AtRonnie Lane's Mobile Studio
  • Mixed AtOlympic Studios
  • Mixed AtThe Temple Goring
  • Lacquer Cut AtThe Mastering Lab
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Swan Song
  • Copyright ©Swan Song
  • Mastered AtAtlantic Studios
  • Pressed BySpecialty Records Corporation

Credits

  • BassBoz Burrell
  • DrumsSimon Kirke
  • Engineer [Recording And Mixdown]Ron Nevison
  • Guest [Thanks To], Saxophone [Saxophones]Mel Collins
  • GuitarMick Ralphs
  • Mastered By [Runout Etch]George Piros
  • Photography ByHipgnosis (2)
  • ProducerBad Company (3)
  • Tape OpRon Fawcus
  • VocalsPaul Rodgers

Notes

© ℗ Swan Song Inc.

"SP" in label matrices and in runout matrices denote a Specialty Records Corporation pressing, "E A S T" Stamped on Inner Label.

Recorded at Headley Grange, Hampshire November 1973.
Mixed at Olympic Studios London and The Temple Goring.
Cut at The Mastering Lab Los Angeles.

All songs published by Badco Music, Inc., ASCAP.

Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y.

Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Pressing Plant ID (Label Matrix Suffix): SP
  • Pressing Plant ID (Specialty Records Corporation): SP
  • Pressing Plant ID (Inner Label): E A S T
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST-SS-743137 SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST-SS-743138 SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Runout Side A Etched): ST-SS-743137-H @tgP 0-1SM1-1 (PR)SPE EE II I
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Runout Side B Etched): ST-SS-743138 F 0-1SM1-1 (PR)SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Runout Side A Etched): ST-SS-743137-H @tgP 0-3SM2-1 (PR)
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Runout Side B Etched): ST-SS-743138 F 0-2SM1-1 (PR)SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Runout Side A Etched): ST-SS-743138 F 0-2SM1-1 (PR)SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Runout Side B Etched): ST-SS-743137 F 0-1 (PR)SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 Runout Side A Etched): ST-SS-743137-H @tgP 0-3SM2-1 (PR)
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 Runout Side B Etched): ST-SS-743137 F 0-1 (PR)SP

Other Versions (5 of 200)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Bad Company (LP, Album, RI - PRC Richmond Pressing) Swan Song SS 8410 US 1974
Bad Co (LP, Album, Gatefold, Copyright Control) Island Records ILPS 9279 UK 1974
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Bad Co (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Swan Song SS 8410 Canada 1974
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Bad Co. (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Island Records 88 005 XOT 1974
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Bad Company (LP, Album, Gatefold) Island Records 9101 636 1974

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Reviews

  • rnj2's avatar
    rnj2
    New mid- 70s Band, Bad Co. the ultimate ROCK sound on this LP. and defined the Decade of Cool.
    • RoloJam's avatar
      RoloJam
      Variant
      Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched [Variant]): ST-SS-743137-H (unknown intials) 0-3SM2-1 (PR)
      Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched [Variant]): ST-SS-743138 F 0-2SM1-1 (PR)SP

      Sonics on this are amazing - 10/10.
      Music is excellent - 8/10

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