Radio Gonzo

Date Published: 22nd March 2014 I have been a Beatles fan for about 40 years now, since someone at school lent me a copy of Sgt Pepper, and over the years I have amassed quite a collection of Beatles-related odds and sods. I am also fascinated with Apple Records; a gloriously quixotic concept that was quite probably doomed to failure, but which produced some transcendentally wonderful music before its eventual collapse into bitterness and acrimony. Everyone agrees that the most successful band on the label, apart from the Fab Four themselves were Badfinger. Poor Badfinger; if ever there was a pop group “born under a bad sign” it was them. Things started off quite auspiciously. As The Iveys they signed to The Beatles' Apple Records and had a hit single. However, they decided that their name, and their image were a little old fashioned and for reasons that remain obscure they also decided to change their guitarist. Exit Ron Griffiths and enter Joey Molland. Badfinger was born. They had hit singles with the