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Live At The Performance Center - Cambridge, MA - March 31, 1974 [CD]

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Badfinger on stage in 1974 is a rare and welcome thing, and Live At The Performance Center captures the band in Cambridge, Massachusetts on a single remastered CD edition. Power pop rarely sounded this raw or this alive.

By the time of this show, Badfinger had already given the world a run of radio staples and been signed to The Beatles' own Apple label. Yet the band were caught in business turmoil that would soon overshadow the music. Hearing them here, playing hard and loose in front of an appreciative crowd, offers a reminder of just how formidable they were as a working rock group.

The set opens with Day After Day, its yearning melody given extra muscle without the studio polish. Constitution and Baby Blue follow, the latter bristling with those ringing, interlocking guitars and tight harmonies that defined the band's sound. Newer material sits comfortably beside the hits, with the rhythm section pushing everything forward.

What comes through most is the chemistry: four musicians who knew exactly how to make big melodies hit harder live, trading vocals and riffs with ease.

For fans who know the studio albums by heart, this is a vivid snapshot of Badfinger at full volume. It fills a gap in their story that has been quiet for far too long.

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