Badfinger 樂隊加盟 Warner Bros. Record 華納唱片公司第一張單曲唱片, A-面 "Love Is Easy" B-面 "I Miss You" 1973年十月面世之後, 唱片公司繼而預付 Stanley Polley 二十五萬元作首張專輯唱片錄製, 並同意款項存入一個華納公司和樂隊均可以查閱的帳戶, 保管至完成專輯的錄音為止。
I MISS YOU - Badfinger
Though you've been gone for just a week
It makes me feel so sad to speak
Lady come back
I miss you
And though before I didn't cry
Now my eyes are never dry
And a thousand jesters couldn't make me smile
I miss you, I miss you
And now I know that I was wrong
But it's too late, for now you've gone
Lady come back
I miss you
And though our times were good and bad
Now you're gone, I'm always sad
And a thousand jesters couldn't make me smile
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you
Lady come back
I miss you
And though before I didn't cry
Now my eyes are never dry
And a thousand jesters couldn't make me smile
I miss you, I miss you
And now I know that I was wrong
But it's too late, for now you've gone
Lady come back
I miss you
And though our times were good and bad
Now you're gone, I'm always sad
And a thousand jesters couldn't make me smile
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you
LOVE IS EASY - Badfinger
Love is easy, love is strange
Different people, different games
People, people, love a lot
Feel the love inside your heart
Love is easy, easy
When you open up your heart
I said easy, easy
When you know you'll never part
Love is easy, love is strange
Different people, different games
People, people, love a lot
Feel the love inside your heart
Love is, love is easy, so easy
When you open up your heart
Easy, easy
When you know you'll never part
I said easy, Lord, easy
When you open up your heart
I said easy, easy
When you know you'll never part
I said easy, easy
Different people, different games
People, people, love a lot
Feel the love inside your heart
Love is easy, easy
When you open up your heart
I said easy, easy
When you know you'll never part
Love is easy, love is strange
Different people, different games
People, people, love a lot
Feel the love inside your heart
Love is, love is easy, so easy
When you open up your heart
Easy, easy
When you know you'll never part
I said easy, Lord, easy
When you open up your heart
I said easy, easy
When you know you'll never part
I said easy, easy
由於 Stanley Polley 無視華納公司的條件, 更沒有透露帳戶的下落。1974年四月三十日, 華納公司開始發信通知要終止與 Badfinger 的關係, 與及要棄用 "Wish You Were Here" 專輯已完成的錄音聲軌, 不過, 樂隊仍可以與公司重新簽約, Stanley Polley 亦遲遲不採取任何行動來解决這問題, 在這段期間, 樂隊一直試圖從法律途徑去解决, 旦願得以繼續工作下去。最後, 這張專輯亦完成印製, 並於十一月發行面世; 單曲唱片和專輯在不同的歌曲榜均寂靜無聲。
1975年初, Warner Bros. Records 華納唱片公司告上法庭時才知道 Stanley Polley 跑掉, 挖空賬户存款, 令致樂隊三月份的薪金支票亦不能兌現, 各成員頓感徬徨無助, 恐慌情緒開始蔓延, 尤其是對 Pete Ham 的苦况更甚, 由於早前, 他在 England 英倫東南部 Surrey 郡, 買了一棟價值三萬英鎊的房屋, 而女友正懷着身孕。
1975年四月二十三日晚上, Pete Ham 找到 Tom Evans 一起到酒吧傾訴, 喝了幾杯威士忌, 至淩晨三點 Tom 開車送他回家, Pete 在他二十八歲生日前三天的凌晨, 因自己的財產快要蕩然無存, 在車房內的工作間上吊自殺身亡, 留下字條給快將分娩的女友 Anne Herriot 和前度女友的非婚生兒子 Blair ....
Anne 我愛你
Blair 我愛你
不讓我去愛和信任每個人
是更好的
附言: Stan Polley 是個無情混蛋, 我要把他一起帶走
.... 一個月後, 女兒 Petera 出世
Mike Gibbins 仍記得在過去幾個月裏, Pete 已出現精神問題, 經常燃點香煙在胳膊上自殘。去世後, 遺體在 Swansea 史雲斯 Morriston 火葬場火化, 骨灰散在紀念花園。同年五月, Warner Bros. Records 華納兄弟公司正式與 Badfinger 終止合約, 與此同時, 樂隊亦告解散, Apple Records 蘋果唱片公司把 Badfinger 的專輯從公司的唱片目錄中删除。1974年十一月面世, 最後的專輯, "WISH YOU WERE HERE" 一語成讖!
PETE HAM (1947-1975)
1975年九月, 同是來自英國的組合 Pink Floyd, 為懷念 Syd Barrett 離隊的作品, 亦是以一曲 "WISH YOU WERE HERE"!
"Without You"
Pete Ham 與 Tom Evans 1970年共同創作的歌曲; Pete Ham 被認為是力量型流行歌曲的先驅之一, 在流行樂壇具最廣泛的影響力。2013年四月二十七日, 在他的家鄉 Swansea 史雲斯, 市議會為一塊藍色牌匾揭幕, 儀式有原樂隊 The Iveys 兩名前成員 Ron Griffiths 和 David Jenkins 與及後來 Badfinger 的成員 Bob Jackson 同出席, 牌匾由知名藝術家 Dan Matovina 設計, 以紀念 Pete Ham 在他一生中的樂隊和所有成員的貢獻。典禮之後, 由 Joey Molland 組成的 "Badfinger" 樂隊獻唱, 以表對 Pete 心感內疚, George Harrison 的遺孀 Olivia Harrison 亦有到來參加這次紀念音樂會。