Maybe Tomorrow (Mlps) [Import]

The Iveys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
• ASIN: B00074C6CY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. See-Saw, Granpa

2. Beautiful and Blue

3. Dear Angie

4. Think About the Good Times

5. Yesterday Ain't Coming Back

6. Fisherman

7. Maybe Tomorrow

8. Sali Bloo

9. Angelique

10. I'm in Love

11. They're Knocking Down Our Home

12. I've Been Waiting

13. No Escaping Your Love [*]

14. Mrs. Jones [*]

15. And Her Daddy's a Millionaire [*]

16. Looking for My Baby [*]

Editorial Reviews

Japanese miniature paper sleeve reissue of 1969 album with 4 bonus tracks TBA. Essentially the same as Badfinger, the Iveys landed on the Beatles' Apple label in late 1968 after the Beatles' personal assistant, Mal Evans, encouraged them to submit tapes to Paul McCartney. Their bright, melodic, and harmony-filled pop/rock sound immediately drew comparisons to the Beatles and to the work of McCartney in particular. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pre-Badfinger release worth having, June 17, 2006

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Mark R. Garner (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maybe Tomorrow (Audio CD)

Drummer Mike Gibbins once described The Iveys as a hard little combo - meaning they liked to rock and he was right. Their style was an amalgam and thus difficult to pigeonhole by the label bigwigs who think they know best (they usually don't). This CD features four bonus tracks which only enhance the variety of the music. The song "I've Been Waiting" is a true rocker while "Maybe Tomorrow" is a ballad that should have been a bigger hit. It's also notable that this original lineup had a more lustrous sound as it pertains to their complex harmonies. No disrespect to Joey Molland but Ron Griffiths' voice was a better match with Ham and Evans.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Album On Apple Records, August 12, 2005

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Michael Roy "Mike." (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maybe Tomorrow (Audio CD)

The Iveys, very short lived on apple. The Iveys and Badfinger are both very under-rated bands. If you like Badfinger; well this is an album you wont want to miss your chance at buying. This album deserves a good 5 stars.

Highlights of this album are: Maybe Tomorrow, No Escaping Your Love, Yesterday ain't Coming Back, They're Knockin Down Our Home, Mrs. Jones, Beautiful and Blue.

Songs that aren't great: Think Of All The Good Times.

Put It This Way, I like all of them except "Think Of All The Good Times"

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars + 1/2 stars...Pre-Badfinger Release From 1969, August 6, 2004

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maybe Tomorrow (Audio CD)

It's great to see this release back in print. This is the 1969 pre-Badfinger album that featured Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans and Ron Griffiths. The first twelve tracks comprise the Iveys original LP release with the final four bonus tracks consisting of "No Escaping Your Love" (the B-side of "Dear Angie"), "And Her Daddy's a Millionaire" (the B-side of "Maybe Tomorrow"), and two then unreleased Pete Ham tracks--"Mrs. Jones" and "Looking for My Baby."

Longtime Badfinger fans will recognize nearly half of these tracks because seven of them were remixed for the MAGIC CHRISTIAN MUSIC LP (which found Joey Molland replacing Griffiths). These seven tracks--"Beautiful and Blue," "Dear Angie," "Fisherman," "Maybe Tomorrow," "Angelique," "I'm in Love" and "They're Knocking Down Our Home"--comprise the highlights. And on this debut album, Tom Evans has the strongest material with "Angelique," "Beautiful and Blue" and their first single "Maybe Tomorrow."

Pete Ham, who would become Badfinger's best songwriter, struggles with misguided material like the 30's-style ballad "They're Knocking Down Our Home," the psychedelic "I've Been Waiting" and pedestrain rockers like "See-Saw Grandpa" and "Sali Bloo." His best material is "I'm in Love" and "Mrs. Jones."

It's also worth noting that most of the tracks were produced by Tony Visconti (T. Rex, David Bowie). Five of the tracks were produced by Mal Evans (1, 2, 6 and 11) and "Looking for My Baby" was produced by the Iveys.

While as a whole the songs on this release don't hold up to the standards the band would set for itself in the future as Badfinger, this is an enjoyable artifact from the late-Sixties and a must-have purchase for any Badfinger fan. RECOMMENDED