Sunday, November 22, 2020

Badfinger's "Storm in a Teacup"

Recently, I listened to Badfinger's Magic Christian Music, and I noticed what I'm pretty sure is Pianet in "Storm in a Teacup," which is included as a bonus track.  The particular version I have is in stereo, and the Pianet appears in the left channel.  There's a series of rapidly repeated notes at ~0:28 that has a timbre and attack very characteristic of the Pianet.

The liner notes explain that the song appeared on the EP Wall's Ice Cream, which consisted of tracks from various Apple Records artists and was released in the U.K. on 18 July 1969.  Badfinger was credited under its original name, The Iveys.

The song was written by Tom Evans (guitarist and later bassist in the group), but aside from that, I can't find any more information about it.  I'm assuming that the Pianet was played by Pete Ham, who was the lead guitarist but who also played keyboards on some of the band's songs.  Judging by the time period, I would guess that the specific Pianet is a model N, which seems to be the predominant model after 1965 or so.