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Although a bootleg of late-'60s Iveys BBC sessions sounds like it might be enticing for historical reasons if nothing else, the album proves extremely disappointing on two measures. First, the sound, obviously recorded with a tape recorder pressed up next to a radio speaker or some such setup, is abysmal even by 1960s bootleg standards. At times the sound is so bad that it's not much better than listening to a radio playing at the opposite end of a tunnel. Second, almost the whole set is devoted to faithful covers of then-recent rock and soul material like "River Deep, Mountain High," "Proud Mary," "Respect," "Drive My Car," "Revolution," and "You Can All Join In," though a bit of original material sneaks in with "Maybe Tomorrow" and "And Her Daddy's a Millionaire." Actually the band does play the covers well, but rarely tinkers with the arrangements, other than small deviations like a more ska-like beat for "Just One Look" (a hit in America for Doris Troy, and then in Britain for the Hollies). As a result it's pretty pointless, offering virtually no hints of the originality that would blossom in Badfinger, and not even any superficial pleasure due to the nearly unlistenable sound quality.

- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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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...Full Iveys Biography