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Maybe Tomorrow

Iveys


 
Maybe Tomorrow - Front cover Maybe Tomorrow - Rear Cover
Maybe Tomorrow - C.D. Front Cover Maybe Tomorrow - C.D. Rear Cover
Maybe Tomorrow - U.S. Front Cover
Maybe Tomorrow - U.S. Front Cover

The Beatles Contribution:  No Beatle had any part in this album.
Label Apple
Catalogue No. SAPCOR 8
Release date Intended for 4th July 1969 in the U.K.
but European Release Only.
U.K. L.P. Chart Detail : Did NOT Chart
Detail : Iveys original Line-Up :
   Pete Ham (1947-1975) - Lead Guitar
   Mike Gibbins (1949) - Drums
   Ron Griffiths - Bass
   Tom Evans (1947-1983) - Guitar

Original Sleeve Notes - 1969
The Iveys came to Apple in search not of fame and riches or success - which rewards they are discovering slowly and with increasing exhilaration - but to find a young energy source and a warm environment. That their yearnings brought them what they looked for was due partly to Apple's affection for four very nice kids and partly to the band's pop skills. They were not, nor are they now adventurous innovators, but they are ready, they are ready to be.
The Iveys can sing and they can play tight, rich stuff, write it too; they can write anything. They are lovely lads, Mike, Ron and Pete coming from Swansea, and Tom from Liverpool. They have a manager, Bill Collins, who is their mother, their father and their favourite son. For them all Apple feels love and admiration.
You will see why or rather you will hear why, when the youth and honesty of this album is introduced to your sensibilities.
The Iveys offer you themselves, their writing and their music, for this, their first album is "all their own work".
                                                                           Derek Taylor 1969.

Cover photograph originally by Peter Asher ©1969

In October 1991 the album was digitally remastered from the original two-track stereo master mix tapes and eight-track master session tapes by Ron Furmanek, and engineered by Mike Jarratt at Abbey Road Studios.
This re-issue has an 8-page booklet which includes some very detailed and lengthy sleeve notes written by Steve Kolanjian.
The 1991 c.d. has a catalogue number of CDSAPCOR 8 (CDP 7 98692 2).

Excerpt from the C.D. Liner Notes - 1991
The Iveys first recordings were issued in November 1968 and the public didn't know what to think of them. Their personnel were billed by only their first names. "Maybe Tomorrow" the single A-side was written by "Tom". The flip, "And Her Daddy's A Millionaire" was written by "Tom & Pete". Just who were these guys who sounded so influenced by The Beatles ?
"Maybe Tomorrow" should have been a big hit. It wasn't. Apple had to think this through. The "Maybe Tomorrow" album they had prepared for worldwide release only trickled into Japan and a few European countries. A follow-up single was soon issued, "Dear Angie" but only a few came out in Europe. It's jacket revealed the group members full names but very few people saw it. The only other Iveys track Britain would see was "Storm In a Teacup" a non-LP track that was featured on a promotional E.P. for Walls Ice Cream.
Thinktankers at Apple thought perhaps the name was a problem - wasn't it a bit feeble ? Everyone had thoughts for a new name. John Lennon wanted "Prix", Paul McCartney "Home", but Neil Aspinall's suggestion of "Badfinger" was the one they finally went with. Ron Griffiths left and in came Joey Molland. Badfinger was now on the road to success.

About This Album
All twelve original album tracks appear in their original stereo mixes. Seven of them were later re-mixed for the Magic Christian Music L.P.
Four bonus tracks are included on this collection. "Looking For My Baby" is a track from The Iveys early demo tapes and now becomes the earliest Iveys song available. "And Her Daddy's A Millionaire" was the B-side of the first single. "No Escaping Your Love" was the B-side of the second European single. Both titles appear for the first time in stereo, along with the never before released "Mrs. Jones".
The cover that appears on this C.D. is the one that appeared on all released versions of the L.P.
Capitol, in America, had prepared a different sleeve which is pictured in the booklet and can be seen above.

To see where this album release sits in the apple releases, see the Apple Records Album Listing.


Side 1

No. Track Composer Time
1 See-Saw Granpa   Pete Ham
Produced by Mal and arranged by Mal and John Barham
3:33
2 Beautiful And Blue Tom Evans  
Produced by Mal and arranged by Mal and John Barham
2:38
3 Dear Angie Ron Griffiths
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:39
4 Think About The Good Times   Mike Gibbins
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:21
5 Yesterday Ain't Coming Back Pete Ham-Tom Evans  
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:57
6 Fisherman Tom Evans
Produced by Mal and arranged by Mal and John Barham
3:09

Side 2

No. Track Composer Time
1 Maybe Tomorrow Tom Evans
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:52
2 Sali Bloo Pete Ham
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:35
3 Angelique Tom Evans
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:26
4 I'm In Love Pete Ham
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:25
5 They're Knocking Down Our Home   Pete Ham
Produced by Mal and arranged by Mal and John Barham
3:41
6 I've Been Waiting Pete Ham  
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
5:15

1992 Digital Remaster - Bonus Tracks
No. Track Composer Time
13 No Escaping Your Love Tom Evans
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:12
14 Mrs. Jones Pete Ham
(Previously unreleased)
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:15
15 And Her Daddy's A Millionaire Pete Ham-Tom Evans  
Produced and arranged by Tony Visconti
2:08
16 Looking For My Baby Pete Ham
(Previously unreleased)
Produced by The Iveys
2:08

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