The Magic Christian

If Badfinger's debut album Magic Christian Music sounds patchy, there's a reason why: It was assembled from three different sources. Although the title suggests that the record is a soundtrack to The Magic Christian it isn't. It's a hodgepodge, containing the group's three contributions to the film, six highlights from the band's pre-Badfinger album Maybe Tomorrow (released when they were known as the Iveys), an alternate take from Maybe Tomorrow, and four new songs…

"Magic Christian Music" is an debut album by the British rock band Badfinger, released in early 1970 on Apple Records. Three tracks from the LP are featured in the film The Magic Christian, which also gives the album its title. However, Magic Christian Music is not an official soundtrack album for the film.

Despite its title Badfinger’s “Magic Christian Music” is NOT the official soundtrack to the Peter Sellers/Ringo Starr film “The Magic Christian.” The actual soundtrack album for the film, which featured three new songs from Badfinger, had originally been scheduled for release on the Beatles’ record label, Apple Records, but the addition to the running order of the Thunderclap Newman song "Something in the Air" prevented that. Instead, the soundtrack was released on the little-known label Commonwealth United Records in the U.S. and on Pye in the U.K. As a result, it was largely unavailable to American record buyers. To capitalize on this gap, and the fast-selling "Come And Get It" single, Apple Records combined the three Badfinger movie songs (their Top 10 Paul McCartney penned hit "Come And Get It," "Carry On Till Tomorrow," and "Rock Of All Ages") with seven songs found on their debut album as The Iveys ("Maybe Tomorrow") and four previously unreleased songs to create a pseudo-soundtrack.

"Magic Christian Music" is an debut album by the British rock band Badfinger, released in early 1970 on Apple Records. Three tracks from the LP are featured in the film The Magic Christian, which also gives the album its title. However, Magic Christian Music is not an official soundtrack album for the film.