
Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger
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Virtual Voice
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Dan Matovina

This title uses virtual voice narration
Virtual voice is computer-generated narration for audiobooks.
Once the band launched off to another record company, Warner Brothers Records, late in 1972, the rot had been set internally toward eventual group dissolution because of deceptive business practices by their various management teams and the splintered group politics holding them back.
Dan Matovina’s deep research of documentation and hundreds of thorough interviews sets up this tome of absolute devastation leading to two suicides of group members. The band’s music becomes more and more iconic over time with the eventual explosion of interest coming from the use of the group’s recording of Ham’s “Baby Blue” for the final song heard in one of the all-time television series Breaking Bad in 2013.
Since this book’s first publication in 1997, it has proven virtually faultless in accuracy. Now, with the first Kindle version in 2022, along with a .pdf made available, it will live on for future study and continual re-discovery of this amazing band’s story and their classic catalog.
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Such a sad story……
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The band's agent, Stanley Herbert Polley (April 7, 1922 – July 20, 2009), should have been held responsible for the suicides of Pete Ham and Tom Evans. Throughout his career, Polley defrauded a number of clients and associates, most notably Badfinger.
The Virtual Voice narration isn't too bad. I wish some of my audiobooks, like Cosmos and Stan and Ollie, had that narration instead.
The information how their career started with Apple Records and the involvement with the Beatles, makes this additional insight to the Fab Four. I recommend Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger although it's tough on your heart. The bios of Nick Drake and Townes Van Zandt are that way too.
Such a sad history of Badfinger
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To turn an untrained Virtual Voice loose on the text of a book is irresponsible. The voice was pleasing, and with a little advanced training it would be difficult to detect from a human reader. The correct pronunciation of surnames and the recognition of date years as opposed to general numbers should be taught so their pronunciations would be correct when read. Yes, this can be done, customized for each module, book in this case.
Well Researched Data. Distracting Narration.
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I found the digital voice narrator unsatisfactory; it was glitchy and abrupt at times. I hope this trend does not persist, although I fear it may.
The Story that needs to be told
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The author must feel as bad as Badfinger did with their contracts.
Virtual DEEmo
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