Baby Blue by Badfinger-a deep cut.....??

[SAT-I need more room!!]

.....that didn't hit the Top 40?

That's what my radio station said on Saturday!

The DJ said, "Coming up we have a deep cut from 1971 that didn't even chart in the Top 100." So I got all excited! I was thinking maybe it would be something I didn't know.

So I waited, and after they came back from commercial, he started talking about Badfinger's Straight Up album and I got REALLY excited, hoping they were going to prove me wrong, that radio DOES play more than the 4 hits.

And then he drops the bomb-"Baby Blue".

HUH?? ?? ?? ??

So I called him and politely played half-dumb saying, "I thought that one actually did chart in the Top 40." He kindof bumbled saying "I don't know, that's what the book I have says, I'll have to research."

Yeah, you do that. And this guy's working on the radio and yet I can't............

[Ken]

I can't believe the lack of knowledge from many of the radio DJ's. You would think that they would like being prepared. How hard is it to open a book or do a "Google" search.

Baby Blue - a deep cut? no but I personally haven't heard this classic on local radio since about 1992! I still remember where I was when I heard it.

Both my classic rock and oldies stations love playing Come and Get It , No Matter What and Day After Day and do so quite often. But for some reason Baby Blue slips through the cracks. Why? who knows. It's just wrong in my opinion.


Now once again speaking of DJ's lack of knowledge. My middle brother was listening one day to one of our local AM stations when they played Nilsson's version of Without You. After the song played the DJ went on to say that not only did Nilsson sing the song but he also WROTE the tune. My brother flipped! LOL he told me that he was very close to phoning but never did.

[Pete70s]

The problem is, a lot of false information gets published ALL the time, and non-music buffs take it as gospel. I can't tell you how many times I've found false statements in books. I also can't tell you how many times I've had to prove something to people who wouldn't believe that they're wrong (especially considering how young I am to be talking about some of these artists!)

Good example: About 15 years ago I was talking to a guy I knew in college. He was an old biker guy with a love of classic rock. He was telling me about this great Beatle album he found "by Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers". I tried to convince him that it was NOT the Beatles, that the ONLY American record with that billing is the original 1962 "My Bonnie" 45 on Decca (which is EXTREMELY rare and books for thousands of dollars). Any album that says "Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers" was meant to cash in on Beatlemania and is really Tony Sherridan and a bunch of nobodys. But he was like "It says right on the cover it's the Beatles!!"

I gave up because I figured it was pointless to try and argue. I was, after all, a 21 year old kid who wasn't there in the 60's..

I'll be the first to admit I don't know everything, and am sometimes wrong in my information. But JEEZ....

[m c dornan]

Boy, stations these days just won't get out of their playlist rut!

We had a station that used the "deep cuts" gimmick, but it mostly phony. Then they stopped, and now no one even pretends to have deep cuts, or a huge playlist.

One that irks me the most is that Jefferson Airplane only merits two songs on any stations...

[m c dornan]

pete70s said:

The problem is, a lot of false information gets published ALL the time, and non-music buffs take it as gospel. I can't tell you how many times I've found false statements in books. I also can't tell you how many times I've had to prove something to people who wouldn't believe that they're wrong (especially considering how young I am to be talking about some of these artists!)

Good example: About 15 years ago I was talking to a guy I knew in college. He was an old biker guy with a love of classic rock. He was telling me about this great Beatle album he found "by Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers". I tried to convince him that it was NOT the Beatles, that the ONLY American record with that billing is the original 1962 "My Bonnie" 45 on Decca (which is EXTREMELY rare and books for thousands of dollars). Any album that says "Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers" was meant to cash in on Beatlemania and is really Tony Sherridan and a bunch of nobodys. But he was like "It says right on the cover it's the Beatles!!"

I gave up because I figured it was pointless to try and argue. I was, after all, a 21 year old kid who wasn't there in the 60's..

I'll be the first to admit I don't know everything, and am sometimes wrong in my information. But JEEZ....

This LP?


Album Title Description / Comments Condition Price
MY BONNIE Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers



For more pictures click on image above
Historic! Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers. Original 1962 issue on German Polydor - 46612-LPHM (Mono). The absolute first professional recording of any kind in history to feature The Beatles. The album's front cover credits John, Paul, George and Pete Best as Tony Sheridan's back up band "The Beat Brothers" and comprises of material recorded from two different sessions (9 tracks from June 1961, 2 tracks in May 1962) in Hamburg, Germany. It was released in June 1962 as Tony Sheridan's first album. Back cover is dated 6/62 and correctly credits the Beat Brothers in small print as "The Beatles". This legendarily rare item ranks among the most sought-after of all Beatle collectibles. A 25th anniversary reproduction was issued in 1986 in limited numbers and even now it commands between $200.00 and $400.00, but the rarity of an original in this condition cannot be overstated (just try and find one anywhere in any condition!). The condition of this item is excellent overall but please inquire for a more detailed description.
Disc and Cover: Excellent
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[Dawn]

Sounds like that DJ definitely didn't have his facts straight. It's disappointing, especially considering how difficult a field to get into as radio is. I remember on one occasion when I was still living in Virginia, one of the DJs from one of the oldies stations admitted that she didn't know who did Catch a Wave! Other DJs from that station were constantly getting artists and other song info incorrect. I could understand the occasional mistake, but this happened many times.

Like Ken, I hear their other three hits quite often on the oldies stations, but for some reason, Baby Blue rarely turns up on the playlist. I wish songs like Meanwhile Back at the Ranch/Should I Smoke or Midnight Caller would get play, but unfortunately with radio playlists seemingly getting more and more narrow, I doubt it will happen.

[Dawn]

mcdornan1 said:

One that irks me the most is that Jefferson Airplane only merits two songs on any stations...

I agree, Mike. It would be nice to hear something like Pretty As You Feel or Volunteers on the radio, but stations seem intent on sticking only with White Rabbit and Somebody to Love.

[Laura--I wuv u all :)]

According to www.gramble.com, "Baby Blue" peaked at #14 in '72. Now if the guy had said the song didn't make the top TEN, that would have been accurate...