Badfinger - Baby Blue - Pete Ham

Live vocals by Pete Ham and Tom Evans over recorded track - Duo wrote Without You - band had hits No Matter What, Come And Get It, Day After Day - had songs covered by Def Leppard, Mariah Carey, Harry Nilsson, Il Divo, Donny Osmond, Rod Stewart, Hall & Oates, Great White, Shirley Bassey, Dwight Twilley, Heart, great NBA ad Celtics see http://www.badfinger-iveys.com

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[smilinstevie88]

@harryflocyberman - The reason it sounds like the recording is because it is the recording - they're lip-synching here. That was typical of TV shows of that time period. I don't even think the guitarists are even plugged into their amps. Tommy (bass) does have a cord coming out of his bass, but who knows where it leads! ( :

[chevy505]

@smilinstevie88 The vocals are live with the backing track of the record playing. Ham was that good a quality singer that he sounds like a record live. Compare it.

[rlobrown55]

the saddest story in rock.

[0000jacki]

Badfinger had it. Unfortunately the rest of world found out much much later

[ziggyuno1]

it was tom and pete, the day the music died,

[stanibol]

I dunno which radio station I listened to in Sydney all through 1972 but they played this song 20 times a day. "Without You" must have occurred round that same era or soon after, because now it feels as if I was being doused with badfinger's music, or maybe it's just that their music kept on reverberating in my ear for eons afterwards, they were THAT good. Didn't even know who Pete Ham was until recently. Now truly convinced of his mighty talent.

[donpeks]

the original innocence of rock...

[007captain1]

the melody was so great in this band. and like the beatles their songs had such great bridges in them.

[catoohey]

It says in the description that it is LIVE VOCALS over the recorded backing track. And the drummer is a substitue - Mike left the band that summer - but came back shortly thereafter.

[JohnQRandom]

@lance1jcubsfan

I think this was studio, not live. The vocals were live, but have look at the drummer at 2:39, no way was the music live (although I wish I could say it was).

[Planktontwo]

Badfinger was a group that sadly did not receive their due credit for the classic tunes they put out.

[smilinstevie88]

@chevy505 I didn't realize the vocals were live, but I knew that the music was that of the recorded version. I was replying to someone who had commented on Joey Molland's guitar playing skills and how much this performance sounded like the original record. Oddly, I don't see the comment any more. Ham was outstanding without question!