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4 Of Us - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Garage Rock, Bob Dylan Cover)

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Channel: CoverVerse · 2012 · Music

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From '' Best Of The Hideouts ''
Label: Hideout Records – HLP 1002
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1966

Tracklist
A1 The Underdogs - Man In The Glass
A2 4 Of Us - Feel A Whole Lot Better
A3 The Pleasure Seekers - Never Thought You'd Leave Me
A4 The Yorkshires - I Go Crazy
A5 The Henchmen - Please Tell Me
A6 The Underdogs - Friday At The Hideout
B1 4 Of Us - I Can't Live Without Your Love
B2 The Underdogs - Get Down On Your Knees
B3 Doug Brown And The Omens - First Girl
B4 4 Of Us - Baby Blue
B5 The Underdogs - Surprise, Surprise
B6 The Yorkshires - Hey, Hey, Hey

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🎵 [SONG INFO]

"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Bringing It All Back Home album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records.
The song was originally recorded on January 15, 1965 with Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica and William E. Lee's bass guitar the only instrumentation.
The lyrics were heavily influenced by Symbolist poetry and bid farewell to the titular "Baby Blue."
There has been much speculation about the real life identity of "Baby Blue", with suspects including Joan Baez, David Blue, Paul Clayton, Dylan's folk music audience, and even Dylan himself.

Covers

Them's version

The Belfast band Them (featuring Van Morrison) recorded a cover of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" that was first released on their album, Them Again, in January 1966 in the UK and April 1966 in the U.S.
The song was subsequently issued as a single (b/w "I'm Gonna Dress in Black") in the Netherlands during October 1966 but failed to reach the Dutch Singles Chart.
It was later re-released in Germany in December 1973 with "Bad or Good" on the B-side, following its appearance in the 1972 German television movie, Die Rocker (aka Rocker).
The single became a hit in Germany, first entering the charts in February 1974 and peaking at no.13, during a chart stay of 14 weeks.

Them's version, released in 1966 influenced garage bands during the mid-60's and Beck later sampled it for his 1996 single "Jack-Ass".

The Byrds' version

The Byrds' recording of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" first saw release on October 29, 1969 as part of the band's Ballad of Easy Rider album.
The song also appeared on the B-side of the band's December 1969 single, "Jesus Is Just Alright", which reached no.97 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Other covers

Joan Baez, who has sometimes been speculated to be the subject of the song, covered it on her 1965 album Farewell, Angelina.

Others who have covered the song include Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Echo & the Bunnymen, Falco, The Seldom Scene, Jon Fratelli, the Grateful Dead, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, Richie Havens, Steve Howe, The 13th Floor Elevators, Hole, Graham Bonnet and Chris Farlowe.
Gal Costa performed a version of the song in Portuguese under the title of "Negro Amor" on her 1977 album Caras e Bocas.
Link Wray also covered the song on his album Bullshot.

George Harrison, who performed with Dylan in the Traveling Wilburys and also co-wrote the song "I'd Have You Anytime" with Dylan in November 1968, did not cover the song, but did reference the title in his 1987 single, "When We Was Fab". One of the lyrics in the song reads "But it's all over now, baby blue", which is a nod from Harrison to his friend Dylan.

The Chocolate Watch Band version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is featured in the documentary Tarnation.

The song was a source of inspiration for Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", prompting her to dedicate the story to Dylan.
A portion of the first verse of the song was used as the title for Barry Hannah's 1995 novel Yonder Stands Your Orphan.
Graham Bonnet's version of the song appears on the soundtrack of the 2009 Peter Jackson film The Lovely Bones.
Philadelphia pop punk band The Wonder Years's 2009 Distances split EP opens with a track entitled "An Elegy for Baby Blue," which references Dylan's song by directly quoting him in its chorus.

In 2011 Bad Religion recorded it for the 2012 charity compilation album "Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International".


🔗 [LINKS]

Available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0c047Fnev3OEuvrZaR39yb
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/friday-at-the-hideout-boss-detroit-garage-1964-67/272356308
Amazon Music:
https://www.amazon.com/Friday-At-Hideout-Detroit-1964-67/dp/B0013B1R3O
and Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/en/album/140955


📜 [PUBLISHING & PERMISSIONS]

Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider ‎– for original, exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at https://www.youtube.com/BobDylan

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