babe ruth has been one of my favorite bands for a long time.

every few months i’d check this “bobby shred” web site which seemed to have the scoop one what was going on with the band.

when i found out they were releasing a new album it was a bit of a thrill.

to ground this for people who are musically uninformed and believe me if you were born after ‘77 you probably fit into that category unless you went out of your way to find music from the 10 years or so before you were born.

anyway meatloaf’s 1984 album (you know when you were 7 years old?) “dead ringers” was produced by alan shacklock…who also happens to be the original guitarist for babe ruth.

the album work for the first babe ruth album was done by roger dean who also did a lot of yes album covers, you were probably 5 or 6  when “owner of a lonely heart came out” if you’ve heard of yes at all. roger dean  also did a few uriah heep covers.

to ground this even further, this was back when a band had to trash a hotel room for street cred. you know, instead of killing cops like the rap morons of today have to do to make it in the industry.

so… if you want to hear some great music check them out. if you were born after ‘77  AND like music from the early ’70’s AND  you feel like you really missed out…well you did. i kinda feel sorry for you… good news though: the cd’s are readily available for that era. sure you could download the music off your favorite p2p infrastructure but you’d be missing out on some great album artwork…

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