Found Gems

Not every song on your favorite record was a hit. Some tunes belong on Side Two. Your friends at Balcony Radio are the Side Two type. This week on Found Gems — our testament to forgotten songs by your favorite artists — we muddle through some of the greatest records of all time to find tunes that still managed to get lost in the shuffle.

PLAYLIST:
GOOD TIMES: ARETHA FRANKLIN (I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE)
GUILTINESS: BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (EXODUS)
WHAT’S HAPPENING BROTHER: MARVIN GAYE (WHAT’S GOING ON)
SEEN AND NOT SEEN: TALKING HEADS (REMAIN IN LIGHT)
POORBOY SHUFFLE: CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (WILLIE & THE POORBOYS)
LUCKY: RADIOHEAD (OK COMPUTER)
HANG ON TO YOUR EGO: THE BEACH BOYS (PET SOUNDS)
MONTY GOT A RAW DEAL: R.E.M. (AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE)
OH DADDY: FLEETWOOD MAC (RUMOURS)
EASY GOING EVENING (MY MOTHER’S CALL): STEVIE WONDER (SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE)
THIS SONG HAS NO TITLE: ELTON JOHN (GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD)
PURE AND EASY: THE WHO (WHO’S NEXT)
TERRITORIAL PISSINGS: NIRVANA (NEVERMIND)
I KNOW WHAT I KNOW: PAUL SIMON (GRACELAND)
TRYING TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD: U2 (ACTUNG BABY)
MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (BORN TO RUN)
I LOOKED AT YOU: THE DOORS (THE DOORS)
I DON’T WANNA WALK AROUND WITH YOU: THE RAMONES (RAMONES)
LOVE OR CONFUSION: JIMI HENDRIX (ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?)
THE GOLD IT’S IN THE…:PINK FLOYD (OBSCURED BY CLOUDS)
IN THE CITY: THE EAGLES (THE LONG RUN)

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Look up the stats: Babe Ruth didn’t hit a home run every time he went to bat. The Bambino hit singles and doubles, too, you know. He struck out 1,300 times. So, you know, your favorite singers and bands don’t write hit singles all day. They write tracks that only your friends at Balcony Radio remember. So, we took all the non-hits and put ’em in a show called Found Gems. For episode 17 we bounce around some classic albums, find some seriously deep tracks, and get warm like fine vinyl. Dig it. You’d be cooler if you did.

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Gather round, friends and neighbors . . . ol’ Balcony Radio has come down from the hills with two dozen of the deepest cuts we could carry. In this weeks installment of Found Gems, we spit shine songs you don’t know by big stars you know by first name. No hits, please. Time to get 24 carat snobby.

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Every star has hits, but they also miss. A lot. You have to fill the album out–and you’re not going to write a dozen bangers, no matter who you are. In our show Found Gems episode 13, we pay tribute to the best obscurities in your favorite artists’ playlists. Give some love to the tunes.
 

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Sometimes the best songs on a record are found somewhere on side 2. This is Found Gems Ep. 2 our second excursion into the deep end of the vinyl pool.
You know these people, but not these songs. But you are more than familiar with their albums. Go buy the records. Today.

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PLAYLIST:
LOU REED: ROMEO HAD JULIET (NEW YORK)
NEKO CASE: THE TRAIN FROM KANSAS CITY (THE TIGERS HAVE SPOKEN)
BEN HARPER: ENGRVED INVITATION (LIVE)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTACTION: TEARS BEFORE BEDTIME (IMPERIAL BEDROOM)
HARRY NILSSON: THE MOONBEAM SONG (DEMO) (NILSSON SCHMILSSON)
LIZ PHAIR: 6’1″ (EXILE IN GUYVILLE)
JEFF BUCKLEY: LAST GOODBYE (LIVE) (GRACE AROUND THE WORLD)
WARREN ZEVON: JOIN ME IN L.A. (PRELUDES)
JOHN HIATT: PINK BEDROOM (LIVE)
CAT POWER: COULD WE (THE GREATEST)
FIONA APPLE: PARTING GIFT (EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE)
JOHN PRINE: YOUR FLAG DECAL WON’T GET YOU INTO HEAVEN (JOHN PRINE)
CHRIS ISAAK: EXCEPT THE NEW GIRL (S.F. DAYS)
JONI MITCHELL: I DON’T KNOW WHERE I STAND (CLOUDS)
TOM PETTY: FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER (FULL MOON FEVER)
BECK: HOLLOW LOG (ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE)
LEONARD COHEN: I LEFT A WOMAN WAITING (DEATH OF A LADIES MAN)
GILLING WELCH: WAYSIDE/BACK IN TIME (SOUL JOURNEY)
JOHN FOGERTY: HEARTS OF STONE (THE BLUE RIDGE RANGERS)
NEIL DIAMOND: I GOT THE FEELIN’ (CLASSICS-THE EARLY YEARS)
PJ HARVEY: C’MON BILLY (TO BRING YOU MY LOVE)
BOB SEGER: BACK IN ’72 (BACK IN ’72)
IRON & WINE: THE NIGHT DESCENDING (THE SEA AND THE RHYTHM)
TORI AMOS: LEATHER (LITTLE EARTHQUAKES)