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THE SEEDS

SKY SAXON, RICK ANDRIDGE, DARYL HOOPER, JAN SAVAGE 

Best known for their rock & roll standard "Pushin' Too Hard," the Seeds combined the raw, Stonesy appeal of garage rock with a fondness for ragged, trashy psychedelia. And though they never quite matched the commercial peak of their first two singles, "Pushin' Too Hard" and "Can't Seem to Make You Mine," the band continued to record for the remainder of the '60s, eventually delving deep into post-Sgt. Pepper's psychedelia and art rock.

"RAW & ALIVE THE SEEDS IN CONCERT AT MERLIN'S MUSIC BOX"

1968     LP     GNP CRESCENDO RECORDS     STEREO  GNPS 2043

PRINTED IN USA

STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

NOTES: Very light green (light lime) label with black GNP CRESCENDO logo, but no 'Gene Norman presents' rim.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  GNP CRESCENDO - LIGHT LIME LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: GNPS 2043 

Catalog on labels: GNPS-2043

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): B-14040   GNPS-2043-A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): B-14041   GNPS-2043-B

On labels: STEREO

Produced by Marcus Tyball for Future Prods.

All compositions co-published by Neil Music Inc. and Purple Bottle Music

On back cover: Notes

Produced for Future Productions

 Seeds International Fan Club, 1654 North Ivar, Hollywood

GNP Crescendo Record Company, Inc. 9165 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069

© 1968 GNP PRINTED IN USA

tracklisting

Side A: INTRODUCTION - MR. FARMER - NO ESCAPE

SATISFY YOU - NIGHT TIME GIRL - UP IN HER ROOM

Side B: GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS - CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE

MUMBLE AND BUMBLE - FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR

900 MILLION PEOPLE DAILY ALL MAKING LOVE - PUSHIN' TOO HARD

grading

RECORD EX (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX (please, see pictures and read above description)

As they unwittingly proved with their overly ambitious concept album Future, the Seeds were at their best when they kept things simple and to the point, and in 1968, uncertain where to go next after Future tanked, the band decided it would be a good idea to document their energetic live show with a concert album. However, in order to best control the audio, they ended up cutting a live set in a studio rather than taping an actual concert, laying in the sounds of cheering fans after the fact. The results were released as Raw and Alive: The Seeds in Concert at Merlin's Music Box, even though it was recorded at Western Recorders studio in Hollywood rather than the folk-oriented coffee house namechecked in the title, and the incongruous-sounding cheers and applause, which rise and fall at unpredictable moments, give away the game that this is that curious artifact of the era, The Fake Live Album. However, as such things go, this is one of the best Fake Live Albums ever, and a better-than-average Seeds set as well. The songs really were cut live to tape, with no overdubs and edits, and the Seeds sound plenty tight and enthusiastic here, with Sky Saxon's vocals reaching a near-feral intensity on "Satisfy You," "Night Time Girl," and "900 Million People Daily All Making Love," and Jan Savage's guitar work cutting significantly deeper than in the original recordings of these tunes. A few new tunes were played at the "live" sessions, and "Humble and Bumble" and "The Gypsy Plays His Drums" aren't milestones in the Seeds' catalog, but they attack the hits with force and commitment, and the almost-ten-minute rave-up on "Up in Her Room" is some sort of crazed triumph. Maybe not raw, but more alive than you think, and one of the Seeds' best offerings...(AllMusic)