SEEDS/SKY SAXON IN CONCERT FACTORY SEALED 1968 GNP CRESCENDO LP PSYCH/GARAGE

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SEEDS/SKY SAXON~IN CONCERT~FACTORY SEALED 1968 GNP CRESCENDO LP~PSYCH/GARAGE!! SEEDS/SKY SAXON~IN CONCERT~FACTORY SEALED 1968 GNP CRESCENDO LP~PSYCH/GARAGE!!

The Seeds ?– Raw & Alive In Concert At Merlin's Music Box
GNP Crescendo ?– GNPS 2043

VERY RARE GNP CRESCENDO LP ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 1968 - 48 YEARS AGO!!
FACTORY SEALED IN SHRINKWRAP!
SMALL AMOUNT OF SHRINK MISSING IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.
VINYL IS ASSUMED TO BE MINT.

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. 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.

Tracklist
A1
Introduction
Featuring – Harvey Miller (3)
0:20
A2
Mr. Farmer
3:50
A3
No Escape
2:25
A4
Satisfy You
2:00
A5
Night Time Girl
2:30
A6
Up In Her Room
9:45
B1
Gypsy Plays His Drums
4:30
B2
Can't Seem To Make You Mine
2:30
B3
Mumble And Bumble
2:25
B4
Forest Outside Your Door
2:40
B5
900 Million People Daily All Making Love
4:50
B6
Pushin' Too Hard
2:40

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