Sky Sunlight Saxon and The Seeds
Information and reviews for 1960s psychedelic garage-rock pioneers The Seeds. Including Sky Saxon's numerous projects 1960-2009 and beyond.
Album of the day
Sky Saxon Presents “A Starlight Date With Richard Marsh”
The 2003 vinyl LP Sky Saxon Presents "A Starlight Date With Richard Marsh", released by Arcania, finally gathered all twelve of Sky's known pre-Seeds singles in one handy place. Other compilations had included a few of them but this was the first time that Sky's 1960 single as Dick Marsh, "What Chance Have I" b/w "There's Only One Girl", had been reissued. (Sky's real name was Richard Marsh.) Unfortunately, sound quality is a major distraction on the album. The compilers fed the audio through computers to remove vinyl pops and clicks. It worked, but it also sucked most of the sound from the tracks as well. What made it into these grooves is a pinched and muffled version of these needle-dropped recordings. The songs are still enjoyable and good to hear but this overzealousness is a strike against Sky Saxon Presents "A Starlight Date With Richard Marsh". The title of the album is a reference to a never-heard song that Sky Saxon recorded in the mid-1950s called "Starlight Date". According to the jive hipster (that is, difficult to understand) liner notes, young Richard Marsh had an acetate of this song made and it was played on local radio in his home city
Some songs from Sky Saxon and The Seeds
Sky Saxon's lyrics are unusual on the song "Walk Along", the penultimate song on the 2005 CD Transparency. While he (very) occasionally indulged in some kind of social
"Bread For Your Head", first of all, is another of Sky Saxon's quintessential hippie song titles. The lengthy track, from 2007's contemplative SOS Radio album, continues
"Sons Of The Light" concludes Side 2 of Sky Saxon's 1984 album Masters Of Psychedelia. The distantly psychedelic jam was recorded around 1977 by Fire, Water, Air
When the song "East Meets West" begins, you'd be forgiven for not recognizing it as a Sky Saxon performance. The crisp synthesizer pop comes on like a forgotten Duran Duran
Sky Saxon, recalling the cover art of The Seeds' 1966 LP A Web Of Sound, likens the world of men and women to a spider web on the 2006 song "Lovers Silken Web", recorded
Sky Saxon and Seeds-related Singles and Collectibles
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