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
New Fruit From Old Seeds: The Rare Sky Saxon Volume One
New Fruit From Old Seeds — The Rare Sky Saxon Volume One was released in 1983 by Archive International Productions (AIP) of Hollywood, and was a compilation of early Sky Saxon solo songs and tracks from The Seeds' final three singles of 1970-2. Its track listing is similar to Bad Part Of Town, another 1983 Seeds rarities compilation, though it does contain one song not available anywhere else before or since: a live version of "A Thousand Shadows" from The Joey Bishop Show by The Seeds, 1967. As for the early 1960s pre-Seeds Sky Saxon songs, New Fruit From Old Seeds includes both 1962 Ritchie Marsh sides, "They Say" b/w "Darling I Swear That It's True"; both Sky Saxon and The Soul-Rockers songs from 1964, "Go Ahead And Cry" b/w "They Say" (re-recorded version); and both of the other 1964 sides, "Do The Swim" b/w "Trouble With My Baby" by Sky Saxon and The Electra-Fires. (The Soul-Rockers' version of "They Say" is the only song on New Fruit From Old Seeds not also appearing on Bad Part Of Town — "Darling I Swear That It's True" was not on that LP but is on the CD version.) All six songs released by Sky Saxon's final versions of The
Some songs from Sky Saxon and The Seeds
Sky Saxon is wistful on "A Faded Picture", one of the classic tracks from The Seeds' 1966 LP A Web Of Sound. The performance showcases another side of the band. "A
Lots of edgy valleys and a couple of dizzying highs distinguish this plodding, riff-driven heavy metal song from 1984 by Sky and some of his stoner cohorts.
"Crying Heartbreak" sounds like it would be a sad, woebegone song, but it isn't. This is a hard rock song by Fast Planet from their 1994 CD Down The Nile. Sky Saxon
One of Sky Saxon's standout tracks from his mysterious late-1970s period was 1977's "Starry Ride". It was originally released as part of a 4-song 7" EP on various colors of
Sky Saxon's vocals on "Change In The Weather" are like a cross between Bob Dylan and Ed Grimley. Ken Dimbinski's guitar is like 1980s hair metal. Yikes.
Sky Saxon and Seeds-related Singles and Collectibles
Deep Sky
Discographies, biographies, interviews and more. For the dedicated Seeds/Sky Saxon fanatic.