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
The 1983 compilation LP Bad Part Of Town on Eva Records collects some of Sky Saxon's early pre-Seeds singles as well as all six Seeds songs from the three 1970-1972 singles. This was the first Sky Saxon compilation to include any of these tracks, which were missing from 1977's Fallin' Off The Edge rarities compilation that only included songs recorded for GNP/Crescendo. The CD version of Bad Part Of Town features a few extra tracks. The original vinyl release of Bad Part Of Town has six of the twelve known early Sky Saxon solo songs, plus all six early 1970s Seeds songs. Included are both sides of the 1961 Richie Marsh and The Hoodwinks single, "Baby Baby Baby" and "Half Angel"; both Sky Saxon and The Soul-Rockers sides from 1964, "Go Ahead And Cry" and the re-recorded version of "They Say"; and both Sky Saxon and The Electra-Fires tracks from 1964, "Do The Swim" and "Trouble With My Baby". Of more interest to psychedelia and Seeds fans, both MGM singles by The Seeds from 1970 are here — "Bad Part Of Town" b/w "Did He Die", and "Love In A Summer Basket" b/w "Wish Me Up" — and, most impressively, the obscure, privately-released 1972 single
Some songs from Sky Saxon and The Seeds
The smooth and good-timey rock and roll tune "Fallin' In Love" appeared on The Seeds, the band's 1966 debut album. Daryl Hooper's wild sixties organ is the star of
The unreleased Seeds song "Sad And Alone" was recorded during sessions for Future in 1967 but not available until the 1993 compilation Travel With Your Mind
Actually fifty seconds long, "30 Seconds Over Hollywood" is a psychedelic sound collage that appears on the 1987 LP Takes & Glories. The album is credited to
"Just Like John Lennon Said" is a Sky Saxon song that appeared on a MySpace page around 2007, and a slightly different mix was incorporated into the multi-artist CD California
"Evil Hoodoo" is one of The Seeds' greatest achievements, five minutes of raw insanity recorded in 1966 that has rarely been equalled. Punk starts here.
Sky Saxon and Seeds-related Singles and Collectibles
Deep Sky
Discographies, biographies, interviews and more. For the dedicated Seeds/Sky Saxon fanatic.