“As Much As I Love You”

Takes & Glories

album by Sky "Sunlight" Saxon and The Original Seeds (1987)

A very odd German album with old 1960s recordings with slapdash new overdubs plus a handful of new recordings – by Sky Saxon, but *not* the original Seeds.

"Morning Prayer"

song by Sky Saxon and Djin Aquarian (2001)

A sort of hidden track on an already impossible-to-locate CD, "Morning Prayer" is the 19th song on the 2001 mail-order disc Golden Vaults

"In The Cradle Of Love/Freeway"

song by The Happy Hour Band (2002)

Sixteen minutes of furious and beautiful psychedelic punk from Sky, Djin, and The Happy Hour Band. A lost classic, both enticing and frightening.

"Can't Seem To Make You Mine"

song by The Seeds (1965)

Ground Zero for The Seeds: This is the first song they recorded, the first they released, and was their first hit. Floating mid-tempo proto-psych from '65.

"Breaking News"

song by Sky Sunlight Saxon and Dana Smith (2008)

From an obscure 2008 promo CD comes "Breaking News" featuring Sky Saxon, Dana Smith, and the impressive rhythm section of Billy Cox and Buddy Miles

"Down The Nile"

song by Fast Planet (1994)

The title track of Fast Planet's 1994 CD Down The Nile is excellent. "Down The Nile" is a long, dense psychedelic stew, featuring an