“No Escape”
by The Seeds
1965 song
"No Escape" is the second song on The Seeds and has appeared on several compilations and live albums since. "No Escape" was recorded at The Seeds’ second-ever studio session, in Hollywood on July 20, 1965.
The song chugs along with a simple two-chord thrash like a prototypical "Pushin' Too Hard". "No Escape" bubbles musically with Daryl Hooper’s throbbing keyboard supporting Sky Saxon’s fantastic vocal melodies. The chorus is especially spine-tingling. "No Escape" features the phrase “night and day” as did many Sky Saxon songs of this period.
"No Escape" was first available in the United States on The Seeds in June 1966 but was first available in France months before that. In September 1965, GNP Crescendo’s French partner Disques Vogue released a 4-song 7″ EP; one of its songs was "No Escape" (though an exclamation point was added to the song’s title — “No Escape!”). ("Excuse, Excuse", in a version exclusive to that EP, was also first introduced to French record buyers.)
Appears on
- French EP from 1965
- The Seeds
- "Mr. Farmer" B-side, 1966 (non-picture sleeve edition)
- Raw & Alive
1968 studio re-recording with fake crowd noises added. Original recording without crowd noises, plus an earlier attempt, also released on 2014 expanded 2CD set - Bad Part Of Town/The Live Album Bedtime
CD bonus track, live version by Fire Wall from the mid-80s - Private Party
1986 live version by Purple Electricity - Breakin' Through The Doors
1990 studio version with Dragonslayers as "No Escape/In The Burning Cities" - Down The Nile
1994 studio version by Fast Planet - Rockin' The Croc/West Coast
1995 live version by Fast Planet
