The Seeds were allegedly the best live
band from Los Angeles in the 1960's, so it's a mystery why their
label would want them to record a “live” album in the studio and
then overdub crowd noise over the results. In April of 1968 the band
recorded the album at Western Recorders and would be released as Raw
& Alive: The Seeds In Concert At Merlin's Music Box.
In 2014 the UK label Big Beat Records released the album without the
dubbed audience noise plus another earlier attempt at a full-length
live-in-the studio affair, on a two-disc set simply called Raw
& Alive.
The wonderful
Norton Records released a 7” vinyl teaser from the album. “Night
Time Girl” starts off with what sounds like an early synthesizer
but it's probably just an over-modulated keyboard. The song sounds
like The Stooges meets The Doors, which isn't so surprising. You can
hear how Sky Saxon's vocal prowess influenced Iggy Pop on the B-Side
“Gypsy Plays The Drums”. These may be my favorite recordings by
The Seeds.
If you're a fan of
proto-punk, garage rock or rock and roll in general this most very
highly recommended.
Here's the video review:
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