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THE SEEDS THE SEEDS S FIRST, SELF-TITLED ALBUM, featuring the garage classic Pushin too hard ORIGINAL 1966 GNP CRESCENDO RECORDS STEREO LP GNP-2023
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ORIGINAL RED GNP LABEL WITH LOGO IN WHITE PRINT
FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER WHICH DOES NOT PLUG THE HIT SINGLE PUSHIN TOO HARD
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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Of the great garage punk bands of the 1960s, some were louder the Sonics , some were angrier the Music Machine , and some were trippier the 13th Floor Elevators , but few seemed like a bad influence on so many levels as the Seeds. The Seeds had long hair, a gloriously lamentable fashion sense, an attitude that was at once petulant and lackadaisical, and music that sounded aimless, horny, agitated, and stoned all at once in short, they were totally cool -- op. ed. . Is it any wonder America s delinquent youth loved them? The Seeds aural signature was as distinctive as any band of their era, and they got a bit fancier with their formula as they went along, but they never captured their essential seediness with more impressive concision than they did on their self-titled debut album from 1966. Dominated by the fierce, drawling yelp of Sky Saxon s vocals and Daryl Hooper s hypnotically repetitive keyboard patterns, and supported by the snarling report of Jan Savage s guitar and Rick Andridge s implacable drumming, the Seeds had a limited bag of melodic tricks, but they hardly seemed to care that roughly half their songs sounded identical, as Saxon bellowed about people who had done him wrong in some way or another usually women and the band locked into cyclical grooves that picked up impressive momentum when they gained enough traction especially Evil Hoodoo, You Can t Be Trusted, and the Seeds signature tune Pushin Too Hard . On their second album, A Web of Sound, the Seeds would become more blatant in their celebrations of sex and drugs, but the glorious primitivism and narrower focus of their debut ultimately works to their advantage there are few albums of the era that mirror the delicious arrogance of a beer-sodden teenage misfit with the effortless simplicity of the Seeds, and it s justly celebrated as a classic of first-wave garage punk.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
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CONDITION:
RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions mostly sleeve scuffs - are barely visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
c Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has some light ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 1 front side and 4 back side
- Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging nothing significant .
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
- No split seams
- No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners
- No saw-marks or indents
- No dirt/dust rubbing stains friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers
- No wrinkles or creases
- No writing
- No stamps
- No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams
- No peel-off marks
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