Name: Raw & Alive
Brand: Seeds, The
SKU: 49034070
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Raw & Alive

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Album: Raw & Alive
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction By 'HUMBLE HARVE' MILLER / MR. FARMER (Undubbed version)	More Info...
2)	NO ESCAPE (Undubbed)	More Info...
3)	SATISFY YOU (Undubbed)	More Info...
4)	NIGHT TIME GIRL (Undubbed)	More Info...
5)	UP IN HER ROOM (Undubbed)	More Info...
6)	GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS (Undubbed)	More Info...
7)	CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE (Undubbed)	More Info...
8)	MUMBLE AND BUMBLE (Undubbed)	More Info...
9)	FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR (Undubbed)	More Info...
10)	PUSHIN' TOO HARD (Undubbed)	More Info...
11)	Introduction By 'HUMBLE HARVE' MILLER / MR. FARMER (Original LP version)	More Info...
12)	NO ESCAPE (Original LP version)	More Info...
13)	SATISFY YOU (Original LP version)	More Info...
14)	NIGHT TIME GIRL (Original LP version)	More Info...
15)	UP IN HER ROOM (Original LP version)	More Info...
16)	GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS (Original LP version)	More Info...
17)	CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE (Original LP version)	More Info...
18)	MUMBLE AND BUMBLE 2 (Original LP version)	More Info...
19)	FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR (Original LP version)	More Info...
20)	900 MILLION PEOPLE DAILY ALL MAKING LOVE (Original LP version)	More Info...
21)	PUSHIN' TOO HARD (Original LP version)	More Info...
1)	Introduction By GENE NORMAN	More Info...
2)	MUMBLE AND BUMBLE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
3)	GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS (New Mix/Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
4)	MR. FARMER (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
5)	NO ESCAPE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
6)	SATISFY YOU (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
7)	CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
8)	TWO FINGERS POINTING ON YOU (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
9)	900 MILLION PEOPLE DAILY ALL MAKING LOVE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
10)	FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
11)	HUBBLY BUBBLY LOVE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
12)	UP IN HER ROOM (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
13)	A FADED PICTURE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
14)	FALLIN' 7 (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
15)	PUSHIN' TOO HARD (New Mix/Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
16)	WDGY Radio Spots	More Info...

Album: Raw & Alive
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction By 'HUMBLE HARVE' MILLER / MR. FARMER (Undubbed version)	More Info...
2)	NO ESCAPE (Undubbed)	More Info...
3)	SATISFY YOU (Undubbed)	More Info...
4)	NIGHT TIME GIRL (Undubbed)	More Info...
5)	UP IN HER ROOM (Undubbed)	More Info...
6)	GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS (Undubbed)	More Info...
7)	CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE (Undubbed)	More Info...
8)	MUMBLE AND BUMBLE (Undubbed)	More Info...
9)	FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR (Undubbed)	More Info...
10)	PUSHIN' TOO HARD (Undubbed)	More Info...
11)	Introduction By 'HUMBLE HARVE' MILLER / MR. FARMER (Original LP version)	More Info...
12)	NO ESCAPE (Original LP version)	More Info...
13)	SATISFY YOU (Original LP version)	More Info...
14)	NIGHT TIME GIRL (Original LP version)	More Info...
15)	UP IN HER ROOM (Original LP version)	More Info...
16)	GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS (Original LP version)	More Info...
17)	CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE (Original LP version)	More Info...
18)	MUMBLE AND BUMBLE 2 (Original LP version)	More Info...
19)	FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR (Original LP version)	More Info...
20)	900 MILLION PEOPLE DAILY ALL MAKING LOVE (Original LP version)	More Info...
21)	PUSHIN' TOO HARD (Original LP version)	More Info...
1)	Introduction By GENE NORMAN	More Info...
2)	MUMBLE AND BUMBLE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
3)	GYPSY PLAYS HIS DRUMS (New Mix/Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
4)	MR. FARMER (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
5)	NO ESCAPE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
6)	SATISFY YOU (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
7)	CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
8)	TWO FINGERS POINTING ON YOU (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
9)	900 MILLION PEOPLE DAILY ALL MAKING LOVE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
10)	FOREST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
11)	HUBBLY BUBBLY LOVE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
12)	UP IN HER ROOM (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
13)	A FADED PICTURE (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
14)	FALLIN' 7 (Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
15)	PUSHIN' TOO HARD (New Mix/Live In The Studio 20 February 1968)	More Info...
16)	WDGY Radio Spots	More Info...

Performer Notes

RAW & ALIVE AT MERLIN'S MUSIC was originally released in 1967. (Not true; the album was recorded in April 1968. -- MRD)
Tributees: Rick Andridge; Sky Saxon.
Personnel: Sky Saxon (vocals); Jan Savage (guitar); Daryl Hooper (keyboards); Rick Andridge (drums).
Recording information: Merlin's Music Box (02/20/1968); The Studio (02/20/1968).
Photographers: Ed Caraeff; John Goddard; Jini Dellaccio; George Rodriguez ; Henry Diltz; Daryl Hooper; Mike Neal ; Pam Delacy.
The Seeds were an exceptional band that never achieved the success that they inspired. This album has a truly psychedelic cover with too-dark-for-pastel colors, swirling letters over eerie faces, and dynamic black and white photos on the back. If you want to see the image of Iggy Pop clothed, just look at Sky Saxon in the bottom right photo on the back cover with the screaming girl holding a flower grabbing at him. He had the image down, as well as the music. "900 Million People Daily All Making Love" sounds so much like the Doors and Jim Morrison's "When the Music's Over," one has to wonder which came first, or did they copy each other? "Mumble and Bumble" is a trippy "Alabama Song," but where Morrison is looking for the next whiskey bar, Saxon is off looking for flowers and magic mushrooms. The band has great energy which is pierced by annoying canned applause … la the Rolling Stones' Got Live If You Want It. This is a record album, not a situation comedy TV show, after all; what's the point of overdubbing an audience onto what is really good music? Sure, "No Escape" is a prelude to the closer and hit "Pushin' Too Hard" with a tip of the hat to Martha & the Vandellas, while "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" is placed nicely in mid-set, a song after the truncated "Up in Her Room." The revelation that is this "concert" album is what a great band the Seeds really were, and how Sky Saxon's vocals have a gritty edge that he held back on us in many of the studio recordings. "Gypsy Plays His Drums" has a great chug-chug guitar, nice off-key backing vocals, and a driving pulse which is present throughout the performance. If you can ignore the extraneous additions, a song like "Forest Outside Your Door" shows really how creative and influential this pioneering band was, while "Satisfy You" is Saxon's direct sexual rock to Mick Jagger's "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Sky claims he can get satisfaction, and can satisfy you at the same time. He then veers off into more familiar psychedelic territory with "Night Time Girl" which combines the sex and the psychedelia. If they taught rock & roll in school, "Raw & Alive" would have to be the textbook for image, design, and content. ~ Joe Viglione

Professional Reviews

Q (9/01, p.137) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...One of the all-time great non-live albums....No other band sounded more like Charles Manson looked."