Tuesday, December 17, 2024

It Crawled From Outta Th' Crawlspace! Dept. - Wilf Brimley's Seatrain

Meet Wilford Brimley [left - Ed.], star of NBC's popular Uncle Ignatz Psychedelic Pshack Pshow!


Hey kids! It's me, Uncle Ignatz! Take a load off! Now what we have here for your delectation is a buncha sweet biscuits from the Psychedelic Pshack, but before we get to them we have to deal with the problem of that final Blues Project album, Planned Obsolescence. Now, a lot of folks round these parts - especially "One Nose" Willa down at the General Store Head Shop - have nothing good to say about that album. They use the term contractual obligation, and they dismiss it out of hand. So let's a get a couple of things straight. The Blues Project - fine band - changed their line-up, changed their name, and signed a new contract. Those were the conditions under which they recorded the album. It was never intended to be a Blues Project album, and shouldn't be considered as one. They were Sea Train by then - two words - and the album wasn't a contractual obligation to their old label but a fresh start at a new one. Turns out things weren't that simple. Life never is, right? Their old label claimed the new album was owed to them, and released it as a Blues Project album, which by whillickers it ain't.

So what we have here is that first Sea Train album, in its *cough* original sleeve [above - Ed.] - ain't that a beaut? - with the single included, as the good Lord intended, both sides. How about them apples? That title is what you might call ironic, seeing as how this fine album has indeed been Lost In The Shuffle. Listening to it now, there's no way this is a Blues Project album, and it's kinda easy to see why folks took the set against it they did. There's so much going on here it makes my whiskers bristle! And next up, this may or may not be familiar to you folks out there in Foamland®, is actually the second Sea Train album. Called Sea Train [left - Ed.]. Which gets a mite confusing later, when they shortened their name to Seatrain - one word - and released an album called Seatrain. One word. Anyways you cut the baccy, it's another rockin' album, and you can hear the smooth transition from Lost In The Shuffle. If you know what the heck is going on with that cover, you be sure to get in touch with your Uncle Ignatz!

1970, they move to Capitol Records, and cut a swell album with George Martin.

1971, their second for Capitol, Marblehead Messenger

1973, a change in style for the verrrrry sliiiightly less interesting Watch. Kinda groovy, though. 

Unofficial recording from the Fillmore East, back in '71. Mmm, nice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is my fondest hope that you enjoy these albums as much as I do, and hear Lost In The Shuffle as it was always meant to be heard, so many years ago! This is your Uncle Ignatz, saying see ya - back at the Pshack©! [Fake studio applause, twangy teenbeat-style theme under superfast credits]

 

This Crawlspace Legacy Post comes to you from 2019, when some of youse bums was still alive! It has been artificially enhanced with mildly interesting new content, for bogus immediacy and relevance!


23 comments:

  1. Given the tsunami of interest in Seatrain, here's another Crawlspace post, wherein I cleverly recycle old material to give the impression th' IoF© (and my heart) is still ticking over. Anyways, it gives youse bums somewhere to hang.

    Actually this is pretty easy to do, and as long as (literally) four or five guys show up , I'll keep doing it. Anyway, I can't keep coming up with this-type quality content - I is exhaustipated.

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  2. Thank you, Farq. Excellent band! Saw them after the first Capitol was released.

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  3. we just need another 2-3 to keep this thing going...hello...is this thing on? Thanks for Seatrain

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  4. If it's of downloads which yez are desirous - ax!

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  5. Hey, you all in the back, mumbling to yourselves, plenty of room up front here where the host can see you. That's right, don't be shy, c'mon up to the comfy seats . . .
    --Muzak McMusics (he of the mighty McMusics clan)

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  6. Keep it up, please. I washed ashore on th'Isle (th'Aisle?) late in the game, missing many a beach bash what proceeded me, so's needs the flashbacks.
    C in California

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  7. I'm axing!! .. Hiya, Farq!! ... Songkhla calling from Tunis!!!

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  9. Would like to hear Sea Train, Link when you have time please

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  10. might there be a link for Sea Train/Seatrain somewhere in here?

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  11. I have some of these, but never heard the original, so pretty please...
    -notBob

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  12. I read somewhere that "Seatrain" was the American pronunciation of "Citroen", and that's really where the name came from. Sounds reasonable.

    VoilĂĄ, already:

    https://workupload.com/file/5ZxN6srvEgX

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    1. 👆Here is the link, this is the link, the link is here.

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    2. Hmmmm. Some o' those cats were from NYC, so I'd bet Sea Train was a play on the C Train subway line. Plus, I've never heard any of my fellow 'Merkins pronounce Citroen any other way than 'Sitren' (or, if they took French like me, as the way it's intended to be pronounced.
      C in California

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    3. Sounds reasonable. But "seatrain dukes shuvorks" sounds cracker to me.

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  13. FT3 - I was not previously aware of Sea Train/Seatrain. Thanks very much for sharing this very tasty deliverable. LOVE all of it - especially the 2 George Martin produced albums. Interestingly original vibe going on.

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    1. You're welcome, Thames. I remember them from John Peel, and Annie Nightingale, who was a big fan. Amazing to think that they were a "second tier" band. Such originality and talent! Five albums for major labels! I'd be very interested to hear of contemporary bands their equal ... uh ... as you were ...

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  14. Wow!! Got a little konfoosed .. Sea Train or Seatrain or Blue Project!! But some good moosic, thanks, Farq!!!

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  15. In 1970, my friends and I loved that first Capitol album. When we heard that Seatrain was coming to town to play a 2000 seat theater for $2 per ticket, we were all in. We were unfamiliar with the headlining act-we were there to see Seatrain. But we stuck around for the headliners. The Allman Brothers Band (with Duane Allman) were amazing, and we quickly had a NEW favorite band!

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  16. Seatrain (one word) charted here in San Francisco, hitting #25 on the Big 610 KFRC, a 50 gazillion watt powerhouse you hear all the way to the Sierras.

    25. Brownsville - Joy Of Cooking --
    26. 13 Questions - Seatrain 30
    27. Don't Change On Me - Ray Charles

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  17. Nice to see the love for a fine, mostly forgotten, band. I doubt there's a market for a box set, but there's enough material for a great one. If you like box sets, which I don't, much.

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