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!