“Can’t Seem To Make You Mine” / “Daisy Mae”
by The Seeds
1965 7-inch single
Label: Crescendo [GNP 354]
The world’s first-ever look at The Seeds was their debut single from August 1965. The A-side, "Can't Seem To Make You Mine", was destined to become a minor hit, just missing the Top 40 upon re-release in 1967. The B-side, "Daisy Mae", was not on the debut album The Seeds and became notorious as a lost non-LP track. It was added to the 1977 rarities compilation LP Fallin' Off The Edge.
From the outset, Sky Saxon demanded and received special credit, as can be seen from the label of this single: “Featuring Sky Saxon.” The Seeds may have been a collective musically, but spiritually Sky wanted to make sure he was at the top of the heap.
Picture sleeve from the 1967 re-release of "Can't Seem To Make You Mine", also as GNP 354.
"Can't Seem To Make You Mine" b/w "Daisy Mae" was released in a plain paper GNP sleeve, not a picture sleeve. When the A-side was re-released with a picture sleeve in 1967, it was given a new B-side ("I Tell Myself", from A Web Of Sound) but the same catalog number, GNP 354, was used. (To be fair, this 1965 debut single actually says GNP 354x.) The beginning of the impossible twists and turns of Sky Saxon’s discography?
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Peter:
“The liner notes to the French LP Bad Part Of Town (Eva 12019) say that in 1969 at the Santa Monica Civic Centre The Seeds played Pushin' To Hard with Neil...”
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john:
“"Wake Up" shows up on the 1973 Santa Monica United Artists demos, which were circulated by fans on cassette before showing up on the internet during the...”
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C:
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