The Seeds - Mr. Farmer b/w No Escape (1967 US) | Los Angeles Garage | Full 45 Rip

There was no Marcus Tybalt. Both sides of this record say he produced it. The 1967 promo on GNP Crescendo 383, white label, stamped PROMOTIONAL and NOT FOR SALE. The two sides come off two different albums, which the labels say outright: the A-side from A Web of Sound, the B-side from their debut. They also credit two different engineers, one per side, which is the best thing about this record. The Seeds were Sky Saxon on vocals and bass, Daryl Hooper on organ and piano, Jan Savage on guitar and Rick Andridge on drums. Hooper played the bass lines on a keyboard, first a Wurlitzer and then a Fender Rhodes bass, and he is quick to point out he was doing it before the Doors were. GNP Crescendo was a jazz label run by the concert promoter Gene Norman, and the label had no interest in rock and roll until Norman's son Neil, then about fourteen, told his father to sign them. Mr. Farmer reached number 86 on the Billboard chart in March 1967 and was widely heard as a song about growing marijuana, so a lot of stations refused it. Dave Hassinger, who cut the A-side, was the Rolling Stones' engineer on Aftermath and went on to Surrealistic Pillow and the first Grateful Dead album. Chuck Britz, who cut the B-side, engineered Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations for the Beach Boys. And Marcus Tybalt was Sky Saxon, who did not want people knowing he produced his own records. Sky Saxon was not his name either. He was born Richard Marsh. 00:00 Thumbnail 0:09 Mr. Farmer 2:53 The flip 3:09 No Escape 🎧 Rare 45rpm Vinyl Rips - promo singles and obscure 7-inches: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pZAodT9-v-Lehtz7BPAlxi 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips - rare psych and rock LPs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 🔴 Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30am PT, one record from my collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9qEwJJg-w9RXM0MsbSk5H3F 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ #TheSeeds #LAGarage #RareVinyl #45RPM #VinylCollector