THE NEW SEALS AND CROFTS CD
"TRACES"
IS AVAILABLE NOW!
Click
here for track list, sound clips and ordering information.
The Seals and Crofts Page
- This page by Tony Bentivegna is an excellent resource for information
on Seals and Crofts: their careers, recordings, and current news.
Includes many excellent pictures and complete album lyrics.
Bill DeYoung's
1993 article about Seals and Crofts
"The Sound of Seals and Crofts" - Eric Salzman's review of their first two albums on the Bell/TA label
"Introducing Seals and Crofts" - Deborah Landau's interview with Jim and Dash
NOTE: The STEREO REVIEW articles first sparked my interest in Seals
and Crofts. The lead photo on this web page is taken from
that
issue.
PICTURE
FILES:
The Champs - Here is a
picture of Jimmy and
Dash during their days with The Champs of "Tequila" fame.
See
if you can identify them in the picture. Six people are in the
picture,
but only five are named in the caption! The Champs may also have
swapped instruments for the picture. (From a British book "Golden
Discs")
Several photos of
Jimmy Seals playing sax for
a late 1950's session with the late, great Eddie
Cochran at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, California.
Press Clippings:
Jimmy and Dash
at TA Records reception
News item regarding
1971 tour dates
Ad for Year of
Sunday
News item regarding
"Hummingbird" and "Summer Breeze"
Magazine photo
with wives (Ruby Jean and Billie Lee)
Portrait (circa 1973)
Performing at
California Jam (1974)
In the studio (mid-70's)
Concert Posters and Trade Ads:
Fillmore West postcard 1970: Front
Back
1971
Ad mentioning tour dates
and TV appearances
Concert
Poster:
Texas A&M 11/5/71
1972 Ad
Concert
Poster:
Waikiki 8/8/72
Embassy
Theater
(1973)
Concert
Poster: Maui
7/7/73 Ticket
Concert
Poster:
Waikiki 7/8/73
1973
Thank You Ad
Concert
Poster:
Houston 6/29/74
Concert
Ticket:
Waikiki 8/8/74
1975
Thank You Ad
1975
Dawnbreaker
Music Ad
1976
ad for Get Closer
Concert
Poster: Paramount
Northwest 7/14/76
1978
ad for Takin' It Easy
1978
promo photo for Takin' It Easy
Concert
Poster: Paramount
Theater 8/27/78 (poster says concert was to be recorded)
SOUND FILES:
Seals and Crofts sing "The First Years" (Theme Song of 1978 TV
series
"The Paper Chase")
Opening
Theme
(184K:
MP3 format) 1:13
Closing
Theme (76K:
MP3 format) 0:30
Seals and Crofts sing "Nobody
Can Do It Like
McDonald's Can!" (482K: AU format) 1:00
Early songs written by Seals
and Crofts for others:
By Dash Crofts:
Rockin'
Mary (The Champs)
By Jimmy Seals:
It's
Never Too Late
(Brenda Lee)
Love
Is A Bird (Gene Vincent)
Yesterday
of Our Love
(Jimmy Seals)
I
Believe In Her (The
Knickbockers)
Is
That What You
Want (The Knickerbockers)
Only
The Young (Rick Nelson)
Jumping
Bean (The Champs)
By Dash Crofts & Jimmy Seals:
If
You See My Love (Lenny
Welch)
When
The Chips Are
Down (Rick Nelson)
Seals and Crofts Videos
on YouTube:
Warner Brothers
promo video (Part 1) (5:53) - "Summer Breeze"
Warner Brothers
promo video (Part 2) (8:32) - "Hummingbird"
Summer Breeze
(1974)
Summer Breeze
(Live at Oregon State Fair - audio is dubbed from studio version)
Windflowers
(Live
1974)
Diamond
Girl
Paper Airplanes (1973)
Seals and Seals
(Jimmy and Dan)
The Champs play
"Too Much Tequila" - Jimmy on sax; Dash on drums
Seals and Crofts: Live at Texas A&M 1971
Here is my own audience recording of Seals and Crofts performing at G. Rollie White Coliseum in College Station, Texas on November 5, 1971. They were the opening act for Kris Kristofferson. At this time, Seals and Crofts were relatively unknown, and had not yet released their first album on the Warner Brothers label (Year of Sunday). At that time, I had both of their Bell albums; had read the features on them in the January 1971 issue of STEREO REVIEW; and had seen them perform on the television show "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on March 7, 1971.
Personnel:
Jim Seals: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle, Saxophone,
Throat-Singing
Dash Crofts: Vocals, Mandolin, Keyboard
Bobby Lichtig: Electric Bass
These are MP3 sound files. You should be able to hear them
just by clicking on them.
To save, right click on the link, SAVE AS to
your PC, then use Media Player or other player to listen.
| Track | Song Title | Comments | Time | File Size |
| 1 | Freaks Fret | Later issued on "I'll Play For You" - Features Dash's mandolin solo | 3:05 | 2.9 MB |
| 2 | Gabriel Go On Home | From "Down Home" LP | 3:21 | 3.1 MB |
| 3 | The Boy Down the Road | Later issued on "Summer Breeze" LP | 5:36 | 5.2 MB |
| 4 | "Hog-Calling Music" | (Unreleased) Two country fiddle solos from Jim get the audience hollering! | 4:04 | 3.8 MB |
| 5 | Earth | From "Seals and Crofts" LP | 2:58 | 2.8 MB |
| 6 | "Throat-Singing" | Jim demonstrates the ancient Tuvan art of singing two notes at once! | 3:02 | 2.8 MB |
| 7 | Tin Town | From "Down Home" LP (w/ spoken intro by Jim) | 5:00 | 4.7 MB |
| 8 | Birthday of My Thoughts | From "Seals and Crofts" LP | 5:26 | 5.0 MB |
| 9 | Cottonmouth | From "Down Home" LP | 5:23 | 5.0 MB |
| 10 | Ridin' Thumb | From "Down Home" LP - features Dash's blistering electric mandolin solo | 4:03 | 3.8 MB |
| 11 | Wisdom | Appeared later on "Diamond Girl" LP - Jim's cool sax workout; Dash adds some tasty electric mandolin effects | 4:59 | 4.7 MB |
| 12 | Year of Sunday | Title track of forthcoming LP | 5:56 | 5.5 MB |
| Total | 51:33 | 48.4 MB |
