SEALS AND CROFTS

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.  
(Archived at The Wayback Machine)

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.

• Jimmy and Dash
• Enlargement of Inset (showing bassist Bobby Lichtig in background)
• Jimmy playing guitar (Dash in background)
  
• Jimmy playing fiddle
• Dash
• Another shot of Dash
  

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     2nd copy
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
Unborn Child poster
1975 Trade Ad
1975 Ad with 4 photos
1975 Trade Ad - Louie Shelton
1975 Thank You Ad
1975 Dawnbreaker Music Ad
1975 Trade Ad for winter tour
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)
Trade Ad for Greatest Hits album

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

Seals and Crofts sing 2 songs from the soundtrack of "Foolin' Around" (1979):
   "Foolin' Around" (Music & Lyrics by Charles Bernstein)
   "These Moments Never Live Again" (Music by Charles Bernstein, Lyrics by Jim Seals and Charles Bernstein)

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

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