Sunday, September 21, 2008

Duluth (Music) Hall of Fame: 'Seed Math'

SEED MATH - "SEED MATH"

{Cover art unavailable ... for now.*}

TRACKS

1. "Planet Earth"
2. "Piggyback Accident"
3. "Television, Alright!"

4. "Instrumental #1"
5. "Same Again"
6. "Instrumental #2"
7. "Two Two One Ten Two Two"
8. "Let it Begin"
9. "The Matthew Lesko Polka"
10. "Question and Answer Book"
11. "Bad Heart"
12. "Acoustic Midget Blues"

LINER NOTES

"Liner notes" were quite limited, as the Seed Math releases were just the CDs in color jewel cases. (This first release came in a blue case.) However, like the other installments, this first disc came with a small piece of paper denoting its volume number (out of four), edition number (out of 25 ... quite rare!) and that it was created by Tony Bennett of the Dames (now of Cars & Trucks). There was also text printed directly onto the disc: "Written, performed, recorded and mixed by Tony Bennett at Spirit Valley Studios, Duluth, MN. Mastered by Zac Bentz w/ TB. 'Artwork' by TB. seedmath@hotmail.com. All songs copyright 2003 SEED MATH. Thanks!"

ETC.

Tony Bennett's Seed Math discs were released jointly by Shaky Ray Records and Cutout Records in the early 2000s. Some songs from the series were later featured in "Broc," a documentary about ceramacist Broc Allen made by Steve Ash. Learn more about Bennett's career in "Speaking as a Child of the '70s," a feature I wrote about him for the Duluth Budgeteer News. A choice quote from the story: “I’ve always kind of compartmentalized [my songs] in my mind for some reason,” he said. “If I write a Beatle-y kind of song, you know, that will go in this pile. If I write a hard rock song, that’ll go in this pile. Then, if I write a weird keyboard song, that’ll go in the Seed Math pile.”

*Duluth (Music) Hall of Fame is by no means official. It's just a way to get information about all of the many wonderful Twin Ports music scene releases out there. You can help out by submitting any missing materials or, better yet, starting your own (read: better) Northland music database.

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