ALAN SEIDLER: DISCOGRAPHY

In many ways, the Handbook staff has found compiling a complete discography of all Alan’s commercial recordings almost as daunting a task as compiling his list of “Not-So-Serious Works,” because many of the record companies Alan recorded for, especially in the 1970s, have been absorbed and re-absorbed by larger entities or just plain gone out of business. In addition to the recordings listed here, during the late 1970s, Alan recorded between 40 and 50 unreleased tracks for Blue Goose Records, some solos, others accompanied by other Blue Goose artists coming through town, such as R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders, Gary Lawrence and His Sizzling Syncopaters and a host of guitarists who recorded on the Blue Goose label at one point or another. Though these were primarily pop and blues standards from the 1890s (“I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”) to the early 1970s (“The Green, Green Grass of Home”) and Alan himself says many of the performances “were pretty shitty”, true Seidler buffs are interesting in our acquiring the original tapes and releasing whatever is of reasonably high quality on some sort of compilation, since Alan did lead vocals and piano on nearly all of them.
Also, in May 2005, Japan’s AIRAC Records announced that they had just issued a new (and unauthorized) “limited edition” of The Duke of Ook on CD, but Alan strongly suggests ignoring this product, which may be of questionable quality and seems to be available mostly by mail-order at a ridiculously high price ($29 plus shipping and handling), as his own production company, Furhoof Enterprises, intends to put out its own reissue on Hoove Ape Records in the very near future using the original master tapes, at roughly half the price, and with personally autographed messages from The Duke himself going to the first 1000 buyers. (PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR NEWS BULLETINS ON THIS SITE!) Anyway, here is Alan’s commercial discography, done to the best of our ability. The Handbook Staff wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Azatlan Records, Best Dressed Records, Patmore Lewis, Tim Rose, Robert Sher, and especially Stefan Wirz of Germany, whose tireless efforts to keep the Blue Goose legacy alive are without parallel.

-The Editor

Blue Goose Records test record (unissued)-45RPM single, recorded at Blue Goose Studios, New York, NY, December 28, 1971. Alan Seidler, vocals, piano

Baby Your Mother (Like She Babied You)
Temptation Rag

Jo Ann Kelly with John Fahey, Woody Mann, John Miller, Alan Seidler
Blue Goose Records LP (BG-2009). Recorded at Blue Goose Studios, New York, NY,
June-July 1972. Produced by Nick Perls. Jo Ann Kelly, vocals, gtr., John Fahey, Woody Mann, John Miller, gtrs., Alan Seidler, piano

Pigmeat Blues
Stocking Feet Blues
Henry Miller’s Dream
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
What’s The Matter?
High Sheriff Blues
Arrangement For Me Blues

Bothering That Thing
Soo Cow Soo
Jo’s Mistreated Blues
Tricks Ain’t Walking No More
I Want You To Know
New Mindreader Blues

Blue Goose Records 45 RPM single (BG-3002) recorded at Blue Goose Studios, New York, NY, September 1973; Produced by Nick Perls. Alan Seidler, vocals/piano

That’s How A Mobile Is Born
True Blue Lou

Morning Impromptus/Evening Bacchanals-double album produced for Takoma Records by John Fahey; Series of small pieces and piano improvisations released on 8-track tape format only (TAK-7048/E-101). Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, February 1974. Executive Producer: Charlie Mitchell. Alan Seidler, solo piano on all numbers except for “Three Mute Kaws”-Alan Seidler, a cappella vocals

The Drunken Ballerina
Impromptu #1
Impromptu #2
Wilopsinkadoly Street Strut
Impromptu #3
The New Rochelle High School vs. Iona Prep Football Impromptu
Impromptu #4

Early Evening Bacchanal
Bacchanal #2
Fantasies and Dreams
Bacchanal #3
Yapskwuger Rag
Nightshade (Bacchanal #4)
Three Mute Kaws

Alan Seidler: The Duke of Ook-Blue Goose Records LP (BG-2015) recorded at Blue Goose Studios, New York, NY, November-December 1974. Produced by Nick Perls. Liner Notes by Steve Calt. Glossary by Timothy Aurthur. All songs except “Duke of Ook” and “All By Myself (Without No Ape) copyright by Simian Press, a div. of Ook Ook Productions, Inc. All music and lyrics for Simian Press songs by Alan Seidler, except for songs marked with a #, which have lyrics by Timothy Aurthur and “The Universal Uk”, which has lyrics partially by David Rosengren.

Duke of Ook
What Is The Use Of Calling Me San? #
Won’t You Come And Be Profligerate
Never Oh Never Whatever You Do, Sing A Gorilla Song
Oozing Cyst Blues #
Oozin’ Just Oozin’ For You #
The Once-It-Was-Herbibiwis-But-Now-It’s-Anemic Rag

Puv Hooves
D-O-A-P
Old Vitoville Blues
Fash
All By Myself (Without No Ape)
What Sort of A Vuv
The Universal Uk

Blue Goose Sampler. Compilation of performances by Blue Goose Record artists (BG-101) containing following songs written and performed by Alan Seidler:

Oozing Cyst Blues
What Is The Use Of Calling Me San?

Rory Block: I’m In Love-Blue Goose Records LP (BG-2022), recorded at Blue Goose Studios, New York, NY 1976 with Rory Block, vocals/gtr., Artie Traum, gtr., Roley Salley (b), Pat Murray (congas), Eric Valdina (drums), Alan Seidler, piano, Ken Kosek, fiddle, other studio musicians. Partially re-released on Munich Records as Rory Block: The Early Tapes 1975-76

I’m In Love
You Broke My Heart
Lonesome Girl
Strong And Lasting Kind
You’re Everything
Lovin’ Good Dream

Nobody Knows You When Your’e Down And Out
Canned Heat
Why Should I Be So Lonely?
Powder Rag
Mississippi Blues
Three Is A Crowd

Roy Bookbinder: Ragtime Millionaire-Blue Goose Records LP, recorded at Blue Goose Studios, New York, NY 1977. Roy Bookbinder, vocals, gtr., Arnold “Fats” Kaplin, violin, Alan Seidler, piano

King Edward Blues
One Meat Ball
Travelin’ Man Blues
Keep A Knockin’
Wonder What’s The Matter
Long Tall Mama
3x7
Ragtime Millionaire
CC&O Blues
Stack O Lee
Hesitation Blues
Maybe It’s Love

Alan Seidler: Chamber Music-Original Cast Records CD, recorded at PPI Recording Studios, New York, NY April-June 1997 (OC-77719). Produced by Robert Sher. Executive Producer: Bruce Yeko; Assistant Producer: Joe Gianono. Patmore Lewis, Terry Woitach, violins; Katherine Greene, viola; Mary Wooten, cello, John Nauman, piano.

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1994-95)

Allegro Moderato
Romanza: Adagio molto espressivo
Allegro con brio

Patmore Lewis, violin; John Nauman, piano

Quartet for Piano and Strings (1988-89)

Allegro non troppo Quasi Una Fantasia
Allegro Appassionato

Patmore Lewis, violin; Katherine Greene, viola; Mary Wooten,
Cello; John Nauman, piano

String Quartet #1 (1991-93)

Moderato
Elegy: Andante
Sostenuto; Presto

Patmore Lewis, Terry Woitach, violins; Katherine Greene, viola;
Mary Wooten, cello

Patmore Lewis: From The Soul-Azatlan Records CD (AZ-5119) recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY and in Europe. Patmore Lewis, violin; Rohan De Silva, John Nauman, Pianos. Released 1998

Richard Strauss : Sonata in E flat major for violin and piano

Allegro, ma non troppo
Improvisation: Andante
Finale: Andante; Allegro

Karol Szymanowski

La Fontaine D’Arethuse

Alan Seidler: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Allegro Moderato
Romanza: Adagio molto espressivo
Allegro con brio

Tim Rose; Haunted Best Dressed Records CD (DTK 51), recorded in New York and London, 1997-98 with Tim Rose, vocals, gtr., David Zinno, Darrius Ditullio, Alan Seidler, David Clarke, Bill Wilson.

Blue Steel ’44 (Hey Joe)
Give Your Lovin’ to the Livin’
He Never Was A Hero
Natural Thing
A mite Confused
I Ain’t Had No Lovin’ (Long Time Man)
Because You’re Rich
The Dealer
Come Away, Melinda
Haunted (instrumental)
Four Dancin’ Queens
Hanging Tree
I Sold it With My Car (Goin’ Down in Hollywood)
Morning Dew