The duo of Seals & Crofts released their first album back in 1969. They issued two albums before signing with Warner Brothers Music for their third album. but it was their 4th that did the trick. With the release of Summer Breeze in 1972, this duo set the stage for five years of strength. Summer Breeze gave birth to the classic and timeless hits of “Summer Breeze”, and “Hummingbird”. The album sold upwards of two million copies in the US alone. 1973 paved for the release of Diamond Girl. The singles from that album included “Diamond Girl”, and the immeasurable importance and jarring realization of “We May Never Pass This Way (Again)”. In all, the duo released more than 15 studio sets, and 16 singles that also include “Get Closer”. The pair went on hiatus in 1981, and have reunited since.
On July 18, Lemon Recordings (Cherry Red UK) will release a 5CD Box that will showcase the strength of Seals & Crofts during their eight album history with Warner Brothers Records. The set will be called Gold & Rainbows: The Warner Bros. Years 1969-1978. (Their first two albums were released by a smaller label, which was later purchased by Warners’ Time-Life division. Those two albums were then re-released as a 2-album set in 1974 (Seals & Crofts I & II) during the height of the band’s popularity. Therefore, they are added to the 10 album Warner collection found here.)
Gold & Rainbows: The Warner Bros. Years 1969-1978 will be issued in the 5CD Box and DD. A booklet is sure to complement the set with notes and photos detailing the ten albums found within.
Gold & Rainbows: The Warner Bros. Years 1969-1978 – Seals & Crofts
CD1
Seals & Crofts (1969)
01 See My Life
02 Sea Of Consciousness
03 Seldom’s Sister
04 Not Be Found
05 Birthday Of My Thoughts
06 In Tune
07 Cows Of Gladness
08 Earth
09 Seven Valleys
10 Jekyll And Hyde
11 Ashes In the Snow
12 See My Life (Reprise)
Down Home (1970)
13 Ridin’ Thumb
14 Hand-Me-Down Shoe
15 Purple Hand
16 Robin
17 Hollow Reed
18 Gabriel Go on Home
19 Tin Town
20 Today
21 Cotton Mouth
22 Granny Will Your Dog Bite?
23 Leave
CD2
Year Of Sunday (1971)
01 When I Meet Them
02 ‘Cause You Love
03 Antoinette
04 High On a Mountain
05 Year Of Sunday
06 Paper Airplanes
07 Irish Linen
08 Springfield Mill
09 Ancient Of the Old
10 Sudan Village
Summer Breeze (1972)
11 Hummingbird
12 Funny Little Man
13 Say
14 Summer Breeze
15 East Of Ginger Trees
16 Fiddle In the Sky
17 The Boy Down the Road
18 The Euphrates
19 Advance Guards
20 Yellow Dirt
CD3
Diamond Girl (1973)
01 Diamond Girl
02 Ruby Jean And Billie Lee
03 Intone My Servant
04 We May Never Pass This Way (Again)
05 Nine Houses
06 Standin’ On a Mountain Top
07 It’s Gonna Come Down (On You)
08 Jessica
09 Dust On My Saddle
10 Wisdom
Unborn Child (1974)
11 Windflowers
12 Desert People
13 Unborn Child
14 The Story of Her Love
15 Dance By the Light of The Moon
16 Rachel
17 King Of Nothing
18 29 Years from Texas
19 Ledges
20 Follow Me
21 Big Mac
CD4
I’ll Play For You (1975)
01 I’ll Play for You
02 Golden Rainbow
03 Castles In the Sand
04 Blue Bonnet Nation
05 Ugly City
06 Wayland The Rabbit
07 Freaks Fret
08 Truth Is but A Woman
09 Fire And Vengeance
Sudan Village (1976)
10 Sudan Village
11 Advance Guards
12 ‘Cause You Love
13 Baby I’ll Give It to You
14 Thunderfoot
15 East Of Ginger Trees
16 Put Your Love in My Hands
17 Arkansas Traveller
18 Eighth Of January
CD5
Get Closer (1976)
01 Sweet Green Fields
02 Get Closer
03 Red Long Ago
04 Goodbye Old Buddies
05 Baby Blue
6 Million Dollar Horse
07 Don’t Fail
08 Passing Thing
Takin’ It Easy (1978)
09 Takin’ It Easy
10 One More Time
11 Midnight Blue
12 You’re The Love
13 Sunrise
14 Breaking In a Brand New Love
15 Magnolia Moon
16 Nobody Gets Over Lovin’ You
17 Forever Like the Rose
18 A Tribute To ‘Abdu’L-Baha’