Alan Seidler discography

Alan Seidler: The Duke of Ook Blue Goose 2015
side 1		side 2
1	Duke Of Ook (Chandler-Seidler)	1	Puv Hooves (Seidler)
2	What Is The Use Of Calling Me San? (Seidler-Aurthur)	2	D-O-A-P (Seidler)
3	Won't You Come And Be Profligerate (Seidler)	3	Old Vitoville Blues (Seidler)
4	Never Oh Never Whatever You Do, Sing A Gorilla Song (Seidler)	4	Fash (Seidler)
5	Oozing Cyst Blues (Seidler-Aurthur)	5	All By Myself (Without No Ape) (Berlin-Seidler)
6	Oozin' Just Oozin' For You (Seidler-Aurthur)	6	What Sort Of A Vuv (Seidler)
7	The Once-It-Was-Herbibiwis-But-Now-It's-Anemic Rag (Seidler)	7	The Universal Uk (Seidler-Rosengren)
musicians
Alan Seidler (piano, vocals)
notes
Produced For BLUE GOOSE RECORDS, a div. of Yellow Bee Productions; Inc. by Nick Perls 245 Waverly Place, New York, N. Y. 10014 All songs except Duke of Ook and All By Myself copyright by Simian Press, a Div. of Ook Ook Productions, Inc. We wish to thank David Mann for vocal accompaniments on Duke of Ook COVER ART: R. Crumb ENGINEERING AND RECORDING: Nick Perls NOTES: Stephen Calt SEND FOR A FREE CATALOGUE All Blue Goose LP's are available by writing to BLUE GOOSE RECORDS
Alan Seidler: The Duke of Ook - Duke Of Ook (Chandler-Seidler) - What Is The Use Of Calling Me San (Seidler-Aurthur)? - Won't You Come And Be Profligerate (Seidler) - Never Oh Never Whatever You Do, Sing A Gorilla Song (Seidler) - Oozing Zyst Blues (Seidler-Aurthur)   @ youtube - Oozin' Just Oozin' For You (Seidler-Aurthur) - The Once-It-Was-Herbibiwis-But-Now-It's-Anemic Rag (Seidler) - Puv Hooves (Seidler) - D-O-A-P (Seidler) - Old Vitoville Blues (Seidler) - Fash (Seidler) - All By Myself (Without No Ape) (Berlin-Seidler) - What Sort Of A Vuv (Seidler) - The Universal Uk (Seidler-Rosengren) AllMusic Review by arwulf arwulf: "The title track from Alan Seidler's album The Duke of Ook is a deliciously weird takeoff on Gene Chandler's hit of 1962 (and oldie karaoke staple ever since) "Duke of Earl." It bears some resemblance to a chanted passage from "Duke of Prunes" as presented in 1967 on the album Absolutely Free by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Seidler's grand deviation from his life-long mission as composer of poetically inspired chamber music was this 14-track album of what he specifically described as neo-vaudeville and blues. It was anchored by his knack for barrelhouse and parlor piano, and enlivened by a private vocabulary as seen in the title "Won't You Come and Be Profligerate." Whereas he named young Al Jolson (circa 1911-1922) as a major vocal influence, Seidler' archaic saloon tenor delivery on this album sounds more like Arthur Askey, Donald Swann, or old-time British music hall comedians Billy Merson (whose "The Spaniard That Blighted Me Life" was covered by Jolson in 1913) and Harry Champion, who in 1931 gave the world "I Am Henery the Eighth I Am." The strongest example of this aspect of Seidler's complex performance persona is "Never oh Never Whatever You Do, Sing a Gorilla Song," which he is believed to have composed in 1963. The simian thematic runs rampant throughout Seidler's professed Weltanschauung, which is centered upon adoration of the Universal Ape, or as identified on this record, "The Universal Uk." Clues to this important mind-set are scattered throughout his song titles, which contain glowing examples of Seidler's personal lexicon. Poet Timothy Aurthur, with whom he collaborated for roughly 20 years beginning in the mid- to late '60s, was responsible for setting down a glossary of Seidler's neologisms. Ook or Uk may be understood as the sound made by an ape, the ape itself, the cosmic or Universal Ape, any being "in total union with the Universal Ape", or "the sound made by a creature in total union with the Universal Ape". A Vuv is "any agreeable or interesting person whose disposition denotes awareness of the Universal Ape", and a Puv is a Vuv with furry hooves. This may account for his almost Jerry Lewis-like delivery on "What Sort of a Vuv." As to the secret locked within Seidler's "The-Once-It-Was-Herbibiwis-But-Now-It's-Anemic-Rag", Herbibiwis means herbivorous, as distinct from Carnibiwis. A Fash is a "fish" (to use a term singled out as "regarded as vulgar by the Church of Ook"), or anything unpleasant, or any creature in total rebellion against the Universal Ape. Seidler's highly individualistic approach enabled him to amend "All by Myself" (written by Irving Berlin in 1921) with the subtitle "Without No Ape." The Aurthur/Seidler collaborations are particularly captivating, as "What Is the Use of Calling Me San?" gives way to the "Oozing Cyst Blues" and its logical/illogical sequel, "Oozin' Just Oozin' for You." notes by Stephen Calt Blue Goose BG 2015 (US 1974) cardboard replica mini LP = Air Mail Recordings AIRAC-1025 (Jp 2002) = Air Mail Recordings AIRAC CD Box 3 (Jp 2002) Alan Seidler discography

Anthologies / Compilations / Samplers
containing songs performed by Alan Seidler

#	year of release	title / songs performed by Alan Seidler / label # / notes
1	1975	Blue Goose Sampler R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders - Laughing Rag - Sweet Lorraine Jo Ann Kelly - Pigmeat Blues - Jo's Mistreated Blues Alan Seidler - Oozing Zyst Blues - What Is The Use Of Calling Me San? Sam Chatmon - Turnip Greens - Go Back Old Devil Graham Hine - No Particular Place To Go - Crazy With The Blues John Miller - Honey - First Degree Blues - Pork's Chops Steve Calt & Dave Mann - Clam Jam - Lady Brett's Lover Yank Rachell - Shotgun Blues - Skinny Woman Blues Dave Jasen - Raymond's Rag - Make Believe Rag Roger Hubbard - Crow Jane - Brighton Belle Blues Blue Goose BG 101 (US 1975) Blue Goose discography Jo Ann Kelly discography Sam Chatmon discography John Miller discography Yank Rachell discography

(Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings

#	year of release	artist / title / instrument(s) played by Alan Seidler / label # / notes
1	1972	Jo Ann Kelly@ youtube (full album playlist) with John Fahey, Woody Mann, John Miller, Alan Seidler - Pigmeat Blues * §   @ youtube - Stocking Feet Blues #   @ youtube - Henry Miller's Dream *   @ youtube - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues //   @ youtube - What's The Matter? ||   @ youtube - High Sheriff Blues #   @ youtube - Arrangement For Me Blues ||   @ youtube - Bothering That Thing // *   @ youtube - Soo Cow Soo ||   @ youtube - Jo's Mistreated Blues *   @ youtube - Tricks Ain't Walking No More §   @ youtube - I Want You To Know ||   @ youtube - New Mind Reader Blues #   @ youtube rec. 1972 in New York City by Nick Perls; Jo Ann Kelly, voc, // g; # John Fahey, g; * Woody Mann, g; || John Miller, g; § Alan Seidler, p Blue Goose 2009 (US 1972) = Air Mail Recordings AIRAC-1022 (Jp 2002) Leftovers of those sessions have been issued 1990 by Connoisseur Collection Document "Retrospect 1964 - 72" [CSAP CD 101] (The Connoisseur Collection, 44 Seymour Place, London, UK) Songs accompanied by Woody Mann, g reissued 1999 on: Woody Mann & Jo Ann Kelly & Son House: Been Here And Gone.- Acoustic Music Records 319.1174.2 (Germany) Blue Goose Records discography Jo Ann Kelly discography John Miller discography
2	1976	Graham Hine: Bowery Fantasy@ youtube (full album) - Bank Holiday   @ youtube - I Want To Shop Around   @ youtube - Devil Blues   @ youtube - Gold Top   @ youtube - She's Never Coming Home   @ youtube - I Had To Give Up Gym #   @ youtube - Baby You Suspect Me All The Time   @ youtube - Bowery Fantasy   @ youtube - How About You #   @ youtube - Don't Want To Back There   @ youtube - Session Blues   @ youtube - 5 Feet 2 1/2 Inches   @ youtube - Be Ready When She Comes   @ youtube - Katie's Gonna Climb My Pole   @ youtube rec. 1973 in New York by Nick Perls; Graham Hine, voc, g; John Miller, 2nd g; # Alan Seidler, p; Tim Branston, mandolin; Don Payne, b; Alan Schwartzberg, dr photos: Nick Perls Blue Goose BG 2021 (US 1976) Blue Goose Records discography
3	1976	Rory Block: I'm In Love Blue Goose BG 2022 / Air Mail Archive AIRAC-1343 track sequence: - I'm In Love °°   @ youtube - You Broke My Heart   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Lonesome Gal   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Strong And Lasting Kind   @ youtube   @ Spotify - You're Everything °° - Lovin' Good Dream   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Canned Heat   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Why Should I Be So Lonely? #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Powder Rag   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Mississippi Blues #   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Three Is A Crowd   @ youtube   @ Spotify °° not on Munich MRMCD 1 Munich MRMCD 1 track sequence: - Canned Heat (2:42) - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (3:20) # - Three Is A Crowd (4:25) - Why Should I Be Lonely (4:03) # - Mississippi Blues (3:33) # - Lonesome Gal (3:03) - Strong And Lasting Kind (3:03) - Powder Rag (2:49) - Blues Again (1:47) [previously unissued]   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Lovin' Good Dream (4:00) - You Broke My Heart (3:20) side A rec. & mixed 1976 at Cathedral Sound Studios, Rensselaer, N.Y.; side B rec. & mixed 1975 at Blue Goose Studios, New York City; Rory Block, voc, ac g, p on side A, all backup voc & harmonies arr. & sung by Rory Block; # Alan Seidler, p; Artie Traum, el g; Ken Kosek, fiddle; Roley Salley, b; Pat Murray, congas; Eric Valdina, dr; prod. by Rory Block; exec. producer: Nick Perls photography: Michael Datoli Blue Goose BG 2022 (US 1976) (=) Munich MRMCD 1 (Germany 1989) "The Early Tapes 1975/1976" (=) Alcazar Productions 111 (Ca 1990) = Air Mail Archive AIRAC-1343 (Jp 2007) Blue Goose Records discography Rory Block discography
4	1977	Roy Book Binder: Ragtime Millionaire featuring 'Fats' Kaplin - King Edward Blues   with Alan Seidler (piano) - One Meat Ball - Travelin' Man Blues - Keep A Knockin' - Wonder What's The Matter - Long Tall Mama   with Alan Seidler (piano) - 3 x 7 - Ragtime Millionaire - C C & O Blues - Stack O Lee - Hesitation Blues - Maybe It's Love   with Alan Seidler (piano) Blue Goose BG 2023 (US 1877) = Air Mail Recordings AIRAC-1029 (Jp 2002) Blue Goose Records discography Roy Book Binder discography
5	1997	Tim Rose: Haunted - 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 Alan Seidler, piano (on studio tracks only) Best Dressed Records DTK 51