Jigsaw Seen My Name Is Sam CD

This is the Jigsaw Seen's 1991 EP for the now-defunct New Jersey-based Skyclad label. The mini-CD featured an early version of "Persephone Again" (the track was later re-recorded for release on the Swedish-released Pop Under the Surface, Vol. 1 compilation and the band's own self-released Zenith from 2000) and a cover of Love's "The Daily Planet." ~ Bryan Thomas

This is the Jigsaw Seen's 1991 EP for the now-defunct New Jersey-based Skyclad label. The mini-CD featured an early version of "Persephone Again" (the track was later re-recorded for release on the Swedish-released Pop Under the Surface, Vol. 1 compilation and the band's own self-released Zenith from 2000) and a cover of Love's "The Daily Planet." [2006 saw the release of a greatly expanded (ten-track) version of their debut.] ~ Bryan Thomas

Vibro-phonic Recordings is pleased to announce the release of an expanded deluxe edition of The Jigsaw Seen's 1991 classic My Name Is Tom. The new collection features 5 bonus tracks.Considered a Psych Masterpiece, The Jigsaw Seen’s sophomore effort My Name Is Tom was met with ecstatic reviews when originally released by Skyclad Records in 1991 and has been unavailable since 1993.Recorded quickly in the Spring of 1991, My Name Is Tom features current members Dennis Davison and Jonathan Lea along with former members Steve LaFollette (Beulah) and Tom Sullivan (Lords of Altamont).This collection features the band’s most well known song “My Name Is Tom.” An edited version of the song appears on Rhino/Warner Music Group’s box set Children Of Nuggets alongside tracks by Soft Boys, Teenage Fanclub, Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade and others. Apple iTunes recently included the title track on their compilation of “Essential Garage Rock”.Another highlight is the band’s version of Arthur Lee and Love’s Forever Changes classic “The Daily Planet.”Of the 5 bonus tracks, 4 are previously unreleased (recorded for a follow-up EP and an Italian single) and 1 appeared on an extremely rare Skyclad compilation LP. With the release of this deluxe edition of My Name Is Tom, new fans of The Jigsaw Seen will get a chance to discover a lost classic.

Recording information: 1990-1992.

Photographer: Lewis Carroll.

Personnel: Dennis Davison (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion); Jonathan Lea (acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, percussion, background vocals); Steve LaFollette (mandola, background vocals); Tom Sullivan (drums, claves, tabla, percussion, background vocals); Gordon Townsend (drums); Teddy Freese (bass drum, shaker, wood block, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Pete Magdaleno.