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No​-​Hitter

by The Golden Seals

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From The Top 03:42
You and your Mardi Gras head...
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If crazy was water, you'd be a Great Lake I hope I don't make the wrong mistake
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"Come back," the letter said, "or you will surely fail again." It's more than that--I am bound to.
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Moonshot 02:05
Somebody landed on the moon and raised the Red, White & Blue not in the name of Science but to show what Government can do
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"Abandon ship," she said. "Abandon everything: That's what I think you did; I got mixed up in it."
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Poor Mom 03:07
No man is an island except Man, the Isle off England and thats where I'll be if ever i can scrape enough money together
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Screwballs comin' at me like a baseball bat please don't let me be understood nothing's harder than your head when you're made of solid wood
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I guess I learned that trust--love and trust-- never meant a thing to you and maybe you can sleep after all your deceipt but your Saturday eyes gave away Friday night's lies and I know it's time for me to leave
9.
Everybody I know is half-dead, that's okay, but it makes me think: should I work in the mall anymore?
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You're a beat up boat and I'm the shore and that's the ocean wait 'til you catch wind of all the things I've set in motion Anchors aweigh
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Forget the days, it's hours forget the space in between it's only one red line on a map that keeps us apart

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Here's a review of the original 2003 release by famous guy Matt Galloway in NOW Magazine (Jan 16, 2003):

THE GOLDEN SEALS No-Hitter (Guerilla) Rating:
Rating: NNN

After hitting a home run with the Golden Seals’ debut, Storybook Endings, Ottawa pop whiz Dave Merritt follows it up with No-Hitter, a collection of new songs, unreleased tunes and bedroom scratchings. The offbeat charm of Storybook Endings remains, as Merritt and his revolving cast of players wind their way through smarter-than-average soft pop, matching subtle hooks with clever turns of phrase. The different recording situations lead to an inevitable unevenness, but for a set of apparent outtakes No-Hitter holds together remarkably well.

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released February 4, 2021

FROM THE TOP
recorded as Gumption, Durham, NC, 1998
Kurt Hagardorn - lead guitar
Jody Maxwell - drums
Aaron Oliva - bass
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

THE WRONG MISTAKE
recorded as Gumption, Durham, NC, 1998
Kurt Hagardorn - lead guitar
Jody Maxwell - drums
Aaron Oliva - bass
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

ESCAPIST FRIEND’S
recorded as Adam West, The Gas Station, Toronto, 1994
Shawn Bragg - piano
Steve Crew - drums
John Higney - upright bass
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

MOONSHOT
recorded as Adam West, London, Ontario, 1995
Steve Crew - drums
John Higney - guitar, vocals
David J. Merritt - bass, guitar, vocals

I FEEL THE SAME WAY
recorded as Gumption, Durham, NC, 1998
Kurt Hagardorn - lead guitar, vocals
Jody Maxwell - drums
Aaron Oliva - bass
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

POOR MOM
recorded as Adam West, London, Ontario, 1995
Shawn Bragg - lead guitar
Steve Crew - drums
John Higney - bass, vocals
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

I AM MADE OF SOLID WOOD
recorded as me, Durham, NC, 1998
David J. Merritt - guitar, bass, vocals, fake drums

SATURDAY EYES
recorded as me, London, ON, 1999
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

UNCLE VIC
recorded as Red Giant, London, ON, 1997
Michael Bonnell - bass, piano
Steve Crew - drums
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

ANCHORS AWEIGH (V.2)
recorded as Gumption
Durham, NC, 1998
Kurt Hagardorn - bass, organ, lead guitar
Jody Maxwell - drums
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

JUST COME HOME
recorded as Red Giant, London, ON, 1997
Michael Bonnell - organ, piano
David J. Merritt - guitar, vocals

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The Golden Seals Mississippi Mills, Ontario

Since 1999, Dave Merritt has performed under the moniker The Golden Seals, and has released four critically-acclaimed albums: 2000’s Storybook Endings, 2003’s No-Hitter, 2011’s Increase the Sweetness, & 2014’s Stay Golden. Merritt records with drummer/mastering engineer Philip Shaw Bova. Past members of The Seals include Arcade Fire’s Jeremy Gara & singer/songwriter Jim Bryson. ... more

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