Power-pop jangle-pop pop-rock pop-pop recorded in the very early 1990s, never before released!
Power-pop jangle-pop pop-rock pop-pop recorded in the very early 1990s, never before released!
Paul Jackson: Keyboards and lead vocals
Eric Din: Guitars and vocals
Ben Eastwood: Bass and vocals
Tom Pope: Drums and vocals
Recorded at Bill Schnee Studio in North Hollywood
© 1990 Sir Paul Albert Jackson
Zymurgy Music, BMI
“Washed Up” is essentially about the difficulty and guilt one experiences in trying to relax and get one’s mind off things when so much wrong is going on in the world.
A lot of the song was written by singing melodies into my phone while I was on vacation in Hawaii in late 2024. When I got back to my piano, a lot of Popol Vuh started to sneak into the structure, along with The Beach Boys’ Holland album.
A huge thank you goes out to The X-Ray Men for their excellent feedback and for being great guys, in general.
Dedicated to Brian Wilson.
Written and performed by Matte Martin.
Berkeley Cat Records has a Halloween song. How did it happen? Oh, mysteriously, of course, but there it is!
The download on Bandcamp there costs a whopping FREE until the day after Halloween, and then it’ll be a buck. Or an eye of newt.
Halloween Everywhere was composed and decomposed shortly before October 31, 2025, by Eric Din from an idea from Matthew King Kaufman. These two have collaborated on a number of songs along the way, but never a Halloween one, to our knowledge. In fact, this is a first for Berkeley Cat Records as well. Just in time for tricks and pies, have at it!
Berkeley Cat Records cannot verify the veracity of any of the statements herein, but we HAVE signed up diligently, for Ska Yodeling lessons.
Why October 11? Oh because October 11, campers, and because Apollo 11.
Songs From The Garden – full-length album by Russ Ellis & fam, came out on November 20, 2021 exclusively on CD and Bandcamp, where it shall ever reside as long as the electrons shall flow. The BIG Mews is that now it is available for pre-order at iTunes, for all our beloved Apple Music users. Here is that momentous link:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/songs-from-the-garden/1839923501
Spotifiers can “pre-save” it, too, whatever that means. AND when it goes live in those venues on October 11, it will at the same time be live at ALL the streaming services from pillar to post, sea to shining sea, hither and yon.
Garden well.
Our very own Eric Din is up to his record-making shenanigans again, this time in a folk-rocky mood. Per the artist, “I don’t believe I’ve made a rain song, before. Well, now I have!” We applaud this and also laud the excellent attire on Berkeley Cat himself, who adorns the cover. May the rains come when you need them, literally, metaphorically or however you like. Here is Just Waiting For The Rain
Once again our FAVES have faved a favorite feeling and we’re onboard for the sail. Composed by Larry Lynch and Robbie Dunbar and recorded by the FAVES at their favorite 25th Street sweet spot, Harbor Bay is now available to enjoy and fave at all of your streaming station locations. Here’s a handy widget to join them in the audio sweetness of Harbor Bay:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/faveslarrylynch/harbor-bay
It’s a sweet song about remembering a lovely love affair in a lovely place, and I expect it’ll be a new fave for some of the deejays and radio stations who have embraced the FAVES’ singles over recent years. Applause!
