Berkeley Cat Holiday CD Bundle!

Incredibly, Berkeley Cat Records has made two actual CDs. Against all reason, we made nice physical packages with beautiful artwork for Russ Ellis’ Songs From The Garden and Eric Din’s Street Party.

For a wee limited time, you can order ’em BOTH for the amazing price of $18, all-in including shipping in the US. (For international shipping we’ll have to charge a wee bit, send a note with your order and we’ll work it out)
For added fun, you’ll also get access to these albums on Bandcamp so you may listen to them wherever you may roam, and we know, cats do roam.

Read about Russ Ellis and his album in the New York Times or check out his fab interview on KQED. Read about Eric Din and his album on Brooklyn Vegan. View some photos of these fab items below. Order the Berkeley Cat Records Holiday CD Bundle with this convenient space age button:

(UPDATE, Feb 17, OMG, it’s over!! Happy 2023 luvs, and thank you <3 )
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With a Little Help From My Friends by Dave Seabury and Heavy Friends

We are very proud to foist Dave Seabury’s second full-length album,
With a Little Help From My Friends, on Berkeley Cat Records. It’s a unique collection of collaborations which Dave has created with some of his friends, including his brother and fellow Psycotic Pineapple, John Seabury. There’s even one with Berkeley Cat Records Cat Herder in Chief, Eric Din.  Here’s more about the album, from Dave himself:

I’ve always felt a certain level of confidence in my ability to compose a solid music track. That said, I’ve not yet developed the skill that one requires to craft words together into a song. But I’ve always felt that my instrumental tracks could be transformed into good songs.

A number of years ago I began asking some of my talented singer/songwriter friends if they might consider taking my tracks and setting lyrics to them. To my delight, 8 artists responded to my invitation.

It’s been a slow, yet deeply rewarding process, often more than a bit challenging for my collaborators, who usually compose from the ground up, writing lyrics and music simultaneously, rather than trying to squeeze lyrics into a somewhat rigid pre-arranged format.

I’m proud of the results, and now pleased to share with you the results of my collaborations with my friends Bruno Coon, The Late Great J.D. Buhl (R.I.P.), Jeff Crump, Eric Din, Helen Holt, Max McMillan, Jon Otis, Theresa Sawi, my brother John Seabury, and Jon Strider.

The cover art, which fittingly, shows us some of these cats in the wild:

And most linkingly, a link, in huge bold type, for ye cats to click upon, and listen and purchase the album at its Bandcampy home:

With a Little Help From My Friends by Dave Seabury and Heavy Friends

More on this later, we think.

Watch as Shannon Wheeler draws the cover art for The Cow Song by Eric Din!

Here we find Shannon Wheeler in his studio, creating cover artwork for The Cow Song. Mr. Wheeler and I have collaborated on quite a number of pieces over the years, including my recent album, Street Party. In this, our worlds collide, with his Too Much Coffee Man cup adorning the noggin of our hero the director’s chair cow (what!?) I swear, Petunia. Too Much Coffee Cow, we will affectionately call her. You may purchase this song from our beloved Bandcamp to keep it with you when teh Inertnet dies! Or stream it in the Grand Temporary Blip of our awareness. Either way we thank you for your moment of attention, in the vast seas of CONTENT in which we bleat 🐑🐄😽

The Cow Song

A surprise single from Eric Din. In that we are Eric Din, and we are surprised! Hope you enjoy. And always love the animals.

Everyone always says that cows are stupid
Eat grass in the valley all day there, lookin’ stupid
They’re really only good for one thing
We all know just why they’re here
But I still don’t understand
Cos everyone knows his soul is bound for heaven
And everyone knows his rump will soon be roasted
But nobody knows why they said that the cow was stupid
Stupid cow, if you’re a stupid cow
You’re not half as stupid as me
Someday, maybe your luck might turn around

Everyone always says that the sheep will follow
And everyone knows the wolves won’t stop to think, (or even blink)
But nobody knows why they said that the sheep would follow
Blind sheep, if you’re a blind sheep
You’re not half as blind as me
Someday, maybe your luck might turn around

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Acoustic guitar and vocals: Eric Din
Recorded and mixed by Michael Rosen at East Bay Recorders
Produced by Eric Din for Berkeley Cat Records

© 2022 Eric Roy Dinwiddie
King Roy Music, BMI