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Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?

Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried? is the fourth studio album by American progressive rock/AOR band Pavlov's Dog, released in 2007.

Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?
Studio album by
Pavlov's Dog
ReleasedAugust 28, 2007 (first official release)[1]
March 14, 2014 (remastered and alternated reissue)[2]
Recorded1974–1977[2]
StudioTechnisonic Studios, St. Louis
GenreProgressive rock, art rock
Length79:56 (2007 release)
72:53 (2014 release)
LabelRockville Music
Pavlov's Dog chronology
The Best of Pavlov's Dog
(1995) 		Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?
(2007) 		Echo & Boo
(2010)
Alternative cover
2014 remastered and alternated reissue
Audio sample
"Only You"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cross Fire (in German)[3]
DMME[4]
Musik Reviews (in German)mixed[5]
Prog[6]
Rock Hard (in Greek)[7]
Rock Hard (in German)[8]
Rock Pages (in Greek)mixed[9]
Rock Time (in Greek)favorable[10]
Rock Times (in German)favorable[11]
The Great Rock Bible[12]

The album was meant to be the band's third studio release, succeeding At the Sound of the Bell. However, according to lead singer David Surkamp, "the band was falling apart" at the time, the recording sessions were troubled, and Columbia Records "refused to release" the album.[13] The band broke up in 1977,[13] and the recordings were supposed to remain unreleased. Yet, the band's guitarist Steve Scorfina had a tape of the mix from which he created 100 unofficial vinyl copies[14] and released them in 1977 as The St. Louis Hounds.[15] During the next 30 years the album was reissued several times with various titles (most commonly as Third),[16][17] always as a bootleg.

With the original master tapes lost, Rockville Music enhanced the sound of the bootlegged releases the best they could, added 10 bonus tracks and released the album legally for the first time in 2007.[18] The front cover depicts the band's original violinist Sigfried Carver, who left them shortly after Pampered Menial's release and is the person in question on the album's title.[14]

In 2013 the long-lost master tapes were rediscovered along with the original artwork. Then in 2014 the album was properly remastered and reissued with different bonus tracks and what was intended to be the original album cover,[2] a drawing of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Track listing

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All tracks credited to David Surkamp, except where noted. All information according to the album's liner notes.

2007 first official release

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only You" 4:33
2."Painted Ladies"David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn3:22
3."Falling In Love" 3:27
4."Today"Marty Balin3:08
5."Trafalgar" (misspelled Trafalger at the CD's back cover)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn3:10
6."I Love You Still" 4:05
7."Jenny" 4:07
8."It's All For You"Steve Scorfina3:50
9."Suicide" 2:04
10."While You Were Out"Thomas Nickeson2:38
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Song Dance" (Recorded live at Ambassador Theatre, St. Louis '75, featuring Sigfried Carver on violin)Mike Safron6:29
12."Of Once And Future Kings" (Recorded live at Ambassador Theatre, St. Louis '75, featuring Sigfried Carver on violin) 6:50
13."Natchez Trace" (Recorded live at Ambassador Theatre, St. Louis '75, featuring Sigfried Carver on violin)Steve Scorfina4:18
14."A Little Better" (Previously unreleased song, recorded live at Ambassador Theatre, St. Louis '75, featuring Sigfried Carver on violin) 2:18
15."A Look In Your Eyes" (Previously unreleased song, recorded live at Ambassador Theatre, St. Louis '75, featuring Sigfried Carver on violin) 4:27
16."Julia" (Recorded live at Ford Auditorium, Detroit '76) 2:55
17."She Came Shining" (Recorded live at Ford Auditorium, Detroit '76)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn4:37
18."Did You See Him Cry" (Recorded live at Ford Auditorium, Detroit '76)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn6:07
19."Theme From Subway Sue" (Previously unreleased early version, recorded at Pekin studios) 5:40
20."I Wait For You" (Previously unreleased song, recorded 1977, performed by D. Surkamp & D. Rayburn)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn1:44
Total length:79:56

2014 remastered and alternated reissue

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Bye Trafalgar" (entitled simply Trafalgar on the 2007 release)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn3:26
2."Falling In Love" 3:24
3."Only You" 4:31
4."Painted Ladies"David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn3:18
5."I Love You Still" 4:06
6."Jenny" 4:08
7."Today" (Jefferson Airplane cover)Marty Balin3:04
8."Stop Short" (studio outtake) 2:38
9."It's All For You"Steve Scorfina3:49
10."Suicide" 2:02
11."While You Were Out"Thomas Nickeson2:51
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Falling In Love" (Alternative mix) 3:19
13."Julia" (Acoustic version recorded by David Surkamp in 2007) 3:04
14."She Came Shining" (Recorded live in 2012)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn5:36
15."Fast Gun" (Recorded live in 2011) 3:21
16."She Breaks Like a Morning Sky" (Recorded live in 2011)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn5:26
17."Paris" (Recorded live in 2011) 4:44
18."Good Bye Trafalgar" (Recorded live in 2012)David Surkamp, Doug Rayburn3:10
19."Only You" (Recorded live in 2012) 6:47
Total length:72:53

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Pavlov's Dog Has Anyone Here Seen Siegfried?". Allmusic. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?". Rate Your Music. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Burdelak, Steve. "PAVLOV´S DOG - HAS ANYONE HERE SEEN SIGFRIED?". crossfire-metal.de. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  4. ^ Epstein, Dmitry M. "PAVLOV'S DOG – Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried". dmme.net. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Schuckar, Lars. "Pavlov's Dog: Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried? (Review)". musikreviews.de. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Dome, Malcolm. "Pavlov's Dog: Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?". Prog. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Nikas, Sakis. "PAVLOV'S DOG – "Has Anyone Here seen Sigfried?" (Rockville)". Rock Hard. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Michael, Rensen. "PAVLOV´S DOG Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?". Rock Hard. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  9. ^ Dolas, Giannis. "Pavlov's Dog - Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?". rockpages.gr. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  10. ^ Papaioannou, Panagiotis. "Pavlov's Dog: Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?". rocktime.gr. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  11. ^ Brookes, Joachim "Joe". "Pavlov's Dog Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried? (The Lost Third Pavlov's Dog Album)". rocktimes.info. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  12. ^ Strong, Martin Charles. "PAVLOV'S DOG biography". The Great Rock Bible. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  13. ^ a b Lester, Paul. "They specialised in music you couldn't dance to, but how prog were Pavlov's Dog?". Prog. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  14. ^ a b Epstein, Dmitry M. "Interview with DAVID SURKAMP (PAVLOV'S DOG) – Part 2". dmme.net. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  15. ^ "The St. Louis "Hounds"* – The St. Louis Hounds". Discogs. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  16. ^ "Pavlov's Dog – St. Louis Hounds - Third". Discogs. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  17. ^ "Pavlov's Dog – Third". Discogs. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  18. ^ "Pavlov's Dog – Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried?". Discogs. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
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