"Why Was I Ever Born" / "Sweet Cucumber"

MISC NOTES: Little Bill: "'Sweet Cucumber' was a dream. I just dreamt the title and then woke up in the middle of the night and thought it was a weird sounding name, so I wrote a song around it. Ron Peterson [of the Frantics] did the arrangement. 'Why Was I Ever Born' was supposed to be the one that sold, but it didn't work out. It had strings by some guy from the Seattle Symphony who came down and played on it. It was a ballad, a tear-jerker. I really did like that song, but it never caught on."

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL:
A-side: Little Bill Engelhart (vocals); the Frantics: Ron Peterson (guitar); Bob Hosko (sax); Chuck Schoning (keys); Jim Manolides (bass); Jan Skugstad (drums).
B-side: Little Bill Engelhart (vocals); the Frantics: Ron Peterson (guitar); Bob Hosko (sax); Chuck Schoning (keys); Jim Manolides (bass); Jan Skugstad (drums); Bonnie Guitar (guitar) and a string section.
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton

FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES: "A DOLTON MASTER"

A-SIDE MATRIX: 31697
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 - 31697         ^35414
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Bill Englehart
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Cornerstone (BMI)

B-SIDE MATRIX: 31698
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 - 31698        ^35414 - X
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Bill Englehart
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Cornerstone (BMI)