The Bob Seger System

Bob Seger & The Last Heard ♦ Bob Seger

Gotta Start Somewhere...

Doug Brown & The Omens TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Friday) / First Girl Hideout 1008, 10/65

The Beach Bums Ballad Of The Yellow Beret / Florida Time Are You Kidding Me Records 1010, 3/66 parody of Ballad Of The Green Berets, withdrawn when lawsuit threatened

East Side Story / East Side Sound Seger (2:25) / Seger (2:25) Hideout 1013, 5/66 Released nationally as by Bob Seger & The Last Heard on Cameo (C-438), 11/66

Sock It To Me Santa / Florida Time Seger-Honaker-Lagasse-Leone (2:13) / Punchy (2:10) Cameo C-444, 12/66

Persecution Smith / Chain Smokin' Seger (3:02) / Seger (2:43) Cameo C-465, 3/67

Vagrant Winter / Very Few Seger (2:19) / Seger (2:30) Cameo C-473, 4/67

Heavy Music (Part 1) / Heavy Music (Part 2) Seger (2:32) / Seger (2:32) Cameo C-494, 7/67

2 + 2 = ?² / Death Row Seger (2:45) / Seger (2:53) Capitol 2143, 4/68

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man / Tales Of Lucy Blue Seger (2:20) / Seger (2:13) Capitol 2197, 10/68 T20

Note: For more information about these early singles, see this excellent blog post at Discogs .
 

UK Release Note: None of Bob's early albums were released in the UK in this time zone. The first two arrived in 1977.
 

	Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
	Capitol ST-172
	1/69 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man	Seger	2:20
Tales Of Lucy Blue	Seger	2:23
Ivory	Seger	2:25
Gone	Honaker	3:25
Down Home	Seger	3:10
Train Man	Seger	4:05
Side Two
White Wall	Seger	5:15
Black Eyed Girl	Seger	6:30
2 + 2 = ?	Seger	2:47
Doctor Fine	Seger	1:05
The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved)	Seger	3:02

Note: Tales Of Lucy Blue was the early album title—the cover art was never changed.
 

Ivory / The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved) Seger (2:25) / Seger (3:02) Capitol 2480, 4/69 BB

Noah / Lennie Johnson Seger (2:57) / Honaker (3:00) Capitol 2576, 7/69

Punch brings Tom Neme to take on sharing singing and songwriting.
 

	Noah
	Capitol ST-236
	9/69 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Noah	Seger	2:57
Innervenus Eyes	Honaker-Perrine-Seger	2:42
Lonely Man	Neme	3:09
Loneliness Is A Feeling†	Neme	3:05
Cat	Honaker-Perrine-Seger	6:20
Side Two
Jumpin' Humpin' Hip Hypocrite†	Neme	3:07
Follow The Children†	Neme	3:09
Lennie Johnson	Honaker	3:01
Paint Them A Picture Jane†	Neme	4:03
Death Row	Seger	2:52

Tom Neme experiment fails. PS: Bob hates this record.

Innervenus Eyes / Lonely Man Honaker-Perrine-Seger (2:44) / Neme (3:10) Capitol 2640, 10/69

Lucifer / Big River Seger (2:20) / Seger (2:48) Capitol 2748, 2/70 BB

Atlanta International Pop Festival(7/5/70)

Goose Lake International Music Festival(8/9/70)

	Mongrel
	Capitol ST-499
	9/70 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Song To Rufus	Seger	2:44
Evil Edna	Seger	3:11
Highway Child	Seger	2:49
Big River	Seger	3:10
Mongrel	Seger	2:20
Side Two
Lucifer	Seger	2:26
Teachin' Blues	Seger	2:00
Leanin On My Dream	Seger	3:17
Mongrel Too	Seger	4:08
River Deep-Mountain High	Barry-Greenwich-Spector	7:26

Note: River Deep-Mountain High recorded live (venue & date unknown)
 

After limited success with The System, Bob decides to go it alone

Lookin' Back¹ / Highway Child Seger (2:43) / Seger (2:49) Capitol 3187, 9/71 BB

	Brand New Morning
	Capitol ST-731
	10/71 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Brand New Morning	Seger	3:19
Maybe Today	Seger	3:03
Sometimes	Seger	5:10
You Know Who You Are	Seger	3:23
Side Two
Railroad Days	Seger	6:48
Louise	Seger	2:45
Song For Him	Seger	4:33
Something Like	Seger	3:23

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