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Seal Beach (EP)

extended play by The Album Leaf

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ7440506 ↗
Source-derived summary

Seal Beach is an EP by the Album Leaf. It was originally released in Spain in 2003 on Acuarela Discos, and was re-released in 2005 in America by Better Looking Records with five bonus live tracks.

Original track listing

Malmo

Brennivin

Seal Beach

Christiansands

One Minute

Re-release track listing

Malmo

Brennivin

Seal Beach

For Jonathan

One Minute

Last Time Here (Live)

Wet The Day (Live)

Essex (Live)

The MP (Live)

Storyboard (Live)

Vinyl Release

On March 21, 2015, Jimmy LaValle's own Eastern Glow Recordings released the Seal Beach EP on Vinyl.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Seal Beach (EP)” as extended play by The Album Leaf. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Seal, Beach and extended.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2005, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Seal, Beach and extended providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Seal Beach (EP)”, the useful work is to connect “extended play by The Album Leaf” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7440506. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2005 and 2015.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Seal Beach (EP)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.