Franklin Mint

Franklin Mint
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, CA
Years active	2001 - 2004
Genre(s)	Experimental, electronic
Past members	Patrick Wilson
Website	www.thespecialgoodness.com:80/thefranklinmint/index.html (archived on Archive.org)

Franklin Mint was a experimental electronic music project of Patrick Wilson.

Overview

Franklin Mint first released a batch of songs in 2001 via thespecialgoodness.com. Two songs, "The New Sounds of the Franklin Mint" and "Environment", were released later in the same year. The Special Goodness album At Some Point, Birds and Flowers Became Interesting, released in April 2001, credits Franklin Mint for production and recording. In May of 2002, Wilson recorded a rough instrumental version of the Weezer song "Keep Fishin'" under the title "George Hartwig". This cover was released on weezer.net and later finished for release as a B-side to "Keep Fishin'" in the United States. It is officially credited to the Franklin Mint moniker.

Wilson's co-production and guitar work on the Karlophone song "If You Listen", released as a B-side to "Desire" in 2004, is also credited to Franklin Mint. This would be the last musical contribution credited to Franklin Mint, though it was still used as a screen name on message board accounts created by Wilson.

Discography

Website releases

"The First Batch" (2001)

• "165"
• "Birds"
• "Slow"
• "Whole New Bag"
• "Working in Space"
• "Niagara County"
• "Tokyo Vacation"
• "Blan"

"The Second Batch" (2001)

• "The New Sounds of the Franklin Mint"
• "Environment"

Other releases and appearances

• At Some Point, Birds and Flowers Became Interesting (production for The Special Goodness, 2001)
• "Keep Fishin'" / "George Hartwig" (Weezer B-side, 2002)
• "If You Listen" (production and guitars for Karlophone, 2004)

See also

• The Suburban Advantage EP
• Huge Guy
• The Special Goodness
• List of Special Goodness demos