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| Format: | | LP Want this on CD also?
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| Condition: | | M- / M- (Cover / Media) More Info |
| Label: | | Elektra EKS-74009 |
| Country: | | Usa |
| Released: | | 1967 |
| Genre: | | Electronic/Ambient |
| Quantity: | | 1 in stock |
A group of session musicians teamed up as Zodiac to perform the astral-camp psychedelia of Mort Gorson (music) and Jacques Wilson (words) on their 1967 album, Cosmic Sounds. The result was something like a cross-bred monster of Sunset Strip psychedelic rock and the kind of incidental music that you heard on the original Star Trek when aliens appeared on the screen. Each of the 12 tracks is named after a sign of the horoscope (thus the title Cosmic Sounds, get it?) Narrator Cyrus Faryar aims for a balance between Timothy Leary and Rod McKuen as he intones recklessly spacy evocations of each phase of the cycle. It must be said that the backing tracks (there is no "singing" on the record) are rather imaginative, particularly the electronic instruments of Paul Beaver. It's hard to tell if this naive exercise in psychedelia was sincerely naive or a not-so-cosmic joke. But for what it's worth, in 1996 it was cited by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues as one of the inspirations for Days of Future Passed.
The dozen signs of the Zodiac are ruminated upon during the pseudo-psychedelic Cosmic Sounds. This embarrassingly dated "concept" album was issued in late 1967 on Elektra Records. The recording — replete with equally absurd cover art — helped usher in the Age of Aquarius. Judging by the astrological psycho-babble in these grooves, it may well have been the age of excess as well. But what should one expect from an album whose caveat reads "Must Be Played in the Dark"? Cosmic Sounds narrator Cyrus Faryar's decidedly more musical credits include proficiencies as a bouzouki player, bassist, guitarist, and sometimes vocalist for a plethora of diverse artists, including Dave Guard & the Whiskeyhill Singers, the Modern Folk Quartet, as well as guest spots on albums by Cass Elliot, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Fred Neil, and even the Firesign Theater.
Faryar animates Jacques Wilson's suitably antiquated '60s hippie prose, depicting the various characteristics unique to the respective 12 zodiac insignias. Backing Faryar's narration is a loosely corralled and completely uncredited aggregate of L.A. session all-stars and Wrecking Crew regulars: Carol Kaye (bass), Hal Blaine (drums), Bud Shank (bass flute), and Emil Richards (percussion), who often performs several different instruments during the same song. Along with some heavy-handed contributions from Moog synth guru Paul Beaver, the band churns out a series of non-descript ersatz rock melodies — the likes of which might have been scored as incidental music for an episode of Dragnet or from any of the late-'60s hippie/biker flicks, such as Psych-Out or Hells Angels on Wheels. The cinematic nature of the musical scores come from Juilliard-trained pop composer/arranger/conductor Mort Garson, whose other credits include collaborations with Doris Day, Glen Campbell, Rod McKuen, and Mel Tormé. Pretensions aside, Cosmic Sounds is a definitive timepiece and nostalgic relic reflecting the heavy marketability in the so-called "counterculture" youth movement of the late '60s. Taken at face value it righteously succeeds.
A1 Aries - The Fire-Fighter 3:17
A2 Taurus - The Vuluptuary 3:38
A3 Gemini - The Cool Eye 2:50
A4 Cancer - The Moon Child 3:27
A5 Leo - The Lord Of Lights 2:30
A6 Virgo - The Perpetual Perfectionist 3:05
B1 Libra - The Flower Child 3:28
B2 Scorpio - The Passionate Hero 2:51
B3 Sagittarius - The Versatile Daredevil 2:06
B4 Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber 3:30
B5 Aquarius - The Lover Of Life 3:45
B6 Pisces - The Peace Piper 3:19
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