3/17/2014







This sounds like Jim Morrison never actually died, but lost it, in a turbulent period
of a middlife crisis. Still, 'It has been variously described as "a wonderful period piece" and "apt to inspire more giggle fits than stoned, pull-the-shades-down reveries".'

I just read that on Wikipedia.

And because it is produced by the same record label which produced the Doors debut album, Jac Holzman, the head of Elektra Records, came to this idea in 1967.


According to music critic Richie Unterberger:
Divided into 12 separate tracks, one for each astrological sign, it appeared just as both psychedelic rock and astrology itself were coming into vogue in the youthful counterculture. In some respects it was similar to other instrumental psychsploitation albums of the time, with a spacy yet tight groove that could have fit into the soundtrack of 1966 Sunset Strip documentaries, played in large measure by seasoned Los Angeles session musicians. In other respects, it was futuristic, embellished by some of the first Moog synthesizer ever heard on a commercial recording, an assortment of exotic percussive instruments, and sitar. The arrangements were further decorated by haunting harpsichord and organ, along with standard mid-1960s Los Angeles rock guitar licks. For those who took the astrology as seriously as the music, there was the dramatic reading of narrator Cyrus Faryar, musing upon aspects of each astrological sign in a rich, deep voice without a hint of irony. 
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zodiac:_Cosmic_Sounds

Here it is, great fun and a -must hear- during your intro nights ;) 


  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNl4Yyx0ULg






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