Cosmic Sounds
Zodiac
Cosmic Sounds
Zodiac
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About
A classic 1967 Elektra edition, conceived by label head Jac Holzman, who claimed that the success of the Doors was a primary inspiration for the project, the Zodiac's Cosmic Sounds is a concept piece based on the twelve signs of the Chaldean astronomical zodiac. It combines the music of electronics pioneer Mort Garson, performed on early moog synthesiser by Paul Beaver, and the words of Jacques Wilson, which would be delivered in Morrison-esque style by the Iranian-born folk musician, Cyrus Faryar, a man dubbed by Holzman "the Persian minstrel of Barham Boulevard". One of the earliest psychedelic / progressive concept albums, Cosmic Sounds is performed by members of the Wrecking Crew, the loosely affiliated assembly of West Coast musicians, who during the 1960s worked extensively with Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, the Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel; Carol Kaye: bass guitar; Hal Blaine: drums; Bud Shank: flute; Mike Melvoin: keyboards, Emil Richards: exotic percussion. On one level, Cosmic Sounds is a psychedelic exploitation novelty album but there's a precocious quality, an understanding of the innate playfulness of psychedelia that places it alongside a handful of such hallucinogenic enterprises of the era as Mass in F Minor, I Love You Alice B. Toklas, and The L.S. Bumble Bee.
Contents and tracklist
Disc 1
James McCain - I Got to Check Up On My Baby
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
Willie 'Long Time' Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton
Willie 'Long Time' Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie
Little Walter & Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman
Johnny Temple - Olds '98' Blues
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane
Delta Joe - Train Time
Delta Joe - Roll Tumble and Slip
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got
Little Walter - Blue Baby
Little Walter - I Want My Baby
Robert Nighthawk & Ethel Mae Brown - Down the Line
The Nighthawks - She Knows How to Love a Man
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby
Disc 2
Pete Franklin - Down Behind the Rise
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need My Help
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore
Baby Face Leroy - Take a Little Walk With Me
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude
Gray Haired Bill - I'm a Hard Working Man
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
Floyd Jones - Dark Road
Floyd Jones - Overseas
Floyd Jones - Playhouse
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call
Muddy Waters - All Night Long
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie
Johnny Shines - Ramblin'
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doing No Good
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man
Little Walter - Juke
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer
Disc 3
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right
Elmore James - My Best Friend
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours at Midnight
Blue Smitty - Crying
Blue Smitty - Date Bait
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby
Jimmy Rogers - What's the Matter?
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman
Little Walter - Blue Midnight
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have to Go
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me
Homesick James - Homesick
Homesick James - Late Hours at Midnight
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life
Big Boy Spires - Someday Little Darling
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie
Memphis Minnie - Kissing in the Dark
Disc 4
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talking
John Brim - Ice Cream Man
John Brim - Lifetime Baby
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat
Albert King - Little Boy Blue
Albert King - Sweet Woman
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble of My Own
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues
J.B. Hutto - Price of Love
Big Boy Spires - Tired of Being Mistreated
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby
Little Walter - I've Got to Find My Baby
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty
Jimmy Rogers - You're the One
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got to Love Me
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby
Disc 5
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy
Elmore James - Coming Home
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
John Brim - Go Away
John Brim - That Ain't Right
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad
Howlin' Wolf - Break of Day
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought to Know
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You
Otis Spann - I'm in Love With You Baby
Snooky Pryor - Someone to Love Me
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
Snooky Pryor - You Tried to Ruin Me Baby
Po Joe Williams - Kings Highway
Po Joe Williams - Eula Mae
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby
Jimmy Reed - Do the Thing
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key to Your Door
John Brim - I Would Hate to See You Go
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours of Fear
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
