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The Zodiac
12+ albums
Psychedelic Rockpsychedelicspace rockexperimentalelectronic
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The Zodiac was a one-shot musical group in the late sixties. The group was formed by Elektra Records for the recording of the album Cosmic Sounds, a concept album about the different horoscope signs. The idea began in 1967 with Jac Holzman, the head of Elektra Records. Elektra was primarily a label for obscure folk-rock artists like The Incredible String Band. It had just gained major success with The Doors' debut album in January of 1967. Holzman hired Alex Hassilev, a member of The Limeliters, to produce the album. Hassilev brought in Mort Garson, whom he had just formed a production company with, to write the music for the album. Hassilev and Garson had planned to do a series of concepts following Cosmic Sounds. Garson wrote music for one of the other intended albums, The Sea, but Rod McKuen, who was supposed to have been on the project, left and did his own version with Anita Kerr. Hassilev temporarily left the project to produce The Dusk 'Till Dawn Orchestra's Sea Drift album, which incorporated part of The Sea's intended theme. After Sea Drift, work on Cosmic Sounds at last began. Garson brought in a group of musicians for the group. Exactly who they all were is unknown. (Garson, who may be the only one who knows, has never been interviewed about the album). Little known Jazz artist Paul Beaver, who had done music effects for films, was chosen to perform the electronic instruments. Beaver was very into electronic music. He and Hassilev went to an AES (Audio Engineerin
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Taurus - The Voluptuary
19,3312Aquarius - The Lover Of Life
7,1433Aries - The Fire Fighter
4,7844Gemini - The Cool Eye
4,1535Virgo - The Perpetual Perfectionist
3,6716Leo - The Lord Of Lights
3,5827Cancer - The Moon Child
3,4718Libra - The Flower Child
3,3119Pisces - The Peace Piper
3,24310Scorpio - The Passionate Hero
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