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RELEASE DATE: 5/16/2025
The summer of soul collides with the acid rock revolution in this 1969 opus originally licensed by MCA sub label UNI (roster of talented artists such as Strawberry Alarm Clock, Hugh Masekela and Fever Tree). The sole album by US power trio Fields is a majestic blues rock effort, arranged by cultish producer Gene Page (Blacula soundtrack, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, the Whispers, Gladys Knight, etc.). The short-lived Los Angeles band was clearly influenced by the likes of Cream and Vanilla Fudge and featured backing vocals from Motown/Northern Soul heroine Brenda Holloway, a clear sign of their eccentric vision.
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COSMR 036LP
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RELEASE DATE: 5/16/2025
Creatively visionary and groundbreaking on numerous terms, 1973's Os Tincoãs revolutionized Brazilian music by harmonizing Afro-religious singing, heavenly vocal harmonies, and frawing on Yoruba mythology, Samba, Capoeira chants and spiritual songs.
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COSMR 035LP
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RELEASE DATE: 5/16/2025
Dive deep into the realms of psychedelic soul with the one and only The Moon! Born in the summer of love, the band debuted in 1968 with this first album Without Earth. Surrounded by a clear Magical Mystery Tour feel, the group covers two songs off Colours (another obscure American group) debut album. "Brother Lou's Love Colony" in particular has little sitar flourishes fulfilling the idea of a serious homage to the Liverpool four. The remaining ten tracks are all originals with the solid hard rock groove "Got To Be On My Way," a tune notable for its liquid distorted guitar.
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COSMR 033LP
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The dawn of psychedelic rock in Mexico, ten tracks introducing a worldwide-phenomena in the realm of the South American memory. A fascinating voyage led by cultish band La Revolución De Emiliano Zapata and several other nuggets-style combos. Originally released in 1971 the compilation was aptly titled La Onda, referring to a broader cultural and political movement. La Onda Chicana grew rapidly in a few years, culminating in a two days "Mexican Woodstock" known as "Avándaro," which attracted 300,000 people in September 1971. Featuring La Revolucion De Emiliano Zapata, Tinta Blanca, Javier Batiz, Rosario, La Tribu, La Tribu, La Quinta Vision, Los Clicks, Division Del Norte, and Poly Y Cia.
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COSMR 032LP
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Sought-after compilation exploring the Group Sound movement that swept Japan in the mid-1960s. Under the influence of the Beatles, dozens of Japanese bands devoted themselves to exporting a wide genre that ranged from surf-rock, garage fuzz, psych and wild R&B. Featuring the influential The Mops, the Filipino band (relocated to Hong Kong) D'Swooners, The Golden Cups, The Beavers, The Carnabeats, The Spiders, The Voltage, The Bunnys, and The Spiders.
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COSMR 031LP
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Reissue of the Californian psychedelic band's only album released on Acta records in 1968. Their sound was influenced by early Rolling Stones and Yardbirds (not coincidentally, guitarist Randy Holden, later on also in Blue Cheer, was offered to replace Jeff Beck). Their name gained attention after their single "Mr. Pharmacist" was included in the famous Nuggets collection.
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COSMR 029LP
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Blessed by producer Herbie Mann, who released their sole record in 1970 on his personal imprint Embryo, Brute Force were a singular jazz funk group, who filled the gap between heavy rhythm-and-blues and the jazz-rock revolution already professed by Miles Davis. The Herbie Mann connection was solidified by the presence of guitarist Sonny Sharrock -- who plays on the first half of the record -- at the time in the flutist supergroup. With the distinctive electric piano of Richard Daniel and brother Ted (a future key figure in New York downtown jazz scene) on trumpet the record still retains a fascinating mood.
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COSMR 030LP
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Possibly one of the first crossover jazz-rock album ever, Out of Sight and Sound was released in 1967 by ABC Records. The album was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and produced by Bob Thiele. Featuring a stellar line up comprised of young talented guitar player Larry Coryell (soon to be a proficient solo artist on Vanguard) the record was a true expression of the musicians' lifestyle and artist heritage. With drummer Bob Moses (Compost, Steve Kuhn) on board, second guitarist Columbus "Chip" Baker, saxophonist Jim Pepper (a native American who's debut on Herbie Mann's Embryo is still regarded as a masterpiece) and bassist Chris Hills, Free Spirits were possible the first fusion group around.
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COSMR 028LP
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Sensational reissue of the first volume of iconic compilation Simla Beat '70. A psych garage manifesto, the record consisted of groups who appeared at the All-India Simla Beat "battle of the bands" contest held in 1970 and 1971 in Bombay. The annual event and the records were sponsored by The Imperial Tobacco Company. Bands from all around India would compete for first prize. The album was not recorded live on the stage but in a primitive makeshift studio using very little overdubbing or sound reinforcement. The sound is generally influenced by the proto-garage western movement of the mid-sixties and later became a massive cult for all the '70s rock fans. Featuring Confusions, Dinosaurs, X Lent's, Innerlite, Genuine Spares, and Great Bear.
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COSMR 027LP
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Reverse side print. Another lost gem from the non-jazz Verve catalogue, Color Him In is a daydream experience from loner singer/songwriter Bobby Jameson. Released in 1967, the album is an orchestrated psychedelic trip, so it's no surprise then Jameson had a part in the cult film Mondo Hollywood. Produced by Curt Boettcher the album had several psych-pop numbers with rare female vocals harmonization.
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COSMR 026LP
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Reverse side print. Re-issue of the Canadian band's only album released back in 1973 on the small Kot'Ai label. Moonstone came from Winnipeg, Manitoba and were a small cult band active in the early 1970s. They played mainly acoustic folk rock with psychedelic overtones and beautiful harmonies.
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COSMR 024LP
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Prompt reissue of the only album released by The Aggregation, a Los Angeles psych rock combo, who licensed the album on LHI (Lee Hazlewood Company) back in 1969. The story goes like that: the band used to perform cover songs at Disneyland attraction park but also produced a bunch of originals to get along with Disney rides and exhibits. Hence their concept album in which "funhouse" is a metaphor for exploring the brain frontiers. A must have!
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COSMR 025LP
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The debut album by the Boston psychedelic power trio Eden's Children, originally released in 1968 on ABC Records. The album consists of a rather awkward mix of Jimi Hendrix-inspired heavy guitar rockers, peppered with smoother, jazzy crooners. The standout track on the record is the epic "Just Let Go," with her jazzy nightclub feel, turning soon into a guitar laden Eastern psychedelic jam. An authentic cult finally unleashed!
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COSMR 023LP
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Restocked. A late '60s Japanese compilation investigating the so-called "group sound" movement. Includes early recordings by a series of musicians later to perform with legendary bands such as the Flower Travellin' Band, Speed Glue & Shinki, Les Rallizes Denudes, and Foodbrain. Featuring Golden Cups, Dynamite, Outcast, Carnabeats, Tempters, Beavers, Bunnys, Mops, Spiders, D'Swooners, Zoo Nee Woo, Fingers, Outcast, and Bunnys.
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COSMR 022LP
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Re-issue of Kuni's second album with his former heavy friends Flower Travelling Band, originally released in 1972. Dreamy and psychedelic flavor here, a Japanese early '70s underground rock masterpiece! Kawachi plays piano, celesta, Hammond organ, Rocksichord, Harpsichord, various percussions, and sings. Kimio Mizutani (A Path Through Haze, Love Live Life +1) contributes acoustic and electric guitars.
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Reissue of the band's sole album, originally released in 1968 on Capitol Records. The record is a mixture of light psychedelic pop and folk. The Wind In The Willows broke up shortly after failing to achieve commercial success or critical acclaim. The following year Artie Kornfeld, the record engineer of the album, went on to be the music producer of the Woodstock festival in 1969. Debbie Harry went on to join The Stillettos in 1974 and other bands until subsequently achieving success in 1976 fronting the new wave band Blondie.
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COSMR 020LP
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2024 repress. A serious obscure object of desire! Amazing collection that gathers some of the rarest Persian 45s. Such an eclectic mix of styles, from garage rock to cool Persian beat, exotic rock and roll, and astonishing prog/psych numbers. Featuring female drummer and singer Zangoleah with some killer garage/rockin' tracks, obscure bands like Takkhalha doing a fab cover of the Stones "Play With Fire" and an amazing take on the Persian traditional song "Mastom, Mastom," Golden Ring-styled beat by Big Boys, exotic Persian beat by Saeed and Tigers, terrific garage-beat by Ojubeha and the two sides of the Kambiz 45, probably the major discovery from Iran in recent years and one of the few, if not the only truly Persian prog/psych 45s ever recorded. Also features Kambiz.
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2024 restock; reissue, originally released in 1976. Long before the term Cosmic Americana was of common use there was a band ideally fitting the role. Back in 1976 the long psychedelic wave was rapidly fading away, but the market of private press was still in demand. The self-debut album of Relatively Clean Rivers came out the same year on the leader Phil Pearlman's label. Pacific Is released just this sole album and was to a certain extent an original example of do it yourself. The brainchild of Phil Pearlman, the band was rapidly crossing genres focusing on extended long jam verging on Californian psych and proto-ambient country/folk. The man, a sort of local guru, was previously involved in two other projects: Orange County's own The Beat Of The Earth and The Electronic Hole, so to speak different names for the same group of musicians. While those two early efforts were explicitly devoted to a sort of LSD induced trip, the Relatively Clean Rivers stand on their own, merging styles and -- finally -- proposing an accurate songwriting. The first pressing of this sought-after, underground masterpiece has been traded for thousand dollars, now here's your chance to grab this rural manifesto. With much of the music being acoustic, there are elements of morphing electric guitars, smattered with strange, spacey moments creating a certain stoned atmosphere. The album is imaginative, melancholic, mellow, and exotically webbed. And then there's the band Wilco, citing Relatively Clean Rivers as being inspirational.
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COSMR 019LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1975. The second album of original Japanese freak Magical Power Mako. A truly iconic acid folk manifesto, interspersed with intense moments of pure psych rock. A sonic journey into imaginary lands.
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Reissue, originally released in 1968. The sole album by cultish psychedelic pop band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They formed in 1964 and split up after their debut, which appeared on prestigious label Decca in 1968. The line "Is it much too much to ask / Not to hide behind the mask?" from "If You Only Had the Time" was sampled on MF Doom's 2005 song "The Mask". All along with classic blues standard "Tobacco Road" (covered by anyone from The Animals to Brother Jack McDuff via Jefferson Airplane) and contemporary folk number "Morning Dew" (originally penned by Bonnie Dobson) the record shows a series of original numbers verging on the happiest side of jangle-rock with a Nuggets feel all in all.
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Reissue, originally released in 1969. Produced by David Briggs (Neil Young, Alice Cooper) and recorded at the famous Wally Heider Studio 3 in Hollywood, CA during 1969, their self-titled album features ten original compositions, with essential contributions from the four members of the band. Summerhill certainly spotted a late-1960s West Coast vibe, including Hendrix-rock style ("Bring Me Around"), sunshine pop ("Soft Voice"), and even a touch of "flower-jazz" ("What Can I Say").
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Reissue, originally released in 1968. Orphan Egg were a short-lived group who were formed in 1967 in San Jose, California. Their sole self-titled album was released in 1968 on the small independent company Carole Records. Essentially a garage-psych album -- in the tradition of future iconic compilation like Nuggets or Pebbles -- Orphan Egg was recorded by a bunch of students at Saratoga High School in Saratoga. Occasionally they won the Vox Battle of the Bands, a nationwide competition. They also appeared on the soundtrack of the classic bike-movie Cycle Savages with three tracks.
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Reissue. 1972 debut album by cultish Japanese combo. This unbelievable psychedelic/progressive rock band came together the same year after Shigeru Narumo and Hiro Tsunoda shelved their project Strawberry Path (they had a sole album release in 1971 and eventually a 7"). Their sound is pure adrenaline, a stormy, hard blues kinda thing, with heavy Hammond organ riffs and more than a freakbeat influence. Partially informed by contemporary British bands, like Deep Purple or Uriah Heep, they opened to more gentle and sophisticated arrangements in the soulful ballad "I Love You" with an epic string section. The hypothetical single "Plastic Fantasy" could have been an alternative dancefloor classic with that Traffic/Brian Auger feel in the end.
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Reissue, originally released in 1971. South-African jazz-rock worshippers alert! Assagai was an Afro-rock band, active in the early 1970s in London, whose relatively short career produced two albums recorded in 1971. It has been described as "the second best-known African group of the late '60s/early '70s in Britain" after Osibisa. The original band consisted of five members, three from South Africa and two from Nigeria: drummer Louis Moholo, trumpeter/flautist Mongezi Feza, alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana, tenor saxophonist Bizo Mngqikana, and guitarist/bassist Fred Coker Assagai's self-titled debut album was released in 1971 on Vertigo; among the African musicians who played with the group on the recording was Terri Quaye. Previously, in the 1960s Pukwana, Feza, and Moholo had been members of the jazz band The Blue Notes alongside Chris McGregor.
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Reissue, originally released in 1969. After collaborating with Gabor Szabo on such influential "rare groove" albums as More Sorcery (1967) and Dreams (1968), bassist Louis Kabok and drummer Hal Gordon further embraced jazz-rock fusion under The Advancement moniker. Their self-titled album from 1969 opens with the moody expressiveness of "Juliet" moving on "Moorish Mode" on more interesting drums break. Their heady melting pot of jazz, hard rock, and psychedelia is anyhow well described on closing number "Fall Out".
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