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ZODIAC RECORDS - WHO ACTUALLY COLLECTS THOSE?

pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
edited November 2005 in Strut Central
The "soul zodiac" thread kinda got me on this jag. I'm not talking about that Chicago label that Ruby Andrews recorded for (HELLO, LUCK), but records that you always see that are devoted to the twelve astrological signs. They're ALWAYS from the late sixties or early seventies (never before or after), some are straight music, some are straight spoken word, I've seen more than one that combines both. Sometimes you see all twelve signs on one album, other times there's different LP's devoted to each sign. And they're always in the used bins, so somebody was buying those fuckers way back when.I never got into that subgenre myself - I just have that one Zodiac Cosmic Sounds elpee on Elektra (a psychedelic zodiac album with narration by Cyrus Faryar), and I still wanna get the Cannonball Adderley, but it still amazes me how big astrology was during the Nixon years. There's the series of elpees with some fashion model on the covers, advertising "music of the zodiac" (nice way to sell elevator music), then there's the ones with the gold-and-black covers where Sydney Omarr is reading horoscopes (which may have come in handy the year the records came out, but must have been next to useless since then). I probably see those two series the MOST.Anybody here like to cut them records up for samples? Do you buy all the astrological series you can for shits and giggles? Or did they find a breakbeat on one of the "musical zodiac" records? As far-ranging as the Soul Strut board is, I wouldn't be surprised if one of y'all had a few of those lying around (even if it's just for dartboard practice)...

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  • mistercmisterc 329 Posts
    I do have a few lying around. I've never explicity bought one, though. I just keep them if they come with a collection. They make nice birthday presents.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    JP - I've got both of the Cannonball Adderly zodiac-themed LPs on Capitol. Both are (IMO) highly average, lightly peppered with Moments. Stop by this week, and I'll play them (and better stuff) for you.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    The Zodiac spoken word LP's I could care less about (although I do like the Elektra one - nice filler tracks) - but I collect Zodiac songs[/b], like Planets of Life by the Whispers, and Even if the Signs are Wrong by Shirley Brown, etc. I am still[/b] on the prowl for the Jesse Anderson version of Curtis Mayfield's Readings in Astrology on Thomas!



    Also, I love LP's that have the astrological information about the group members - there are so many of these! My most recent one found was the Flamingos LP Today on the Ronze label - a double score, because the gatefold had zodiac credentials for the group:



    Zeke Carey (Aquarius)[/b] - The dreamer, seldom hesitates to challenge the conventional, possesses the unique talent to organize and direct


    AND it includes the track Virgo, Virgin Lady - another tune for the zodiac soul collection !
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I collect Zodiac songs[/b], (and)
    Also, I love LP's that have the astrological information about the group members - there are so many of these!

    How 'bout the gatefold of Curtis Mayfield's Roots, which didn't reveal the artist's sign but had all these zodiac designs? Funny considering that only a year earlier he sang about having "no interest or concern in astrology" ("Give It Up" from Curtis).
  • meatyogremeatyogre 2,080 Posts
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts
    Old-school Daily Show heads should remember this guy:



    The songs are every bit as awful as you'd expect, which is kind of why I had to have this record.
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