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Title: The Zodiac – Cosmic Sounds

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1967, Psychedelic, Electronic Exotica/Spoken Word, Los Angeles, California 5/26

Matrix #: EKS 74009

Condition: G, shows wear and has a few pops | Members: Mort G (24' - 08'), Cyrus F (36' - ), Paul B (25' - 75')

Cultural Facts:

1. Studio Lore Cosmic Sounds was built as a full zodiac concept record, with Mort Garson composing the music and Cyrus Faryar delivering the mystical spoken-word narration.
2. Synth Pioneer Paul Beaver’s Moog synthesizer work makes this an early electronic-psychedelic artifact, released before synths became common tools in rock, pop, and soundtrack recording.
3. Personal Struggle Paul Beaver died suddenly in 1975 at age 49 from a cerebral aneurysm, cutting short the life of one of the musicians who helped introduce the Moog to West Coast studio culture.