Someone came into the store yesterday looking for Wozard Of Iz, and we got to talking about Canadian electronic musician Mort Garson, and this album in particular. Unfortunately, I couldn’t help the customer locate the record, and I’m sorry he missed out on such a cool listening experience. Mort Garson was a Julliard trained pianist and arranger who worked with the Lettermen, Doris Day and Laurence Harvey in his early days before recording a handful of hard-to-find electronic albums in the late ’60s and early ’70s. According to an early interview Robert Moog, while he was showcasing a synthesizer at an expo, Garson (who was even then in his mid-40s) was the first person to use one of his instruments on a commercial recording (the album, Cosmic Sounds, is credited to The Zodiac). For the awesomely creepy, occult-themed Black Mass, Garson worked under the name of “Lucifer”. Not much is known about the production of this album, but I think it is Garson’s crowning achievement, light-years beyond Electronic Hair Pieces or the aforementioned Wozard of Iz. It is, perhaps, better than any horror film’s score. Hear for yourself.
Mort Garson
Black Mass / Lucifer”
MediaFire Download Link
Track Listing:
01. Solomon’s Ring
02. The Ride of Aida (Voodoo)
03. Incubus
04. Black Mass
05. The Evil Eye
06. Exorcism
07. The Philosopher’s Stone
08. Voices of the Dead (The Medium)
09. Witch Trial
10. ESP
