Mort Garson

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Garson is Canadian; according to the liner notes of the Cosmic Sounds CD, he currently lives in San Francisco - but he's got to be in his 80's by now. before Cosmic Sounds, he did arrangements for The Lettermen, Hollyridge Strings, Soulful Strings etc. - and most notably another album for Elektra called "Dusk 'Till Dawn Orchestra" (it's the catalogue number between The Doors 1st album and Cosmic Sounds. He also did a synth porno record! Black Mass Lucifer, Ataraxia, Plantasia...great albums. I second (or third) the Beaver & Krause recommendation. Fifty Foot Hose is good too.

SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Friday, 29 July 2005 02:21 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...
hi, i stumbled upon this thread while searching for info on the great mort garson. i'm really curious as to why he's so largely overlooked, his career spanning all those years and music being as great as it is. btw: is nic(pascal)raicevic one of garson's aliases, like ataraxia or z?

trond berg, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 07:38 (eighteen years ago) link

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is nic(pascal)raicevic one of garson's aliases, like ataraxia or z?

I doubt it, though I can see why you'd speculate.

That self-titled Head LP by Raicevic on Buddah is crucial.

Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Saturday, 26 August 2006 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

and hard to find.

GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Sunday, 27 August 2006 02:28 (seventeen years ago) link

"(the wife asks, "why the fuck are you listening to this Disneyland Electric Light Parade music?")"

i have this 7-inch picture disc! the electric light parade music. it's awesome. great moog action. and the picture disc itself is heavenly looking. one of my favorite disney records.

scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 27 August 2006 02:54 (seventeen years ago) link

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http://www.garbothemusical.net/

Storefront Church (688), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 13:29 (seventeen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

Composer Mort Garson dies at 83
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978685.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

jaxon, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Love his records. RIP.

chaki, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link

three months pass...

I didn't know he'd gone. His records are pieces of wonder

I still haven't heard 'Didn't You Hear' ,or Madagascar though

Hello Everyone!, Sunday, 27 April 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35PzjP4wgWs

Didn't You Hear?

Hello Everyone!, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link

I didn't know either. RIP.

It might not be cool or suitably appreciative of the man's diverse talent to single out the big weepy song, but Big Sur from the Wozard of Iz turns my nervous system inside out every time.

a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link

two years pass...

This is some great post-Exorcist shit right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ur4JFH-rJM

Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 17 June 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

That self-titled Head LP by Raicevic on Buddah is crucial.
― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal)

Yes it is, and we have a reissue now.
https://www.discogs.com/107-34-8933-Numbers/master/544949

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umiE2B8ODYI

Wes Brodicus, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link

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https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/plantasia
just came from this; was fun to listen to the album nice and crisp while walking inside a massive greenhouse.
Sacred Bones is aiming to release the complete Garson catalogue over the next few years; they're working with his family so it sounds like it might even happen!
https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/frontpage/products/sbr3030-mort-garson-mother-earths-plantasia

BK Botanic Garden had Garson's original moog on display
http://i.imgur.com/rSlyPJl.jpg

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link

Ugggghhhh wish I knew about this

Evan, Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link

Been thinking his stuff badly needs re-issuing.

Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 June 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link

Imminent Plantasia reissue here: https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/mother-earths-plantasia

screator, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link

I didn't really know much about this guy until hearing a few albums of his at work in the last year. We got the reissue of Plantasia in and I ended up picking it up. I can feel this album is going to be my new obsession.

kitchen person, Sunday, 23 June 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

Been thinking his stuff badly needs re-issuing.

Your wish is Sacred Bones's command:

https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/didnt-you-hear

https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-patch-cord-productions

This second one appears to be unreleased/little hard 70s recordings, the first is a straight up reissue of an obscure soundtrack "originally available only in the lobby of the theater at screenings of the movie in Seattle" per the liners.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link

Little heard not little hard but maybe both.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link

Also, apparently vinyl-only (maybe?) runs of Lucifer's Black Mass and Ataraxia's The Unexplained, though maybe other services/labels are handling digital.

https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr3033-lucifer-black-mass

https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr3034-ataraxia-the-unexplained

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link

looks like these will be on spotify too!

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link

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oh man, this alternate take of "African Violet" - always one of my fave Garson tracks - is really everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLrnfsbpTH4

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link

btw, this is prob worth buying
https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/music-from-patch-cord-productions-t-shirt

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link

Hadn't seen this thread before---speaking of Bernie Krause, he dispenses just enough shadowy particles all around ill wind guitar on The Link Wray Rumble, US issue
Polydor ‎– PD 6025: one of my all-time faves, never on legit CD, although some of it was reissued on the Link comp Guitar Preacher, and maybe all of it could be a YouTube playlist from time to time (found some in his remarkable archive.org stash too). Krause's moments def. quality over quantity.

dow, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link

Oh my god, this track is *incredible*. Breaking my heart at the moment, in the best way. Feels almost like if Mort Garson had collaborated with Paul Williams (if Paul Williams were a better singer).

https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/track/didnt-you-hear

Soundslike, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:06 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

brewdog advert

conrad, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link

one year passes...

New archival release!

https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/journey-to-the-moon-and-beyond

And get this!

The crown jewel of the set is no doubt Garson’s soundtrack to the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as first heard on CBS News. That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Moogkind. But for decades, this audio was presumed lost, the only trace of it appearing to be from an old YouTube clip. Thankfully, diligent audio archivist Andy Zax came across a copy of the master tape while going through the massive Rod McKuen archive. So now we get to hear it in all its glory. Across six minutes, Garson conjures broad fantasias, whirring mooncraft sounds, zero-gravity squelches, and twinkling études. It showcases Mort’s many moods: sweet, exploratory, whimsical, a little bit corny, weaving it all together in a glorious whole.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 16:22 (ten months ago) link

five months pass...

I...did not expect this:

https://mortgarson.bandcamp.com/album/disco-ufo

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 17:08 (five months ago) link


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