The Zodiac : Cosmic Sounds

It’s somewhat unclear from the cover, but the band name is “The Zodiac” and the album released in 1967 was called “Cosmic Sounds (celestial counterpoint in words and music)”. The music was composed, arranged and conducted by visionary Moog madman Mort Garson and performed by crack west coast session players such as Carol Kaye on bass and Hal Blaine on drums. The 12 astrological tracks have spoken word narration by Cyrus Farwar and it’s all so delightfully bonkers - below is the track “Leo, Lord of Lights” which bursts upon the scene with orange yellow splendour:

Carol Kaye – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Bud Shank – bass flute
Cyrus Faryar – narration
Paul Beaver – Moog and other electronic instruments
Emil Richards – exotic percussion
Mike Melvoin – keyboards