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Ataraxia
The Unexplained
on RCA Victor Records APL1-1217

Condition: Cover is VG+. Record is VG.
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Morton S. "Mort" Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008) was a Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of . He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s that were among the first to feature . He also co-wrote several hit songs, including "", a hit for . According to , "Mort Garson boasts one of the most unique and outright bizarre resumés in popular music, spanning from easy listening to occult-influenced space-age electronic pop."


Following the success of the original Zodiac LP, Garson went on to compose and arrange a 12 album series of albums for , one album for each sign. Like Zodiac, each album contained original tunes with heavy use of electronics. In 1971, he composed an entirely instrumental electronic album, released on under the pseudonym , that again featured the Moog. Jason Alkeny at Allmusic describes the Black Mass album as "undoubtedly... his masterpiece". Garson also released, in 1972, a record of music-and-moans to capitalize on the best-seller at the time, by "Z". In 1974, he composed the electronic music score for the 18th Annual winning Best Children's Recording of narrated by . The following year, he released an album titled Ataraxia: The Unexplained designed to accompany meditations to the mantra of the listener's choice. Mother Earth's Plantasia, which was released in 1976, was an album of Moog compositions to be played for growing plants.

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