"The far out sounds of tomorrow's uncharted trip beyond the now generation." - original liner notes
"We had many weird albums like Astro Sounds, but got so many letters from the midwest objecting to the zany formats that we stopped." - Al Sherman, 101 Strings producer
"Astro Sounds puts the music of the spheres into a sonic blender, tailored for an orbital discotheque whose psychedelic color blend and boil under a melting heat shield." - Joseph Lanza, author of Elevator Music & The Cocktail
Originally recorded in 1969 at the height of the summer of love, Astro Sounds was easy listening's response to psychedelic acid rock. Unlike all the previous 101 String albums, whose gentle, tuneful travelogues were suitable dinner music, when poor housewives ripped the shrink-wrap off this Pandora's Box of acid-laden rock, all hell broke loose! Fuzz-ed out guitars, heavy drums and strings, yes strings(!), all collided to create what has become one of the top cult classics of the psychedelic era. Even Goldmine recently listed Astro Sounds among the top wish-list "incredibly strange music" albums begging to be re-issued.
Here in all its B-movie, LSD party-sequence glory are songs like "Astral Freakout," "A Disappointed Love With A Desensitized Robot," "Trippin' On Lunar 07," and the futuristically titled "Where Were You In 1982?" Also featured as the rare bonus tracks "Karma Sitar", "Whiplash" (with real whip sound effects) and "Instant Nirvana."
And now this classic album has been expanded to include 3 additional tracks of exotic, digially remastered, psychedelia: "Karma Sitar," "Instant Nirvana" and the legendary "Whiplash," featuring the ecstatic sighs of Bebe Bartron amidst the sounds of whips being cracked!
Yes, here's an album whose zaniness has made it a "must-have" for both the "lounge" scenesters as well as lovers of psychedelic rock and incredibly strange music. Over 130 players "turned on" with the sights and sounds of tomorrow together with a swingin' rhythm section from Britain! The result is a program with a sound dimension that is "out of sight" - the most astounding "trip" ever to be taped.
Flameout ... Re-Entry To Mog ... Space Odyssey ... Astral Freakout ... Orbit Fantasy ... Barrier X-69 ... A Disappointed Love With A Desensitized Robot ... Where Were You In 1982? ... Trippin' On Lunar 07 ... A Bad Trip Back To '69 ...Plus the bonus tracks... Karma Sitar ... Whiplash ... Instant Nirvana
