Sleep, sleep, my little one; adrift in your replica solar ark, sweet dreams carry you closer to the western lands; and while you're at it, I'll just slip this lovely little ruby-colored ten-inch record onto your baby turntable and let it whisper Rosicrucian knowledge into your shell-like tiny ears.
One of my all-time fave ten-inchers, this one is loaded up with phrases you'll be repeating for some time. Many of the recordings that came out in the early 1960's from San Jose's Rosicrucian Temple are still in print and available from them in some fashion, but I imagine that this one is a little hard to find. Perusing the entire recording will give one a capsule description of some basic tenets of Rosicrucianism; their concepts of Universe, Prayer and Deity itself are superficially presented here to linger in a sleepy child's ear. All this and a large slice of particularly sepulchural organ music on delicious red vinyl have kept this ep around when many others had to go away in my last two moves. It is indeed a mighty strange thing to want to have on mp3, but I imagine that producer/sampler/cut-up monkeys like me as well as peculiar and bold DJs will hear something on this disc to use and love. Those of you like me who are big fans of all things Ancient Egypt-related will also enjoy visiting the Rosicrucian Museum and Temple in San Jose, California, although it can't compare with the fantastic collection of mummies and things in the Vatican Museum in Rome - so visit both if you get the chance!
Their other records made contemporary to this one (and for adults, as this appears to be their only Child Guidance disc) have delerious titles like At One-Ness With the Infinite; a record of music played in their temples around the world, such as: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, and the ritualistic Colombes' march, Secreto Eterno; and of course the essential platter of: Sanctum Rituals and Exercises.
The full back and front cover art in high resolution is reproduced here, and there's a Rosicrucian publication displying an ad for the record I'm presenting today here.
The first side: Wonders of Nature The second side (two cuts): Preparation for Sleep and Sleep Guidance (the subliminal cut- designed for listening to after the little buggers have gone under)
The voice reminds me of the voice on the 1969 movie The Monitors that would intone: "The Monitors are your friends. Trust the Monitors..."
Posted by: Richard Lindsay | August 06, 2011 at 06:53 PM
Wow-! Someone ELSE has seen The Monitors (!!) I caught that years ago on AMC back when it was commercial-free and haven't seen it since; but remember being impressed with some aspects greatly. That music was so memorable, too: "We are the Monitors / We are here to serve..."
Thanks for that reminder.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | August 06, 2011 at 06:59 PM
Any chance of a correct link for the first side? Thanks!
Posted by: Jonathan Lemon | August 06, 2011 at 07:54 PM
Try http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/MW/Rosicrucian_Record_-_Wonders_of_Nature.mp3 ... I guessed, and got it.
Posted by: chuck | August 06, 2011 at 09:55 PM
Thanks for those links. I'm checking them as well.
Cassy from Learn How To Play Lead Guitar
Posted by: Maritess | August 07, 2011 at 06:35 AM
I fixed the link for SIDE ONE : WONDERS OF NATURE. All good. I'm tickled that folks are checkin' em' out! -Mindwrecker
Posted by: Mindwrecker | August 07, 2011 at 09:42 AM
Mindwrecker: Here's an audio rip I made of some of The Monitor's audio highlights: http://tiny.cc/gz361
I love the tripped out theme song with vocoder and there's a couple of songs featuring Odetta on it. Fred Kaz did the score.
Posted by: Rich in Washington | August 07, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Sounds like Fred KATZ to me (doing The Monitors score)...although I don't see it among his credits...It is right up his alley. I'm definitely going to have to see this again. Bet it'd make a good double-bill with 'Putney Swope', another odd experimental film.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | August 09, 2011 at 10:04 AM
http://f.cl.ly/items/3c0g0F3E0Z09330A3g2G/You%20Are%20Going%20To%20Be%20Kind.mp3
Posted by: Benedict Harris | August 15, 2011 at 10:49 AM
I used a bit of this for this years Halloween Mash up.
More here:
http://pisor-industries.org/w/sound/p-i-s-o-r-scares-2011/
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?zyjquo1zgfbg6op
Coming at you at 300 screams per hour.
These 13 tracks represent the ultimate telemetry of terror!
What’s inside: psychic sex witches, the REAL True Blood, stone-HEDGE, Jayne Mansfield’s good night poem, terror farms and toes, mad scientists and the voodoo snake cult, tortured French vampires vs. English acid folkies, out of control reptiles, Rosicrucian sleep training, original party activities for the whole family, flesh eating post-nuclear mutants, Singapore ghost call in show, the dark truth about Halloween, and much much more.
Note: This recording is compliant with Singapore’s Anti-Lycanthropy Act of 1977 and is certified to be 100% werewolf free.
LISTEN IN THE DARK, IF YOU DARE. BUT DO NOT LISTEN ALONE!
PISOR (Putnam Institute for Space Opera Research)
Posted by: CE Putnam, founder, Putnam Institute for Space Opera Research, | October 18, 2011 at 10:12 PM