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Unicorn Band
The Cosmic Storyteller
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. The Cosmic Storyteller
2. Time I Got To Know You
3. Ideal Lady
4. Love Star
5. Filled With Love Again
6. Give It All That You?ve Got
7. L.A. Saucer Invasion
8. The Big Time
9. Set Me Up-Knock Me Over
10. Johnny?s In A Corner
11. Love Has Died
12. The Great Dream
13. The Final Run

CD Details

All Artists: Unicorn Band
Title: The Cosmic Storyteller
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Platform Records
Original Release Date: 8/5/2001
Release Date: 8/5/2001
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 783707401027

Synopsis

Album Description

At Long Last... The 'Lost' Unicorn Album "The Cosmic Storyteller" Once upon a time there was a band named after a magical, mythical creature: Unicorn. Like the namesake, it disappeared into the mists of time and waited to be found again by those who love the strange and beautiful.... The Cosmic Storyteller (1967), Unicorn?s masterpiece concept album, was thought to be lost forever. Thanks to the chance discovery of the master tapes, and the wonders of today?s digital wizardry, you are about to discover a new dimension in entertainment. With its theme of the transcendence of creativity, The Cosmic Storyteller voices the hope, joys and sorrows of love, and emotional and philosophic concerns that belong to every generation. Springing anew out of classic rock creativity, it is a cornucopia of American styles, from psychedelic rock to folk, pop ballads, jazz, blues, country and R&B, a luxurious, poetic tapestry performed with unity of purpose and verve. Now you can revisit that golden era. Come, stimulate your imagination and experience the genius of Unicorn?s revolutionary The Cosmic Storyteller, a concept album as relevant today as when it was first made.

CD Reviews

Don't Be Deceived!

Alvin Hexlar | Ithaca, NY USA | 09/15/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This is not the item that it claims to be. It is a sham. This album is not a "lost classic" from 1967. If someone today set out to create a bona fide knockoff of 60's psych and was convincing about it, I would enjoy it. However, nothing about this record sounds as though it is of the psychedelic era. It is empty contemporary corporate hard rock. A flourish of sitar is not enough convince a psych fan. The melodies are garbage, none of the sounds even bother to approximate actual psychedelia, and the vocals are bar-band tough guy, which isn't very trippy. I was sorely disappointed when I bought this by accident when I was trying to aquire work by the 70's psych/folk/rock band Unicorn (who was sometimes produced by David Gilmour). Unfortunately, I did not do enough research into that band to find out what their albums looked like and were titled, and ended up with this insult to my sensibilities."