{"product_id":"kaleidoscope-beacon-from-mars-lp-09077152471","title":"Kaleidoscope - A Beacon From Mars [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eWielding a battery of exotic instruments that once adorned a thrift-shop front window (bazouki, oud, vina, saz, doumbeg), the Kaleidoscope was every bit as multi-hued and subject-to-change as the telescope full of bright bits of colored glass the band was named after. If there had been a prize for the most eclectic psychedelic outfit, L.A.'s Kaleidoscope would have had it stashed on a shelf-between the hookah pipes and the bowling trophies-in the band's rehearsal space. Formed by multi-instrumentalists David Lindley and Chris Darrow, with a membership that also included multi-instrumentalist Solomon Feldthouse and multi-instrumentalists Max Buda, Chester Crill and Fenrus Epp (all the same person!) along with drummer John Vidican, this wildly experimental outfit pioneered what would become the world-music genre by darting deftly between rock, folk, blues, Cajun, country, Middle Eastern, good-time ballads and Eastern European styles, with plenty of full-blown psychedelia on the side. It's an exotically diverse approach, explored to great effect on 1968's A Beacon from Mars, Kaleidoscope's second LP (the working title for the album was Bacon from Mars). Just float your head through the buoyant, sprawling, mystical title track; the driving, raga-esque \"Taxim\"; or the graceful opener, \"I Found Out,\" which unfolds like the tender petals of a young rose. Beacon from Mars is an album no fan of '60s West Coast psych can afford to miss!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Found Out - Kaleidoscope, Shackleford, Earl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreenwood Sidee - Kaleidoscope, Traditional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife Will Pass You By - Kaleidoscope, Darrow, Chris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaxim - Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope [Us]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bald-Headed End of a Broom - Kaleidoscope, Traditional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouisiana Man - Kaleidoscope, Kershaw, Doug\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Don't Love Me - Kaleidoscope, Cobbs, Willie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeacon from Mars - Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope [Us]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"503","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50563195371816,"sku":"09077152471","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/1445419.jpg?v=1763985376","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/kaleidoscope-beacon-from-mars-lp-09077152471","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}