The Lotus Palace

by The Alan Lorber Orchestra

The Lotus Palace cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:48
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seeking to monetize the growing Western fascination with Indian classical music, arranger Alan Lorber created this conceptual 'sitarsploitation' masterpiece. The album meticulously interprets contemporary pop hits and original mood pieces by mapping traditional Eastern instrumentation鈥攊ncluding the sitar and tabla鈥攐nto lush, easy listening orchestral frameworks. It is a definitive, deeply fascinating snapshot of the era's widespread commercialization of the psychedelic aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, atmospheric, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Up, Up And Away
  2. The Flute Thing
  3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  4. Hang On To A Dream
  5. Roopaka Dha Teri Dhin Dhin
  6. Within You, Without You
  7. Mas Que Nada
  8. The Look Of Love
  9. Where?
  10. Djellaba (The Hooded One)

Credits

  • The Alan Lorber Orchestra - primary artist
  • Seymour Barab - cello
  • Jerome Richardson - flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Hugh McCracken - guitar
  • Vinnie Bell - guitar, sitar [electric]
  • Howard Hirsch - percussion [eastern & western]
  • Collin Walcott - sitar, tabla
  • Don Robertson - tambura
  • Jack Schatz - producer

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