Cosmic Wheels

by Donovan

Cosmic Wheels cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1973
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:34
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reuniting with producer Mickie Most after a noticeable career lull, the legendary Scottish folk icon enthusiastically embraced the bombastic aesthetics of the emerging glam rock era. The resulting collection is an eccentric, highly theatrical collision of cosmic mysticism, bawdy humor, and robust electric arrangements featuring prominent session players.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, repetitive, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Cosmic Wheels (4:06)
  2. Earth Sign Man (4:00)
  3. Sleep (3:52)
  4. Maria Magenta (2:16)
  5. Wild Witch Lady (4:31)
  6. The Music Maker (4:31)
  7. The Intergalactic Laxative (2:52)
  8. I Like You (5:21)
  9. Only the Blues (3:16)
  10. Appearances (3:44)

Credits

  • George Peckham - lacquer cut by
  • Porky - lacquer cut by
  • Clive Chaman - bass
  • Cozy Powell - drums
  • Jill Utting - soprano vocals
  • Valerie Charrington - soprano vocals
  • Chris Spedding - strings, lead guitar, bouzouki, guitar, strings, electric guitar
  • John "Rabbit" Bundrick - synthesizer [moog], piano, mellotron

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