634457195417

Mosaics; Pieces Of Stone

Jade & Luv Stone

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Format: LP

Cat No: LPSUB154C

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Release Date:  06 December 2024

Label:  Subliminal Sounds

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  634457195417

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    The sole album from this male-female duo is a lost gem from the heart of the psychedelic 1970s - A long-time cult item and highly praised in the Acid Archives book - This reissue includes a bonus track, extensive liner notes, photos and multicolored vinyl.

    Composed and self-produced in Nashville, Mosaics went unnoticed by the music industry upon release. While almost unknown outside specialist circles, it has been a long-time underground cult favorite. The combination of top-level songwriting, skillful guitar/keyboard arrangements and soaring vocals is just too impressive to ignore. And beyond these obvious qualities, the album has something subtle and unique, a magnetic power that keeps drawing the listener back.

    One of Jade & Luv's earliest advocates was the legendary NYC musicologist and Endless Boogie bandleader Paul Major. Here's a typical Major impression of the music on Mosaics: "Groovy love vibes thru a prism of jade statues in swinging singles apartment complex action. Cadillac with fuzzy dice, feather boa, lotsa cigarette burns, stale perfumed ashen air. This album in the 8-track player at 5 AM with someone you don't even know passed out in the backseat, as you head to the diner to meet up with an early-bird Lava Lite salesman who deals pills on the side. Bubbly champagne molecules become the plastic vinyl booths in dim-lit dive bars; it's cracker box post-war suburban low-rent psychedelic".

    VICE says: "This might be the greatest record ever made in the USA. It took over 20 years and a Swedish label to bring it out in the open. Go figure. Jade and Luv had the looks, the style and the music to conquer the world--maybe now they finally will. This isn't some ironic retro shit, it's just real mid-70s suburban lounge psych that also manages to outdo everything that The Doors ever made.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Waiting for the Rain
      • 2. Come Home with Me
      • 3. Working at the Business of Living
      • 4. Backroads of My Mind
      • 5. Man
      • 6. Grab Hold
      • 7. Take A Look
      • 8. So Close
      • 9. Cool Breeze
      • 10. Reality
      • 11. Waiting