Mort Garson: Mother Earth's Plantasia (Green Vinyl) [SACRED BONES]

Why you'll love it

Plantasia went from an almost impossible-to-find giveaway record to one of Kops Records' perennial best-sellers, a gentle, charming Moog gem loved by several generations.

This edition

• Green coloured vinyl
• Sacred Bones pressing

About the album

How Mother Earth's Plantasia came to be one of our perennial best-sellers here at Kops Records is a mystery for the ages, but this little slab of synthesizer strangeness has become an enduring object of fascination for several generations' worth of record buyers. To say this Moog-mad collection of alternately soothing and sprightly electronic compositions, intended for the enjoyment of houseplants, was hard to come by back in 1976 is an understatement. To procure it, you either had to buy an actual plant from a shop called Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles or (wait for it) a Simmons mattress from Sears.

So presumably "Symphony for a Spider Plant," "Concerto for Philodendron & Pothos" and "You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia" sound as good to a box spring double as they do to an African violet. In any case, this beguiling electro-curio, inspired by Garson's wife's love of greenery, has gone on to live a far longer life than anyone might have dared dream 50 years ago. And its appeal clearly extends beyond plants, 'cause plants don't tend to do a lot of record shopping.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Sacred Bones. Green vinyl edition of the 1976 album.