Unicorn
The Cosmic Storyteller
© 2001 Hilary Clay Hicks (783707401027)
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At last...the 'lost' 1967 Unicorn album The Cosmic Storyteller, with styles ranging from pyschedelic rock to folk, pop, jazz, blues, country and R&B.
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- 1 The Cosmic Storyteller
- 2 Time I Got To Know You
- 3 Ideal Lady
- 4 Love Star
- 5 Filled With Love Again
- 6 Give It All That You've Got
- 7 L.A. Saucer Invasion
- 8 The Big Time
- 9 Set Me Up-Knock Me Over
- 10 Johnny's In A Corner
- 11 Love Has Died
- 12 The Great Dream
- 13 The Final Run
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(featuring Unicorn and guest musicians from Steppenwolf, the Association, Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, Spirit, Hal Blaine's Wrecking Crew, Ray Charles Orchestra, Marvin Gaye Band)
"One of my favorite '60s groups"-Michelle Phillips.
"An enjoyable listen, a well-crafted and ambitious project...lyrics flow with a finely-honed, literate grace and grandeur...philosophical...a classy sense of spirit and style...powerful....with muscular vocals..."-All Music Guide.
"It sounds like hit radio the way it used to be!"-music executive Harold Childs (A&M, Warner Bros., Polygram, Qwest).
"With its theme of the transcendence of creativity, The Cosmic Storyteller voices the hopes, joys and sorrows of love, and concerns that belong to every generation..."-Rock City News
"It fits squarely in the reawakening by radio to music that crosses over to wider audiences."- Mark "In The Dark" Shands, Music Director, DMX Music (on over 800 cable systems)
Unicorn is also the subject of a forthcoming documentary that tells the band's tumultuous story and features many '60s pop icons such as Michelle Phillips, The Lovin' Spoonful, Barry McGuire, Scott McKenzie, Hal Blaine, Moby Grape, and the Electric Prunes.
Once upon a time there was a band named after a magical, mythical creature: Unicorn. Like the namesake, it disappeared into the mists of time and waited to be found again by those who love the strange and beautiful....
The Cosmic Storyteller (1967), Unicorn's masterpiece concept album, was thought to be lost forever and languished in a vault for over 30 years without having ever been released. Thanks to the chance discovery of the master tapes, and the wonders of today's digital wizardry, you are about to discover a new dimension in entertainment.
With its theme of the transcendence of creativity, The Cosmic Storyteller voices the hope, joys and sorrows of love, and emotional and philosophic concerns that belong to every generation. Springing anew out of classic rock creativity, it is a cornucopia of American styles, a luxurious, poetic tapestry performed with unity of purpose and verve.
Now you can revisit that golden era. Come, stimulate your imagination and experience the genius of Unicorn's revolutionary The Cosmic Storyteller, a concept album as relevant today as when it was first made.
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I love the music. Mr. Hicks did a fantastic presentation of the 60's. A very tal
author: One of your greatest fansway ahead of it's time
author: clark haginsthe four songs i was able to listen to here don't sound at all like 1967...to think this thing sat around in vaults for 30 years is just plain sad,....i don't know what happened to unicorn..that day in 1967 when they drifted apart..but this album shows they had a future..perhaps they got on the wrong record label ..low on funds or something..because this thing is great...two of the songs i listened to were straight out of the 80's ..and no i don't think it was from the remastered production..it was simply because unicorn were one killer band..way ahead of their time,..too bad they split..we'll never know ,,,what songs were to come --clark hagins 4 - 25 - 2005
Lost artifact of the psychedelic era? Pseudo-Spinal Tap put on? Modernist pop/ps
author: Matthew GreenwaldLost artifact of the psychedelic era? Pseudo-Spinal Tap put on? Modernist pop/psychedelia? The Cosmic Storyteller is all of these things. The brainchild of singer/producer/singer Hilary Clay Hicks, these tracks attributed to Unicorn make up a "lost" 1960s album that embraces several different musical genres, and does so with a classy sense of spirit and style. From the gothic, powerful album title-track opener to a funk-inspired workout ("Love Star") to the album's epic, philosophical closer, "The Final Run," the music herein is a virtual tour of musical styles of the 1960s with a heavy underline in the psychedelic style. The vocal arrangements in particular are quite well-crafted and fit the songs perfectly with a fine sense of ambience and passion. Although some of the instrumentation actually tends to sound a bit '80s-ish (particularly with some of the synth-heavy arrangements), this hangs together quite well as an album. If you don't take it too seriously, it's an enjoyable listen, and a well-crafted and ambitious project.