Mormos-Great Wall Of China-'71 FRENCH ACID FOLK-NEW LP+7"EP

MORMOS    GREAT WALL OF CHINA    LPS123    4040824083786    12    LPS + BONUS 7" + INSERT    ACID FOLK    LIMITED TO 500 COPIES    

Mormos ‎– Great Wall Of China
Label:
Wah Wah Records ‎– LPS123
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
Country:
Spain
Released:
2013
Genre:
Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk

Tracklist

A1     Womanbud Deborah

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – Tobia Taylor

    0:58
A2     Great Wall Of China

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – Tobia Taylor

    4:47
A3     Forever Seventh Loved Time

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – Kathi Bennett

    1:00
A4     Now Is Made In America

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – Debril Brandybuck

    4:25
A5     The Crimson Uniform

    Words By, Music By – James Cuomo*

    1:21
A6     Poughkeepsie

    Words By, Music By – James Cuomo*

    1:52
A7     Smelling Like A Rose

    Words By, Music By – James Cuomo*

    2:30
A8     Victoria Falls

    Words By, Music By – James Cuomo*

    0:43
B1     Jack Of Hearts

    Music By – Elliott DelmanWords By – Wayne Heuring

    1:21
B2     O Mistress Mine

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – William Shakespeare

    2:08
B3     Cap And Bell

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – W.B. Yeats*

    3:10
B4     Walk In; Walk Out

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – Michael Hanks

    3:32
B5     These Echoes / My Grandma Rocks

    Music By – James Cuomo*Words By – Michael Hanks

    4:08
B6     St Ives

    Words By – Tobia TaylorWords By, Music By – James Cuomo*

    3:00
C1     In Again Out Again

    Written-By – James Cuomo*

    1:58
C2     Lightning Snakes

    Written-By – James Cuomo*

    2:50
D1     Paranoid Nightdream

    Written-By – James Cuomo*, Michael Hanks

    2:25
D2     Listen To The Flavour

    Written-By – Deborah Cuomo, James Cuomo*

    2:30
D3     Rubab To Bed

    Written-By – James Cuomo*

    0:30
Companies, etc.

    Copyright (c) – Wah Wah Records Supersonic Sounds
    Remastered At – Prades Mastering – PM-001

Credits

    Arranged By – Mormos
    Balalaika, Zither, Recorder [Soprano], Vocals – Tobia Taylor
    Cello – Sandy Spencer
    Design [Maquette] – M. Hussenot*
    Domra, Recorder [Soprano], Vocals, Balalaika – James Cuomo*
    Engineer – Guy Salmon
    Flute, Flute [Alto], Balalaika, Recorder [Alto] – Rick Mansfield*
    Guitar, Vocals – Elliott Delman
    Liner Notes – Jim Cuomo
    Photography By – P. Hussenot*
    Producer – Gilles Bleiveis, James Cuomo*
    Remastered By – Roger Prades
    Vocals – Annie The Hat

Notes
Originally released on CBS in 1971. Issued under license from James Cuomo.

Limited to 500 copies.

Released with two inserts.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode (on sticker): 4 040824 083786
    Matrix / Runout (Side A): 114539E1/A
    Matrix / Runout (Side B): 114539E2/A
    Matrix / Runout (7", Side A): 114529H1/A
    Matrix / Runout (7", Side B): 114529H2/A
    Rights Society (7"): SGAE

Mormos is a French based progressive folk group of American musicians, including multi-instrumentalists James Cuomo, Elliott Delman, Ernest Mansfield, guitarist Dianne Tobia Taylor, cellist Sandy Spencer and bassist/vocalist Annie "The Hat" Williams. The initial line up consisted of just Cuomo, Spencer and Taylor who were part of the New York based LaMama Experimental Theatre. Mormos was formed (initially as Misty Mountain Mormos) after the theater troupe relocated to France in 1970. Needing to flesh out their sound, Cuomo recruited Williams, Delman, and Mansfield whom he collaborated with in the Champaign/Urbana based psychedelic band Spoils Of War (2) before recording their debut in late 1970. Much of Mormos' material, especially on their debut Great Wall of China (1971) were acoustic arrangements of tunes previously recorded by the Spoils of War in the late 1960's.

Their second album, The Magic Spell of Mother's Wrath (1972) saw the departure of Taylor and Spencer was credited as a guest artist. The bulk of the writing on the second album was mostly handled by both Delman and Mansfield (where Cuomo wrote much of the first album) resulting in a more accessible sound, however Cuomo's "Rit Yellow of the Sun" (originally recorded by Spoils of War in 1968) serves as this album's centerpiece.

Mormos disbanded in early 1973 with Delman, Mansfield and Williams joining the Chicago based Sky Farmer which remained active until 1975. Cuomo continued to record throughout the 1970's, occasionally with Sandy Spencer, Daniel Hanks, Clive Griffiths and various European session musicians. These recordings were released in the 1990's, retroactively crediting them to the Spoils of War. Cuomo later became involved in computer based music and still records and performs and currently resides in Australia. In recent years Mormos has been known to reform and perform one off concerts in the Chicago and Champaign/Urbana area with the core band of Mansfield, Delman, Cuomo and Williams.