Blue Aquarius – Blue Aquarius (Remastered) (1973/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Blue Aquarius – Blue Aquarius (Remastered) (1973/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:10 minutes | 986 MB | Genre: Gospel
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Rare funky gospel album released on Stax offshoot label, The Gospel Truth. Includes the moody ‘Foxfire’.

As an aside from both the traditional and more cutting-edge gospel styles in the Gospel Truth catalog, 1973’s “Blue Aquarius” is a stark departure in sound and subject matter. While the album may be classified under the “religious music” banner, the album foregoes any notion of “gospel,” aiming instead for followers of a new age spiritual sect known as the Divine Light Movement.

Founded in northern India in 1960 by Hans Rām Singh Rawat, the organization was led in 1973 by his 15-year-old son, Prem Pal Singh Rawat, known to a purported base of more than one million global devotees as Guru Maharaj Ji. Much like Stax had done with its Los Angeles Coliseum concert in August 1972, the DLM staged a large-scale festival in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. Centered on growing its U.S. membership, the three-day event featured speeches by the Guru, a performance by Enterprise Records avant-garde bluesman Eric Mercury and 50-piece band Blue Aquarius, who’d already pressed this LP of odes to their leader.

Tracklist:

1. Blue Aquarius – God Is Love (04:41)
2. Blue Aquarius – Rock Me Maharaj Ji (04:38)
3. Blue Aquarius – Know Him While You Can (03:28)
4. Blue Aquarius – At The Feet Of The Master (04:25)
5. Blue Aquarius – Arti (02:24)
6. Blue Aquarius – How Many Lifetimes (04:46)
7. Blue Aquarius – Oh Maharaj Ji (03:57)
8. Blue Aquarius – Foxfire (05:11)
9. Blue Aquarius – Alive And Well (04:12)
10. Blue Aquarius – Satguru Has Come (04:23)

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