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The Wozard of Iz

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Released
  
1968

Artist
  
Mort Garson

Producer
  
Bernie Krause

Length
  
35:05

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
A&M Records

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Genres
  
Spoken word, Electronic music

Similar
  
Mort Garson albums, Electronic music albums

The Wozard of Iz is an album of electronic music composed and realized by Mort Garson and conceived and written by Jacques Wilson. It parodies the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939), setting the characters in the 1960s with a hippie mindset. Throughout the story the main character, Dorothy, seeks out "where it's at".

Contents

The album was released the year following another collaboration between Garson and Wilson, The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds, a concept album issued by Elektra Records.

Cast of characters

  • Dorothy - Suzie Jane Hokom
  • Scared Crow - Barney Phillips
  • In-man - Jay Jasin
  • Lyin' Coward - Barney Phillips
  • Baddy Witch - Julie Haas
  • Goodie Witch - Jadine Vaughn
  • Narrator - Jacques Wilson

    • Side One

    1. "Prologue" - 3:05
    2. "Leave the Driving to Us" - 2:50
    3. "Upset Strip" - 2:25
    4. "Never Follow the Yellow-Green Road" - 2:40
    5. "Thing-a-Ling (Scared Crow)" - 2:21
    6. "In-man" - 1:28
    7. "Man With the Word (Lyin' Coward)" - 2:00
    8. "They're Off to Find the Wozard" - 1:40

    Side Two

    1. "Blue Poppy" - 6:27
    2. "I've Been Over the Rainbow" - 2:10
    3. "Big Sur" - 3:20
    4. "Killing of the Witch" - 3:35
    5. "Finale" - 1:04

    Songs

    1Prologue3:05
    2Leave the Driving to Us2:49
    3Upset Strip2:26

    References

    The Wozard of Iz Wikipedia
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