Blue Aquarius - Blue Aquarius (Remastered) (1973/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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
2. Blue Aquarius - Rock Me Maharaj Ji
3. Blue Aquarius - Know Him While You Can
4. Blue Aquarius - At The Feet Of The Master
5. Blue Aquarius - Arti
6. Blue Aquarius - How Many Lifetimes
7. Blue Aquarius - Oh Maharaj Ji
8. Blue Aquarius - Foxfire
9. Blue Aquarius - Alive And Well
10. Blue Aquarius - Satguru Has Come



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