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Vol 3 — A Companion to Occult Music On Vinyl Vol 3. By Mark Goodall.

Vol 3 — A practical guide to the ultimate occult record collection.

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The physical exertion involved in performing rites or undertaking creative acts can be complemented by the conjuring up of something intangible and weird. This takes place within many human actions, but it is within the realm of sound and music that a particularly fascinating synthesis of sorts takes place.

The writer, musician and curator Tot Taylor observed that the word ‘ritual’ is already present in the word ‘spiritual’. This combination of material practice and the transcendent can be found within the strange combination of records discussed in this volume.

With music, one can transpose imagination, visions and dreams into ‘sacred rites’. ‘Heavy conscious creation’, the theme of this series, embodies the realisation of occult and esoteric ideas through artistic expression, in this case sonic arts. Elements of ritual immerse the listener in the experience of a magical rite; it may aid the listener in spiritual enlightenment in some way but might also simply provide entertainment and an engaging listening experience.

Ritual is a form of living action and while LP records are encountered as objects mostly on the aural plane, an innovative and surprising use of sound can conjure up all manner of images, places and emotions.

  • Introduction
  • BLACK MASS (Lucifer)
  • WHITE MASS/BLACK MASS (Alexander Scriabin)
  • SOM (Persona)
  • THE VOODOO GODS OF HAITI (Divine Horsemen)
  • RITES OF THE PAGAN (Elisabeth Waldo And Her Concert Orchestra)
  • RITUAL (Nico Gomez)
  • RITI, MAGIE NERE E SEGRETE ORGE NEL TRECENTO…(Gianfranco Reverbi)
  • THE FOURTH REICH — THE COMMUNAZIS EXPOSED BY THEIR OWN WORDS: REVOLUTION TODAY IN THE U.S.A.
  • “A GENUINE TONG FUNERAL” (Gary Burton)
  • DISQUE ROSICRUCIEN
  • AFRO-SOUL/DRUM ORGY (A.K. Salim)
  • A BLACK MASS (Amiri Baraka)
  • LA PSYCHOSOMNIE (Dominique Webb)
  • LE TRADIZIONI MUSICALI IN PUGLIA VOL. 3 — MUSICHE E BALLI TRADIZIONALI DEL SALENTO — PIZZICA TARANTA (Compiled By Giuseppe Michele Gala)
  • Sources and Notes

 

Title: GATHERING OF THE TRIBE: RITUAL
Subtitle: A Companion to Occult Music On Vinyl Vol 3
Editor: Mark Goodall
ISBN PBK: 978-1-915316-21-9
ISBN EBK: 978-1-915316-22-6
Street Date: Aug 17, 2023
Category: Music / Occult
Retail Price: UK £12.99 / US $17.95
Binding: Paperback
Size: 165mm x 165mm
Pages: 90
Illos: 44 full colour plates 

 

GATHERING OF THE TRIBE is an on-going series about the mysterious power of sound and tone, with each book devoted to reviewing records that reveal divine and cosmic laws, voyages to other worlds or use sound as a tool for transformation. While highly selective, the series offers a practical guide to the ultimate occult record collection.

Rare album sleeves complement each review.

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David HolzerUgly Things
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“Mark [Goodall] is first and foremost interested in the music but, throughout his listening life, this has led him to discover other things, journey into other art forms. When I spoke to him, he told me that the albums in the series weren’t chosen because, like a dictatorial conventional music critic, he believes people must have them in their record collection. It’s more about, he says, 'looking for obscure things that have been forgotten and bringing them back to life.' He’s certainly done that with Vol 3: Ritual. Within the brief, the selection is eclectic to say the least and includes exotica, film scores and curios … An ear-opening experience.”
Dave ThompsonGoldmine
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“Unearthing albums that even committed occult collectors might have missed, with the full page color illustrations only one of the visual highlights within. Don’t let it pass you by.”
Sarah Gregory
Shindig!
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“This is a visually stunning piece of work — Gathering is both enlightening and fascinating.”
Bobby SealPsychogeographic Review
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“This second volume, Landscape, takes as its premise the powerful effect that a particular landscape, be it urban or rural, can have on a creative mind [...] this is an absorbing work that is both passionate and erudite. I look forward to reading further volumes..”
Darren Charles
Musique Machine
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“A fascinating look at occult psychedelia during its golden age. Mark Goodall makes for a knowledgeable guide on our trip through the acid-tinged madness of the late 60s. One or two of the albums on the list represent new material to me and I had great fun hunting them down, wholly based on Goodall’s words.”
Dave ThompsonGoldmine
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“Notionally, you could say these releases are tied into the on-going folk horror boom that preoccupies so much of the British (and elsewhere) underground these days; to do so, however, would be to overlook the allure that albums of this nature have long held for vinyl hounds and crate diggers. […] this is not your average book of record art or writing […] fascinating studies of their chosen themes.”
Ben Graham
Shindig!
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“Each book looks at a dozen or so LPs from the author's personal collection that fit a particular theme, with handsome sleeve reproductions and short essays on their origins, significance and respective artists..,. well worth checking out.”
Jonny TrunkRecord Collector
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“A cult classic in the waiting” [on the original Gathering of the Tribe book]
Kier-La JanisseSpectacular Optical
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“I loved this book. There were enough familiar topics to hook me in, but in addition to its consciousness-expanding and historical insights, it operated as a vital guide through some of the world’s most challenging sonic experiments. Exciting connections appeared throughout, which meant that while reading I was constantly inspired, making notes of obscure tangents to follow once the book reached its end.” [on the original Gathering of the Tribe book]
Austin MatthewsShindig!
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“The key tenet of Goodall's proposition is that music can produce what he refers to as 'Heavy Conscious Creation' or a kind of 'altered state of perception'. This is not your average music tome and takes a far more philosophical bent than most… [Gathering of the Tribe] may indeed unlock some of the secrets within your record collection that hitherto you were unaware existed.” [on the original Gathering of the Tribe book]
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Mark Goodall

MARK GOODALL is an academic who teaches and writes about film and music. He is also a musician and composer, filmmaker and has worked as a journalist, bookseller, community artist, printer and cheesemonger.

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