Cosmos Factory
An Old Castle of Transylvania (LP)
LabelHoly Basil RecordsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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Originally formed in 1968 under the name The Silencer, Nagoya, Japan progressive rock band Cosmos Factory didn't change their name until their 1983 debut on Nippon Columbia with "An Old Castle Of Transylvania". Loaded with heavy psychedelia and prog rock guitar moments, experimentally blended with the use of Hammond and Mellotron, the band lead by keyboardist / vocalist Tsutomu Izumi takes you on an adventure throughout the dark forests of Transylvania. Throughout the years, the album has become an very rare and sought after gem in the history of Japanese prog rock, this is the very first reissue ever, complete with OBI strip and insert, oficially licensed by Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. and now available worldwide through Holy Basil Records.
Release notes
Recorded at Columbia Studios, Japan, Tokyo June/July 1973. Mixed at Nippon Columbia Studio.
| A1 | Soundtrack 1984 | 3:20 | |
| A2 | Maybe | 5:54 | |
| A3 | Soft Focus | 3:39 | |
| A4 | Fantastic Mirror | 4:27 | |
| A5 | Poltergeist | 4:26 | |
| An Old Castle Of Transylvania | |||
| B1 | (i) Forest Of The Death | ||
| B2 | (ii) The Cursed | ||
| B3 | (iii) Darkness Of The World | ||
| B4 | (iv) An Old Castle Of Transylvania | ||
- Toshikazu Taki
- Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Hiroshi Takeda
- Design [Sleeve Design]
- Kikuo Tamada
- Design [Sleeve Design]
- Kazuo Okamoto
- Drums, Percussion
- Yoshio Mitsuo
- Engineer, Mixed By
- Mikio Shimizu
- Executive-Producer
- Hisashi Mizutani
- Guitar, Vocals
- Tsutomu Izumi
- Keyboards, Synthesizer [Moog], Vocals
- Takuma Nakahira
- Photography By
- Michio Nakagawa
- Photography By [Assistant]
- Naoki Tachikawa
- Producer
- Takao Honma
- Producer
