{"product_id":"840526511846preorder","title":"MORT GARSON – MOTHER EARTH'S PLANTASIA (50TH ANNIVERSARY DINKED EDITION SPRUCE COLORED VINYL WITH BONUS PLANT JOURNAL) LP \u003cbr\u003ePREORDER out 9\/4\/2026 •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*This is a pre-order. Items will ship on or around the release date of SEPTEMBER 4, 2026. For orders that have multiple items with pre-orders, all items will be held until every item from the order is available to ship. Please contact us with any questions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: \u003cspan\u003e840526511846\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: SACRED BONES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: SEPTEMBER 4, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***DINKED EDITION***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpruce Vinyl with bonus Plant Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s21\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"s22\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e+ Spruce coloured vinyl* \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+ 4.5\" x 7\" Plant Journal*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+ 11” x 11” liner notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+ Limited pressing of 1500* (800 US)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s23\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s17\"\u003e*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Brian Eno did it, Mort Garson was making discreet music. Julliard-educated and active as a session player in the post-war era, Garson wrote lounge hits, scored the 1969 moon-landing and plush arrangements for Doris Day, and garlanded weeping countrypolitan strings around Glen Campbell’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the mid-1970s, a force of nature swept across the continental United States, cutting across all strata of race and class, rooting in our minds, our homes, our culture. It wasn’t The Exorcist, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, or even bellbottoms, but instead a book called The Secret Life of Plants. The work of occultist\/former OSS agent Peter Tompkins and former CIA agent\/dowsing enthusiast Christopher Bird, the book shot up the bestseller charts and spread like kudzu across the landscape, becoming a phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeemingly overnight, the indoor plant business was in full bloom and photosynthetic eukaryotes of every genus were hanging off walls, lording over bookshelves, and basking on sunny window ledges. The science behind Secret Life was specious: plants can hear our prayers, they’re lie detectors, they’re telepathic, able to predict natural disasters and receive signals from distant galaxies. But that didn’t stop millions from buying and nurturing\u003cbr\u003etheir new plants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the craziest claim of the book was that plants also dug music. And whether you purchased a snake plant, asparagus fern, peace lily, or what have you from Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles (or bought a Simmons mattress from Sears), you also took home Plantasia, an album recorded especially for them. Subtitled “warm earth music for plants…and the people that love them,” it was full of bucolic, charming, stoner-friendly, decidedly unscientific tunes enacted on the new-fangled device called the Moog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album gained an enormous cult following decades after its release. Sacred Bones’ 2019 reissue helped introduce Plantasia to a wider global audience, sparking a remarkable second life for Garson’s unlikely masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003eWhat was once a strange artifact of 1970s plant-mania has become a beloved evergreen, rediscovered and re-embraced by a new generation of listeners and flourishing far beyond its original moment, evolving from obscure novelty into a beloved cult classic and streaming-era touchstone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, 50 years after its original release, Mother Earth’s Plantasia marks a major anniversary moment. Half a century on, it continues to resonate - an enduring reminder of Mort Garson’s ability to make the synthetic feel strangely alive and the whimsical feel oddly profound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlantasia (3:23)\u003cbr\u003eSymphony for a Spider Plant (2:41)\u003cbr\u003eBaby’s Tears Blues (3:03)\u003cbr\u003eOde to an African Violet (4:04)\u003cbr\u003eConcerto For Philodendron And Pothos (3:09)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRhapsody In Green (3:28)\u003cbr\u003eSwingin’ Spathiphyllums (2:59)\u003cbr\u003eYou Don’t Have To Walk A Begonia (2:31)\u003cbr\u003eA Mellow Mood For Maidenhair (2:17)\u003cbr\u003eMusic To Soothe The Savage Snake Plant (3:23)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT DINKED:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDinked began in the UK in 2018 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dinkededition.co.uk\/shops\"\u003ehttps:\/\/dinkededition.co.uk\/shops\u003c\/a\u003e and now is expanding with a few select US shops (12 total for now) including Lunchbox Records. We are excited for this new expanded venture and there will be some exciting releases. The releases that are available in both territories will be referred to as DINKED International titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"SACRED BONES","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":44355797647459,"sku":"840526511846 PREORDER","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/CopyofINT5_MAIN_SQ.jpg?v=1783993159","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/840526511846preorder","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}