L Ron Hubbard
Captain Xanadu And His Orbiting Orchestrions
1) Tremors, Nebraska
2) A Penny a Word
3) Under the Ether
4) Able Seaman, Unable Story
5) Babalon Nights
6) Clear as a Bell
7) E for Effort
8) Fair Winds and Following Orgs
9) Body Thetans
10) Operation Snow White
11) Two Percent Milk, No Press
12) Dropping the Body
13) The Bridge to Total Freedom
The L. Ron Hubbard Experience Captain Xanadu And His Orbiting Orchestrions
From a dentist's chair in small-town Nebraska to a billion-year contract on the high seas, Captain Xanadu And His Orbiting Orchestrions chart the strange, sweeping voyage of one of the twentieth century's most audacious self-mythologizers. Thirteen tracks of vibraphone, theremin, and Hammond organ swirl through pulp fiction pseudonyms, dental-chair epiphanies, occult rituals in Pasadena mansions, tin-can prophecy, and a fleet that always seemed to be sailing somewhere new. Lush strings meet spy-jazz tension, cosmic choir "aahs" collide with sun-drenched Mediterranean grooves, and every track is built from the historical record, letting the listener decide where the legend ends and the man begins. Equal parts biography and fever dream, playful and clear-eyed by turns, this is space-age lounge for anyone who's ever wondered just how far a good story can travel. Cross the bridge if you dare.
