The Mood Mosaic is a GREAT series of CDs and LPs that feature groovy, funky tracks and some sexy cover art that for some vinyl collectors is the sole motivation for buying the picture disc versions of the albums. I’m a big fan of picture discs in general, and the artwork for these is fairly well done, albeit with a 60’s-era Playboy Mansion sensibility that won’t agree with everybody. The best picture disc of the bunch is the one for the release titled The Hashish Party, with its retro funky body paint motif.

The music on these is great. Any fan of the Easy Tempo series, 70s action movie funk soundtracks, Mystic Moods Orchestra, and soul grooves will find a lot to love with these releases. There are picture disc versions of some, but not all of the titles; you can still find them for sale online at places like Amazon and on Discogs.com. These were made between 1997 and 2011, and there are (at the time of this writing) 14 titles in all.

I’ve got quite a few of these, but alas, not for sale–personal collection titles only! I am looking to buy more of these, so if you have them for sale, do get in touch: jwallace242@gmail.com

–Joe Wallace

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