Artist Info: Cosmic Dealer

Cosmic Dealer (1968-1971, brief return in 1973) was a psychedelic hard-rock band from Dordrecht, The Netherlands, whose only LP, 1971's Crystallization, is regarded as a rare masterpiece amongst psych collectors.

Formed in 1968 as The Floating Fudge Featuring The Cosmic Dealer, the band abbreviated its name in 1970 to become Cosmic Dealer. The line-up that wrote and recorded the Crystallization LP was:

Frans Poots: vocals, flute, percussion
Bas van der Pol: guitars, vocals [read more...]