The Satanic Mass Conducted By Anton Szandor LaVey - Picture Disc Vinyl #026/999

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The Satanic Mass Conducted By Anton Szandor LaVeyPerformed In Year Three, Anno Satanas
12" Picture Disc Side One: Iconic Image Of Anton Szandor LaVey With Snake Side Two: The Sigil Of Baphomet
Side OneTHE SATANIC MASS Ritual Performed In The Black House
Side TwoTHE SATANIC BIBLE Selections Read By Anton Szandor LaVey
Adversary Recordings - 2005 - Out Of Print
Before heavy metal, before death metal, before black, Satanic or gothic metal music, there was The Satanic Mass. As the original liner notes proudly declared, it was "the first authentic recording in history of a Satanic ceremony," and remains the standard by which magical rituals may be judged. To experience the sensation of actually being part of this Satanic rite, participants in absentia were urged to "listen to this recording in a dark or semi-dark room. If any light is used, it should be provided by black candles." Anton LaVey, along with early members of his diabolical cabal, recorded The Satanic Mass in 1968, when The Satanic Bible had not yet seen print. Though The Church had already received international press from the first above-ground performances of a Satanic baptism, wedding and funeral, this recording was the public's first exposure to what the religion of Satanism advocated, printing The Nine Satanic Statements on the back cover, LaVey outraged Mr. and Mrs. America with what would now be praised as "performance art" or "psychodrama" designed to purge complacency and hypocrisy. A few short years after this recording was made, bands utilizing Satanic imagery crept over the horizon, auguries of the eventual pyrotechnic spectacular of black metal music. But, the original Satanic Mass disappeared quickly into the "vinyl collectible" category, taped, coveted and bootlegged around the world, selling in some rare-record shops for up to $200.
Anton LaVey, born April 11, 1930, of Georgian and Alsatian ancestry, was the founder and High Priest of The Church of Satan. Throughout his kaleidoscopic life, he worked as a cage boy, lion trainer, mitt camp worker, police photographer, criminologist, artist, clinical hypnotist and psychical researcher. A child prodigy, his musical career started when he was five, and through the years he studied violin, drums, trombone, oboe, piano, organ, and calliope. He played the oboe with The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra at age 16, later becoming the city's official organist for all civic functions. He played band, theater and pipe organ most of his life and was delighted with the versatility of today's synthesizer technology, which allowed him to duplicate acoustic instruments of all sort. Those who've heard LaVey's recordings are already familiar with his magical/musical skills in orchestrating, arranging and performing "occult" music. It can now be revealed that the organist originally credited to The Satanic Mass, Dietrich von Kroller, was, in reality, none other than LaVey himself.
As a reflection of the three-dimensional villain, Anton LaVey was a complex and, in many ways, frighteningly deceptive man. Supremely ego-driven, he integrated characteristics most of us would consider irreconcilable. Upon first meeting LaVey, many were disarmed by his wit, talent and an almost self-deprecating manner. But those who had the opportunity to be around him for any length of time eventually saw a seething, brutal side to LaVey - bitter, misanthropic and disdainful of the vast majority of humans. It was because of his disdain for most people that he formed The Church of Satan, an organization for eccentric, productive non-joiners.
Many people whose only exposure to Satanism has been through hysterical talk shows, Hollywood hype and Christian propaganda, assume Satanism is an international criminal conspiracy, busy chopping up goats, sacrificing babies, taking over countries and spray-painting graffiti under freeways. In reality, Anton LaVey conceived of Satanism as a system of thought based on rational self-interest, sensual indulgence and constructive uses of alienation. He chose Satan as the obvious representative of this new religion - a literary metaphor for the ultimate prideful rebel, the alienated antihero who revels in his beastly/fleshy instincts yet remains always the gentleman, the channel for ancient magical power. It is for these reasons LaVey's Church of Satan has become the international rallying point for a new generation of iconoclasts.
Originally released in 1968 by Murgenstrumm Records.
Original Release Credits: High Priest - Anton Szandor LaVey, Organist - Dietrich von Kroller, Original Music Composed by - Dietrich von Kroller, Technical Direction - A. Mayle, Recording Engineer - F. Kanzaki, Edited by - A. Mayle and F. Kanzaki, Consultants - C. Huntley and M. Koven, Cover Design - Hugo Zorilla
Picture Disc: Coordination - Chris X, Peter H.Gilmore, Graphic Design - Kevin I. Slaughter, Photo - Nick Bougas, Photo Restoration - Christopher R. Mealie
Special Thanks: Tom Mallon, Becky Wilson, Genesis P. Orridge, Gregg Turkington
Liner Notes: Franklin Kinkaid, Blanche Barton
SIDE I - THE SATANIC MASS For the first time in history, here is a recording of an authentic Satanic Mass, recorded live at The Church of Satan.THE HYMN TO SATANTHE INVOCATION TO SATANDRINKING FROM THE CHALICE AND BENEDICTION OF THE HOUSETHE INFERNAL NAMESTHE FOURTEENTH ENOCHIAN KEYINVOCATION APPLIED TOWARDS THE CONJURATION OF DESTRUCTIONTHE SEVENTH ENOCHIAN KEYINVOCATION APPLIED TOWARDS THE CONJURATION OF LUSTFIRST SATANIC BAPTISMTHE BENEDICTIONTHE HYMN TO SATAN
SIDE II - THE SATANIC BIBLE The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey is divided into  four books; the first, The Book of Satan, is a Hellish diatribe, the second is The Book of Lucifer - the enlightenment; the third, The Book of Belial, is an explanation of the meaning and performance of Satanic Magic; and the fourth, The Book of Leviathan, contains the actual invocations used in Satanic ceremonies.Side Two of this recording is comprised of The Prologue and readings from The Book of Satan, of The Satanic Bible. It is from The Book of Leviathan that The Invocations heard on Side One of this recording were taken.PROLOGUEBOOK OF SATAN: VERSE IBOOK OF SATAN: VERSE IIBOOK OF SATAN: VERSE IIIBOOK OF SATAN: VERSE IVBOOK OF SATAN: VERSE V