Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Spirit


 












Artist:  Spirit
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Acid Rock

Original line-up: 

Randy California:  Guitar, Vocals
Ed Cassidy:  Drums
John Locke:  Keyboards
Mark Andes:  Bass
Jay Ferguson:  Vocals, Percussion

Spirit was an American Rock Band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles, California, consisted of Randy California (Guitar, Vocals), Mark Andes (Bass), Jay Ferguson (Vocals, Percussion), Ed Cassidy (Drums), and John Locke (Keyboards)  Their most commercially successful 11 albums in the U.S. between 1968 and 1977.


























Title:  Son Of America (Remastered and Expanded Digipak 3 CD)  (2021)
Genre:  Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Acid Rock
Label:  Esoteric Recordings
Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Space Jam  (2:28)
 2.  The Prophecy  (4:40)
 3.  Interlude #1  (1:27)
 4.  Thomas Q And Jennifer  (4:15)
 5.  Sai Jam #1  (2:12)
 6.  20 Years  (3:10)
 7.  Gyrations Of War  (1:29)
 8.  Son Of America  (4:19)
 9.  In The Dark  (0:52)
10. Storm In The Night  (2:47)
11. Gopal  (3:42)
12. Sai Jam #2  (I3:16)
13. Shock Values  (4:33)
14. The Times They Are A Changing  (4:28)
15. Interlude #2  (1:21)
16. Who Are You?  (1:45)
17. Breaking My Heart (Soul On Fire)  (3:06)
18. Barking Up The Wrong Tree  (4:08)
19. Back Home  (2:35)
20. French Apartment  (1:33)
21. City Of Angels  (2:35)
22. 2007  (4:26)
23. Sai Jam #3  (4:53)
24. Let It Be  (3:58)
25. Medley:  (5:18)
      Maybe You'll Find
      When
      Farther Along

Disc 2:  Bonus Disc:

 1.  Intro  (0:45)
 2.  One By One  (7:22)
 3.  Love From The Heart  (3:48)
 4.  Denise  (2:37)
 5.  Loverman  (2:32)
 6.  No Time To Pretend  (4:56)
 7.  Fire  (3:07)
 8.  Close To You  (4:05)
 9.  The River  (4:47)
10. Evil Is, Evil Does  (3:39)
11. Mean And Beautiful  (5:20)
12. Compromise  (7:10)
13. Mean Little Sister  (2:55)
14. 12,000 Miles  (3:40)
15. Break My Back  (4:10)
16. Land Of Bismo  (3:55)
17. Line By Line (Water In The Eyes)  (3:14)
18.Take Me Down (To The River Of Love)  (4:04)
19. Living On Love  (7:49)

Disc 3:  Live At KPFK Studios, April 4, 1993 (Taken From 8-Track Reel To Reel):

 1.  Sadana  (4:17)
 2.  Nature's Way  (4:20)
 3.  Dialogue One  (0:58)
 4.  Hip Pretty Child  (4:32)
 5.  Dialogue Two  (0:44)
 6.  1984  (4:12)
 7.  Illusions  (3:55)
 8.  Dialogue - Ed's Story  (2:15)
 9.  Red House  (6:55)
10. Love From Here  (10:00)
11. Fresh Garbage  (9:36)
12. 12,000 Miles  (7:02)
13. Mr. Skin  (3:55)
14. Going Back To Jones  (3:41)
15. Elijah  (5:13)
16. I Got A Line On You  (3:44)
17. Animal Zoo  (3:00)

Personnel:

Randy California:  Guitar on All Trakcs,Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Sitar, Piano, Harmonica, Moog, Taurus
Ed Cassidy"  Drums, Percussion on Disc 1, Tracks:  6, 8, 9, rock, 14, 18, 22, 24, Disc 2, Tracks:  2, 3, 6, 8-10, 14, 16, 18
Scott Monahan:  Keyboards on Tracks:  3, 22, Disc 1, Tracks:  1-3, 14, 16, 17 Disc 2
Mark Andes:  Bass on Trak 17, Disc 1
Steve "Liberty" Loria:  Bass, Vocals on Track 13, Disc 1, Bass on Track 18, Disc 1, Tracks:  9, 18 Disc 2
John Locke:  Keyboards on Track 4 Disc 1, Track:  9, 18 Disc 2
Matt Andes:  Slide Guitar on Track 18, Disc 1
Rachel Andes:  Vocals on  Track 18, Disc 1, Tracks:  9, 18 Disc 2
Bruce Gary:  Drums on Track 4 Disc 1, Track 11, Disc 2
Janet Wolfe:  Vocals on track 5, Disc 2
Jay Ferguson:  Arrangement on Track 3, Disc 2
Bob Nichols:  Bass on Tracks:  9, 18, Disc 2

Disc 3:

Randy California:  Guitar, Vocals
Scott Monahan:  Keyboards, Key Bass, Vocals
Ed Cassidy:  Drums

Except Track 17:

Randy California  Guitar
John Locke:  Keyboards        

Son Of America is the compilation album by Spirit, originally released in 2005 by Acadia, remastered and reissued on March 19, 2021 by Esoteric Recordings, and expanded 3 CD Digipak Edition, include an additional previously unreleased CD of a live performance for Radio KPFK-FM in Los Angeles.  For Music Lovers and Music Collectors.









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