SPIRIT – Original Album Classics [5 CD Boxset]

Spirit – Original Album Classics [5 CD Boxset]

Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California.
The original lineup of the group evolved from an earlier Los Angeles band, The Red Roosters, which included Randy California (guitars, vocals), Mark Andes (bass) and Jay Ferguson (vocals, percussion). With the addition of California's stepfather Ed Cassidy (drums), and keyboard player John Locke the new band was originally named the Spirits Rebellious (after a book by Khalil Gibran) but was soon shortened simply to Spirit. Randy California had also played with Jimi Hendrix (then known as Jimmy James) in Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1966.

Cassidy was instantly recognizable by his shaven head (hence his nickname "Mr. Skin") and his fondness for wearing black. He was around twenty years older than the rest of the group (born in 1923). His earlier career was primarily in jazz and included stints with Cannonball Adderley, Gerry Mulligan, Roland Kirk, Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz. He was a founding member of Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder.

CD1: Spirit (1968)

01. Fresh-Garbage
02. Uncle Jack
03. Mechanical World
04. Taurus
05. Girl In Your Eye
06. Straight Arrow
07. Topanga Windows
08. Gramophone Man
09. Water Woman
10. The Great Canyon Fire In General
11. Elijah

Bonus Tracks

12. Veruska
13. Free Spirit
14. If I Had A Woman
15. Elijah (Alternate Take #2)


CD2: The Family That Plays Together (1968)

01. I Got A Line On You
02. It Shall Be
03. Poor Richard
04. Silky Sam
05. The Drunkard
06. Darlin' If
07. Ail The Same
08. Jewish
09. Dream Within A Dream
10. She Smiled
11. Aren't You Glad

Bonus Tracks

12. Fog
13. So Little To Say
14. Mellow Fellow
15. Now Or Anywhere
16. Space Chile


CD3: Clear (1969)

01. Dark Eyed Woman
02. Apple Orchard
03. So Little Time To Fly
04. Ground Hog
05. Cold Wind
06. Policeman's Ball
07. Ice
08. Give A Life, Take A Life
09. I'm Truckin'
10. Clear
11. Caught
12. New Dope In Town

Bonus Tracks

13. 1984
14. Sweet Stella Baby
15. Fuller Brush Man
16. Coral


CD4: Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)

01. Prelude - Nothin' To Hide
02. Nature's Way
03. Animal Zoo
04. Love Has Found A Way
05. Why Can't I Be Free
06. Mr. Skin
07. Space Child
08. When I Touch You
09. Street Worm
10. Life Has Just Begun
11. Morning Will Come
12. Soldier

Bonus Tracks

13. Rougher Road
14. Animal Zoo (Mono Single Version)
15. Morning Will Come (Alternate Mono Mix)
16. Red Light Roll On

CD5: Feedback (1972)

01. Chelsea Girls
02. Cadillac Cowboys
03. Puesta Del Scam
04. Ripe And Ready
05. Darkness
06. Earth Shaker
07. Mellow Morning
08. Right On Time
09. Trancas Fog-Out
10. Witch

1968 Spirit
1968 The Family That Plays Together
1969 Clear
1970 Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
1972 Feedback

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