Spirit (Spirit album)

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Spirit
Studio album by Spirit
Released January 22, 1968
Recorded August 31 - November 17, 1967
Genre Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion
Length 41:55 (original)
Label Epic/Legacy Recordings
Producer Lou Adler
Spirit chronology

Spirit
(1968)		 The Family That Plays Together
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone (positive) [2]

Spirit's self-titled, experimental debut album was marked by Randy California's eclectic writing style, Syd Barrett's psychotropism and Jim Morrison's West Coast bohemianism. The result was commercially unsuccessful, but garnered underground FM airtime. The band later curtailed its psychedelia and focused on a broader array of genres.

The album was first published by Ode Records in 1968. It has since been reprinted by Sony, repackaged in compact-disc form and remastered from original analogue tapes.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Fresh-Garbage"  Jay Ferguson 3:11
2. "Uncle Jack"  Ferguson 2:44
3. "Mechanical World"  Mark Andes, Ferguson 5:15
4. "Taurus"  Randy California 2:37
5. "Girl in Your Eye"  Ferguson 3:15
6. "Straight Arrow"  Ferguson 2:50
7. "Topanga Windows"  Ferguson 3:36
8. "Gramophone Man"  Andes, California, Ed Cassidy, Ferguson, John Locke 3:49
9. "Water Woman"  Ferguson 2:11
10. "The Great Canyon Fire in General"  Ferguson 2:46
11. "Elijah"  Locke 10:42

Personnel

Spirit

Production

  • Lou Adler – Producer
  • Marty Paich - String & Horn Arrangements
  • Eirik Wangberg, Armin Steiner & Mike Leitz - Engineers
  • Corporate Head - Album Design
  • Tom Wilkes – Art Direction
  • Guy Webster – Cover Photo
  • Jay Thompson - Back Cover Photo
  • Terry Clements, Marshall Blonstein, Doug Wallack - Assistance
  • Vic Anesini – Mastering, Mixing
  • Nicholas Bennett – Packaging Manager
  • Adam Block – Project Director, Project Coordinator
  • Bob Irwin – Producer, Compilation Producer
  • Jeff Smith – Package Design
  • Jay Thompson – Photography, Insert Photography
  • Douglas Wallack - Special Thanks / Road Manager

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1968 Billboard 200 31
1973 Billboard 200 191

Miscellanea

The song "Fresh-Garbage" has been sampled in the Pink song "Feel Good Time", found on the soundtrack of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. "Fresh Garbage" was also used as the title (and theme music) of a rock music program on BBC Radio London in the early 1970s.

In 1973, Epic released a two-disc LP repackage of Spirit and Clear entitled "Spirit".

The guitar riff that occurs about :43 into "Taurus" is said to have influenced Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page in 'composing' his famous intro to "Stairway to Heaven".[citation needed] Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit on an American tour in 1968, and also borrowed the riff of "Fresh Garbage" during early live performances of the song 'As Long as I Have You'.[citation needed]
Spirit – "Taurus"
Excerpt from "Taurus" – 226 kb
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See also

  • Taurus-Stairway to Heaven connection

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Sculatti, Gene (14 September 1968). "Recorsd". Rolling Stone (San Francisco: Rolling Stone). 
Spirit
  • Matt Andes
  • Barry Keane
  • Larry Knight
  • Steve Loria
  • Scott Monahan
  • Mike Nile
  • Al Staehely
  • Chris Staehely
  • George Valuck
  • Dave Waterbury
Studio Albums
Live Albums
Compilations
  • The Best Of Spirit (1973)
  • Time Circle, 1968–1972 (1991)
  • Chronicles, 1967–1992 (1992)
  • The Mercury Years (1997)
  • Cosmic Smile (2000)
  • Sea Dream (2002)
  • Blues From the Soul (2003)
  • Son of America (2005)
  • Original Potato Land (2006)
  • Salvation – the Spirit of '74 (2007)
  • Rock and Roll Planet...1977–1979 (2008)
  • California Blues Redux (2009)
Soundtrack
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