Spirit of '76 (album)

This article is about the album. For other meanings, see Spirit of '76 (disambiguation).

Spirit of '76

Studio album by Spirit

Released

May 1975

Genre

Psychedelic rock

Length

82:14

Spirit chronology

Feedback
(1972)

Spirit of '76
(1975)

Son of Spirit
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Spirit of '76, released in May 1975, was the first of four albums that Spirit would (initially) release for Mercury Records. Though all four albums were greatly influenced by the time that Randy California spent living in Hawaii, this album bears that influence more than any of the others (aside from maybe Future Games). Though it was largely ignored upon its first release, many fans consider it to be one of Spirit's best albums.

Most of this double album was compiled as part of the Mercury Years compilation in 1997. It was properly reissued on CD by Beat Goes On in 2003.

Track listing

All songs written by Randy California and Ed Cassidy except noted.

Disc One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"America The Beautiful/The Times They Are A-Changing"	Bates, Ward/Dylan	5:27
2.	"Victim Of Society"		3:00
3.	"Lady Of The Lakes"		2:52
4.	"Tampa Jam Pt. 1"		0:54
5.	"Mauna Loa"	California	2:02
6.	"What Do I Have?"	California	2:04
7.	"Sunrise"		3:00
8.	"Walking The Dog"	R. Thomas	3:13
9.	"Tampa Jam Pt. 2"		1:03
10.	"Joker On The Run"	California, Cassidy, Keene	3:53
11.	"When?"	California	4:27
12.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Dylan	8:54

Disc Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Once Again"		3:19
2.	"Feeling In Time"		3:27
3.	"Happy"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:19
4.	"Jack Bond"	Burt Shonberg	1:39
5.	"My Road"	California	4:13
6.	"Tampa Jam Pt. 3"		0:54
7.	"Thank You Lord"	California	1:45
8.	"Urantia"		4:04
9.	"Guide Me"		3:47
10.	"Veruska"	California, Cassidy, Andes	3:57
11.	"Hey Joe"	Billy Roberts	6:30
12.	"Jack Bond Pt. 2"	Shonberg	0:51
13.	"The Star Spangled Banner"	Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith	3:40

Personnel

Spirit

Randy California - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Multi Instruments
Ed Cassidy - Percussion, Drums
Barry Keane - Bass
Benji - Harpsichord, Moog Synthesizer

Production

Blair Mooney - Engineer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard 200	147

References

↑ Allmusic review

Spirit

Mark Andes Randy California Ed Cassidy Jay Ferguson John Locke Mark Andes Barry Keane Larry Knight Steve Loria Scott Monahan Mike Nile Al Staehely Chris Staehely George Valuck Dave Waterbury

Studio albums	Spirit (1968) The Family That Plays Together (1968) Clear (1969) Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) Feedback (1972) Spirit of '76 (1975) Son of Spirit (1975) Farther Along (1976) Future Games (1977) ...Potato Land (1981) The Thirteenth Dream (1984) Rapture in the Chambers (1988) Tent of Miracles (1990) California Blues (1996)

Live albums	Live Spirit (1977) Live at la Paloma (1993) Live from the Time Coast (2004)

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	Model Shop (1968)

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