Spirit - Spirit Of '76 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It was the middle of the night in Germany, when the phone of the world-famous Whisky A Go-Go club, where all the great acts had played the Doors, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, was ringing. We frequently found ourselves talking on the telephone at night, this time in need of a replacement for the impending Rockpalast night at the Grugahalle in Essen, as The Kinks had cancelled their appearance due to an internal band crisis. That's when Rockpalast director Christian Wagner remembered his penchant for SPIRIT's music. We enlisted Spirit for a Rockpalast Eurovision broadcast in March 1978. The band's concert turned out to be one of the highlights of the first Rockpalast series (1977 to 1986). At the age of fifteen, Randy California had played with Jimi Hendrix and his band of that time. That his guitar style was strongly influenced by Jimi became apparent during the Rockpalast concert when he performed Hendrix' versions of the Dylan numbers InchLike A Rolling StoneInch and InchAll Along The WatchtowerInch, adding an imposing bass foundation with his Moog synthesizer, which he operated like the foot pedal of an organ. Randy and his stepfather, drummer Ed Cassidy, had been the hard core of the numerous Spirit line-ups since 1968. Cassidy's drum set-up was impressive and included two timpani. Larry InchFuzzyInch Knight completed the three-piece whose sophisticated arrangements consisting of rock, jazz, blues and psychedelic elements still had all the power of a InchsimpleInch classic rock trio. A special highlight came towards the end of the show when Dickey Betts, who had appeared on stage with his band Great Southern before Spirit, brought out his wall of amps again to jam with Spirit. One review even claimed that this jam had been the best performance broadcast by German television by that time. Album Tracks 1. Rockpalast Jam 2. Mr. Skin 3. Nature's Way 4. Like

Digitally remastered collation of two original LP's on a single CD from the veteran San Francisco based rock band. They first appeared in 1975 and 1976 and featured the first time the band regrouped after the departure of lead singer Jay Ferguson. Randy California and Ed Cassidy charged forth with these two releases. Album Tracks 1. Holy Man 2. Looking Into Darkness 3. Maybe You'll Find 4. Don't Go Away 5. Family 6. Magic Fairy Princess 7. Circle 8. Other Song 9. Yesterday 10. It's Time Now 11. Father Along 12. Atomic Boogie 13. World Eat World Dog 14. Stoney Night 15. Pineapple 16. Colossus 17. Mega Star 18. Phoebe 19. Don't Lock Up Your Door 20. Once with You 21. Diamond Spirit 22. Nature's Way

1969 follow-up to the self-titled debut (REP2323) refined and expanded the sound of this legendary psych/rock/folk/jazz gorup, led by teenage guitar guru Randy California. Lovely digi remaster with 5 superb bonus tracks. Album Tracks 1. I Got a Line on You 2. It Shall Be 3. Poor Richard 4. Silky Sam 5. Drunkard 6. Darling If 7. It's All the Same 8. Jewish 9. Dream Within a Dream 10. She Smiles 11. Aren't You Glad? 12. Fog-Bonus Track 13. So Little to Say Bonus Track 14. Mellow Fellow 15. Now or Anywhere 16. Space Child