Spirit

A banda começou em L.A., em 1967 e é considerada umas das melhores bandas de lá; misturam psicodélico, Jazz e Hard rock; muito instumental e bons solos.

A formação original era: Randy California (guitarra), Jay Ferguson (vocal e percussão), Mark Andes (baixo), Ed Cassidy (padrasto de Randi e baterista), e o tecladista John Locke. Eles foram convocados a tocar no Woodstock antes de Hendrix, mas recusaram o convite, pra ir em turnê mundial. Antes do festival, ninguém pensava que fazer parte dele seria garantia de sucesso.


Informação

Original:Los Angeles, California
Generos::Psychedelic rock
Periodo de atividade: 1967 - 1979, 1982 - 1997


Discography

 Studio Albums

    * Spirit (Ode, 1968)
    * The Family That Plays Together (Ode, 1969)
    * Clear (Ode, 1969)
    * Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (Epic, 1970)
    * Feedback (Epic, 1972)
    * Spirit of '76 (Mercury, 1975)
    * Son of Spirit (Mercury, 1975)
    * Farther Along (Mercury, 1976)
    * Future Games (Mercury, 1977)
    * The Adventures of Kaptain Kopter & Commander Cassidy in Potato Land (Rhino, 1981)
    * The Thirteenth Dream/Spirit of '84 [U.S. Title] (Mercury, 1984)
    * Rapture in the Chambers (I.R.S., 1988)
    * Tent of Miracles (Dolphin, 1990)
    * California Blues (1996)

Live Albums

    * Live Spirit (Potato, 1977)
    * Made in Germany (1978; live; Randy California, Ed Cassidy, Larry Knight; issued in 1997)
    * Live at la Paloma (Live 1995)
    * Live at the Rainbow 1978 (Live 1978; issued 2000)
    * Live From the Time Coast ((Live 1989 - 1996; issued 2004)

 Compilations

    * The Best Of Spirit (Epic, 1973)
    * Spirit (Epic, 1973) [ 2 on 1 reissue of "Spirit" (1968) & "Clear" (1969) ]
    * The Family That Plays Together/Feedback (Epic, 1975) [ 2 on 1 reissue of 2nd (1968) & 5th (1972) albums ]
    * Time Circle, 1968-1972 (Epic/Legacy, 1991); compilation with previously unreleased tracks;
    * Chronicles, 1967-1992 (Line, 1992); compilation with previously unreleased tracks;
    * The Mercury Years (Mercury, 1997)
    * Cosmic Smile (2000; 1st posthumous release)
    * Sea Dream (2002)
    * Blues From the Soul (2003)
    * Son of America (2005))
    * The Original Potato Land (2006; reconstruction of the rejected original version of 1972)
    * Salvation - the Spirit of '74 (2007; 2 CDs live, plus one CD with unreleased studio cuts from early seventies.)
    * Rock and Roll Planet...1977-1979 (2008; 2 CDs live plus one studio.)
    * California Blues Redux (2009; 1 CD studio, 1 CD live. Different version of the CB album from 1996.)
    * The Last Euro Tour (2010; 2 CD live.)

[edit] Soundtrack

    * Model Shop (Soundtrack for a Jacques Demy film, recorded in 1968 and issued in 2005)


 Singles

    * Mechanical World (1968)
    * I Got A Line On You (1969) #25
    * Dark Eyed Woman (1969)
    * 1984 (1970) #69
    * Animal Zoo (1970) #97
    * Mr. Skin (1973) #92


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