Spirit (band)  

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Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California.

The group's first album, Spirit, was released in 1968. "Mechanical World" was released as a single (it lists the playing time merely as "very long"). The album was a hit, reaching No. 31 on The Billboard 200 and staying on the charts for over eight months. The album displayed jazz influences, as well as using elaborate string arrangements (not found on their subsequent recordings) and is the most overtly psychedelic of their albums.

Discography

Studio albums

• Spirit (Ode, 1968) No. 31
• The Family That Plays Together (Ode, 1968) No. 22
• Clear (Ode, 1969) No. 55
• Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (Epic, 1970) No. 63
• Feedback (Epic, 1972) No. 63
• Spirit of '76 (Mercury, 1975) No. 147
• Son of Spirit (Mercury, 1975)
• Farther Along (Mercury, 1976) No. 179
• 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/Line, 1990)
• California Blues (Monster Sounds, 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) No. 119
• 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.)
• Tales From The Westside (2011; 2 CD live.)
• The Original Potato Land (2011; re-mastered, one extra CD with bonus material)
• Two Sides of A Rainbow - Live at the Rainbow, London 1978 (2012; 2 CDs mostly live, second CD includes original 'Live Spirit' album)

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) No. 25
• Dark Eyed Woman (1969)
• 1984 (1970) No. 69
• Animal Zoo (1970) No. 97
• Nature's Way (1970) No. 111
• Mr. Skin (1973) No. 92

See also

• Taurus-Stairway to Heaven connection