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Released
  
January 22, 1968

Artist
  
Spirit

Label
  
CBS Records International

Length
  
41:55 (original)

Release date
  
22 January 1968

Producer
  
Lou Adler

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Recorded
  
August 31 - November 17, 1967

Genres
  
Rock music, Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
Spirit albums, Rock music albums

Spirit is the debut album by rock band Spirit, released on January 22, 1968. The experimental album was commercially successful, spending more than six months on the Billboard album charts, peaking at #31, and garnered significant underground FM airtime. 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.

Contents

Spirit

  • Jay Ferguson – lead vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Randy California – guitars, backing vocals, bass
  • John Locke – keyboards
  • Mark Andes – bass, backing vocals
  • Ed Cassidy – drums, percussion

    • 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

    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". 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'.

    Songs

    1Fresh Garbage3:12
    2Uncle Jack2:43
    3Mechanical World5:16

    References

    Spirit (Spirit album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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