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Fresh-Garbage 3:11 02. Uncle Jack 2:43 03. Mechanical World 5:14 04. Taurus 2:37 05. Girl In Your Eye 3:15 06. Straight Arrow 2:51 07. Topanga Windows 3:36 08. Gramophone Man 3:49 09. Water Woman 2:11 10. The Great Canyon Fire In General 2:47 11. Elijah 10:49 12. Veruska (Bonus Track) 2:51 13. Free Spirit (Bonus Track) 4:29 14. If I Had A Woman (Bonus Track) 3:12 15. Elijah (Alternate Take 2) (Bonus Track) 9:42 CD 2/5 - The Family That Plays Together (1969) 01. I Got A Line On You 2:37 02. It Shall Be 3:24 03. Poor Richard 2:29 04. Silky Sam 4:05 05. Drunkard 2:38 06. Darlin' If 3:41 07. It's All The Same 4:43 08. Jewish 2:50 09. Dream Within A Dream 3:02 10. She Smiles 2:32 11. Aren't You Glad 5:38 12. Fog (Bonus Track) 2:26 13. So Little To Say (Bonus Track) 3:01 14. Mellow Fellow (Bonus Track) 3:49 15. Now Or Anywhere (Bonus Track) 4:23 16. Space Chile (Bonus Track) 6:26 CD 3/5 - Clear (1969) 01. Dark Eyed Woman 3:10 02. Apple Orchard 4:08 03. So Little Time To Fly 2:51 04. Ground Hog 3:06 05. Cold Wind 3:26 06. Policeman's Ball 2:23 07. Ice 5:53 08. Give A Life, Take A Life 3:24 09. I'm Truckin' 2:27 10. Clear 4:10 11. Caught 3:12 12. New Dope In Town 4:31 13. 1984 (Bonus Track) 3:38 14. Sweet Stella Baby (Bonus Track) 2:57 15. Fuller Brush Man (Bonus Track) 3:20 16. Coral (Bonus Track) 3:04 CD 4/5 - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) 01. Prelude: Nothin' To Hide 3:43 02. Nature's Way 2:40 03. Animal Zoo 3:10 04. Love Has Found A Way 2:42 05. Why Can't I Be Free 1:05 06. Mr. Skin 4:01 07. Space Child 3:25 08. When I Touch You 5:37 09. Street Worm 3:43 10. Life Has Just Begun 3:29 11. Morning Will Come 2:50 12. Soldier 2:50 13. Rougher Road 3:17 14. Animal Zoo (Mono Single) (Bonus Track) 3:10 15. Morning Will Come (Alternate Mono Mix) (Bonus Track) 2:50 16. Red Light Roll On (Bonus Track) 5:41 CD 5/5 - Feedback (1972) 01. Chelsea Girls 3:29 02. Cadillac Cowboys 3:38 03. Puesta Del Scam 2:01 04. Ripe And Ready 3:53 05. Darkness 4:47 06. Earth Shaker 3:54 07. Mellow Morning 2:22 08. Right On Time 2:47 09. Trancas Fog-Out 2:37 10. Witch 5:20 ┌────────┐ ────┤ Notes ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── └────────┘ Spirit was a highly regarded rock band that achieved modest commercial success, charting 11 albums in the US between 1968 and 1977. Founded in Los Angeles in 1967 by musicians who had a mixture of rock, pop, folk, blues, classical, and jazz backgrounds, and who ranged in age from 16 to 44, the group had an eclectic musical style in keeping with the early days of progressive rock; they were as likely to play a folk ballad featuring fingerpicked acoustic guitar, a jazz instrumental full of imaginative improvisation, or a driving rhythm tune dominated by acid rock electric guitar playing. The diverse tastes of the original quintet produced a hybrid style that delighted a core audience of fans but proved too wide-ranging to attract a mass following, and at the same time the musicians' acknowledged talents brought them other opportunities that led to the breakup of the original lineup after four years and four albums, then kept them from committing fully to regroupings as their music began to be recognized in later years. While two bandmembers, singer/guitarist Randy California and drummer Ed Cassidy, maintained the Spirit name, the others came and went as their schedules allowed, such that the group never fulfilled its early promise, although, as a vehicle for California's songwriting and guitar playing, it continued to produce worthwhile music until his death. Sony UK's Original Albums Classics series is a terrific idea: take five remastered albums from a certain period in an artist's catalog and pop them in a slipcase for budget price. That said, what usually happens is that they take two or three classic albums from that period, and assemble the box set with other, lesser-quality albums from roughly the same era. In other words, the recordings don't follow the chronology - it's an inventory-clearing scheme. In the case of the legendary American band Spirit, however, the five albums collected here are not only presented in the sequence they were released, they are the groupÆs five best. Period. Spirit's genre-smashing music provided real - and attributed - inspiration for bands such as Traffic, Jethro Tull, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and even Led Zeppelin (the introduction to the song 'Taurus' from Spirit's self-titled debut is directly referenced in 'Stairway To Heaven'). Spirit's early recordings (and revolving door membership) featured a seamless weave of psychedelic and hard rock, folk, jazz, blues, and classical musics. These recordings - "Spirit" (1968), "The Family That Plays Together" (1969), "Clear" (1969), "Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus" (1970), and "Feedback" (1972), produced hit singles and memorable album tracks including "Fresh Garbage", "Uncle Jack", "Mechanical World", "Animal Zoo", "Nature's Way", "Dark Eyed Woman" and of course, "I've Got A Line On You". The five albums in this package are full of worthy surprises and forgotten treasures. In their early years, Spirit were deeply focused on creating albums. They weren't conceptual so much as very progressive in how they perceived the sequencing of tracks that flowed together to create unique and often startling listening experiences. For the price, this package is an absolute steal and is well worth investigating for anyone not already acquainted with Spirit's music. ┌────────┐ ────┤ Group ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── └────────┘