Hello, I have a question regarding who is singing lead vocals on the band Spirit. For the first album (S/T) much of the song "Uncle Jack" seems to be a group vocal (Jay Ferguson, Randy California, and Mark Andes singing together) except for the "so many lies..." section which just sounds like Jay. For other parts of the song, I can't tell. All the other songs on the album seem to be Jay. For The Family That Plays Together it sounds to me like the following people are singing lead vocal I Got A Line on You - Randy It Shall Be - Jay (main vocal) with Randy often singing the response vocal. Randy sings the title line. Poor Richard - Seems to be multiple people singing. Sounds like Randy with Jay and/or Mark Silky Sam - Jay The Drunkard - Jay Darlin' If - Randy All The Same - Randy Jewish - I can't tell. Randy wrote this, but it sounds more like Jay to me. Dream within a Dream - Jay (with Randy and/or Mark singing prominent harmonies) She Smiles - Jay Aren't You Glad - Jay Clear: Dark Eyed Woman - Jay and Randy (singing simultaneously) Apple Orchard - Randy (with Jay also singing on the "you've got to sing the song...) So Little Time To Fly - Randy Ground Hog - Jay Cold Wind - Jay Policeman's Ball - Jay Give A Life Take A Life - Jay (with Randy and Mark singing prominent harmonies) I'm Truckin - Jay New Dope In Town - Jay or Randy (I can't tell which one) Twelve Dreams - It seems for this album, all the songs are sung by their main composer. Does anyone know if this correct or not?
Sounds more or less correct to me (the Spirit fanatic) and if it isn't, who cares? The ultimate in inspiration in that era, aren't you glad baby?
I LOVE Spirit and know their four albums by the classic lineup pretty well. I think you are essentially right with the lead singers you list. I always believed that the lead singer in Jewish was Randy and in New dope in town it was Jay, but I will listen to them again. BTW, I like these four albums as obviously you do. I have discrepancies at large with most Spirit fans, however, and would like to hear your opinion. To start with, I like the albums in the following order: 1) The family that plays together, an exceptional album, a top 10 best of all time for me. 2) Spirit, almost at same level, revolutionary sounds. 3) Clear, a very good album,slightly lower in quality, specifically some compositions. 4) 12 dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, again, slightly inferior to prior, I guess it is now 1970 instead of 1968 and rock is changing. I like the production and arrangements less. A very good album anyway, of course. Then, and this is connected with above, one of Spirit's strengths for me were Ferguson's songs. Progressively, Randy got more compositions in their albums and this hurt slightly. Not in the second album though. If you asked me in early 1969. I would have told you Spirit was one of my 5 favorite groups and that it was Jay's group. Lastly, I think that Spirit's songs were eccentric. How much of that is the way they arranged them, I am not sure. Certainly it is a mix of composition, arrangement and execution. They lost that in Sardonicus. Your thoughts and those of other Spirit experts in the forum, truly appreciated!
Just got round to listening to Spirit : Time Circle 2 cd comp. Lists 41 tracks, but has 45 tracks. This is a 2017 a Sony/Float cd(s). What's the right track listing?
This is the tracklist of the only version I know. Also curious if there is a variant version now with four extra tracks. Time Circle, 1968–1972 - Wikipedia
Disc one. 23 tracks Cd says 21. 1- fresh garbage 21- rehearsal time 1:13 Other 2 tracks ???? 22? 23? Disc 2 22 tracks Cd says 20. 1. fog 2. Now or Anywhere These are not there track 3 Dark Eyed Woman is now track 1 1-(3) Dark Eyed Woman 20- Turn To The Right 21- ? 22- ? CD lists 41 tracks
Thanks!!! Is there any way to know if She smiles is a unique mix as the other "Family that plays together" tracks?
I have this CD. I got it used, cheap, not too long ago. Yes, there are some problems with the program running order of this version of Time Circle but you still get all the songs from the original 1991 Time Circle CD comp. plus four extra tracks. Here's the skinny: The 2 extra tracks on disc 1 at the end of the program are the first 2 tracks from disc 2, "Fog" and "Now Or Anywhere." That's why disc 2 starts with "Dark-Eyed Woman" since that is the 3rd track on disc 2. "Ground Hog" is duplicated on disc 2, but the first version on disc 2 is the Time Circle version with the studio chatter and count in before the band starts to play. The "Ground Hog" bonus track at the end of the program on disc 2 is just the regular "Clear" album version. So basically there was just some sort of an intent to cram as many tracks as possible on disc 1 so they added the first 2 tracks from disc 2 as I mentioned already. Then they added the 4 extra tracks at the end of disc 2 to fill the extra space up. The bonus tracks on disc 2 mentioned above by @alexpop are just additional tracks above and beyond the original Time Circle comp. from 1991. So you get a little extra music but the running order can be confusing. The liner notes are new from 2017, so they are not the original notes done by William Ruhlmann. The new liner notes are okay but the original notes done by William Ruhlmann are more interesting and pertain more to the Time Circle CD contents. Other than that, the sound is great and not loud or compressed. So besides the two "Ground Hog" tracks on disc 2 at the end of the program, you also get "Soldier", "She Smiles" and "Space Child" as well which the latter should have been on this comp. originally back in 1991. This 1991 comp has been OOP for quite a while until this recent 2017 reissue. Despite the track listing problems, I would not hesitate to recommend this to a casual fan or new listener since it is cheap but used copies of the 1991 CD are pretty easy to find and fairly cheap as well.
Mines cost 12.00( new) did used to have the twofer time cycle cassette at one time. The original hits lp I like The Best Of Spirit (1973).