The Family That Plays Together, the second of four albums released by the original Spirit lineup, was marketed by Ode Records in 1968. Unlike its predecessor, Spirit, their self-titled and surreal debut, The Family That Plays Together evinces more greatly the band's ability for playing beyond the genre of psychedelic rock than within it. Tracks "It Shall Be" and "Silky Sam" demonstrate the ease with which the ensemble can incorporate jazz into their idiosyncratic form of rock, while "Jewish" and "Aren't You Glad" evidenced the band's competence in exploiting, to their advantage, both world music and jam rock respectively. "Poor Richard" and "Its All the Same" feature glorious double track lead breaks from guitarist California. The inspiration behind entitling The Family is alleged to have derived from the stepson-stepfather relationship guitarist Randy California and percussionist Ed Cassidy shared. 01 - I Got A Line On You 02 - It Shall Be 03 - Poor Richard 04 - Silky Sam 05 - Drunkard 06 - Darlin' If 07 - It's All The Same 08 - Jewish 09 - Dream Within A Dream 10 - She Smiles 11 - Aren't You Glad 12 - Fog 13 - So Little To Say 14 - Mellow Fellow 15 - Now Or Anywhere 16 - Space Chile LINK
This, the last album from the original lineup, is to me one of the the greatest albums ever made. It's got everything- fantastic songs-great production-competent and inspired musicians! The sound is more psychedelic with guitars zooming between the speakers and a lot of backwards tapes. The songwriting is more consistenly mature than on the previous albums. The album was initially a failure commercially, and this sadly led to the group breaking up. Ed Cassidy said in the Time Circle booklet: "There was frustration (...) we had had what we thought was going to be successful, and I think everybody started to think, 'Maybe it's not working. Maybe it's time to move on.' This was sort of like 'The last hurrah', so to speak, and I think that's one of the reasons why it became a classic album. It was advanced for it's times, doing a lot of things electronically that were not being done, and the arranging of songs and how we had initiated the blending of one song into another." 01 - Prelude - Nothin' To Hide 02 - Nature's Way 03 - Animal Zoo 04 - Love Has Found A Way 05 - Why Can't I Be Free 06 - Mr. Skin 07 - Space Child 08 - When I Touch You 09 - Street Worm 10 - Life Has Just Begun 11 - Morning Will Come 12 - Soldier LINK
Model Shop is a 2005 album by the Los Angeles group, Spirit, which collects the material they recorded in 1968, for the soundtrack to Jacques Demy's film Model Shop. Chronologically, the album's material falls in between their second and third albums, The Family That Plays Together (1968) and Clear (1969). For his film, director Jacques Demy wanted a band that captured the vibe of Los Angeles as he saw it. After hearing Spirit perform in an L.A. club, he decided that they would be the perfect group for his film's soundtrack. However, the film itself was considered a failure and no soundtrack album was released at the time. Most of the material remained unreleased until 2005, following the discovery of a master tape of the original mono mixes. Model Shop differs from other Spirit albums of the era, in that most of the songs were written collaboratively. Also, with the exception of "Now or Anywhere" and "Green Gorilla", the pieces are exclusively instrumental and hilight the Jazz leanings of the band. 01 - The Moving Van 02 - Mellow Fellow 03 - Now Or Anywhere 04 - Fog 05 - Green Gorilla 06 - Model Shop I 07 - Model Shop Ii (Clear) 08 - The Rehearsal Theme 09 - Song For Lola 10 - Eventide 11 - Coral 12 - Aren't You Glad LINK
The "Mercury years" of Spirit were not their early, formative years which were spent with CBS/Columbia. By 1975, the band had effectively ceased to exist. Randy California and Ed Cassidy however decided to give it another go. They resurrected the band name and self funded their comeback album "Spirit of '76", intended as part of the American bicentennial celebrations. Mercury Records picked up the band and further albums were recorded and released over the next couple of years. Disc 1 01 - Jack Bond 02 - America Bautifultimesy Are A'changing 03 - Victim Of Society 04 - Lady Of The Lakes 05 - Tampa Jam 06 - My Road 07 - Sunrise 08 - Urantia 09 - Maunaloawhat Do I Have 10 - Feeling In Time 11 - Happy 12 - Walking The Dog 13 - Tampa Jam 14 - Joker On The Run 15 - When 16 - Like A Rolling Stone 17 - Veruska 18 - Once Again 19 - Tampa Jam 20 - Thank You Lord 21 - Guide Me 22 - Hey Joe Disc 2 23 - Farther Along 24 - Atomic Boogie 25 - World Eat World Dog 26 - Don't Lock Up Your Door 27 - Colossus 28 - Phoebe 29 - Mega Star 30 - Once With You 31 - Diamond Spirit 32 - Stoney Night 33 - Pineapple 34 - Looking Into Darkness 35 - Holy Man 36 - Would You Believe 37 - Detroit City 38 - Circle 39 - Other Song 40 - Yesterday 41 - Family 42 - Maybe You'll Find 43 - Magic Fairy Princess 44 - Gorn Attack 45 - Stars Are Love 46 - It's Time Now 47 - Green Back Dollar LINK Part 1LINK Part 2
The Lovin' Spoonful is an American pop rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of "Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry. The band had its roots in the folk music scene based in the Greenwich Village section of lower Manhattan during the early 1960s. Sebastian, who grew up in contact with music and musicians, was the son of a much-recorded and highly technically accomplished classical harmonica player. He had reached maturity toward the end of the American folk music revival that spanned from the 1950s to the early '60s. Sebastian was joined in the Spoonful by guitarist Zal Yanovsky from a bohemian folk group called The Mugwumps, playing local coffee houses and small clubs (two other members, Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, would later form half of the Mamas & the Papas.) Drummer-vocalist Joe Butler and bassist Steve Boone rounded out the group. The Best of the Lovin' Spoonful is a best of album of The Lovin' Spoonful hits featuring tracks from three of their previous four albums. Despite being a "best of", this album charted the highest of the bands career hitting number three on the billboard charts 01 - Do You Believe In Magic 02 - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind 03 - Butchie's Tune 04 - Jug Band Music 05 - Night Owl Blues 06 - You Didn't Have To Be So Nice 07 - Daydream 08 - Blues In A Bottle 09 - Didn't Want To Have To Do It 10 - Wild About My Lovin' 11 - Younger Girl 12 - Summer In The City LINK
Unreleased Quicksilver Messenger Service — Lost Gold And Silver is a compilation album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. The album is made up of the European 2-LP release Maiden of the Cancer Moon, two tracks from the 1967 soundtrack album Revolution, both sides from a non-LP single released in late 1968 and some studio outtakes from the late 1960s. Allmusic says the album is divided into Studio Side (CD 1) and Live from 1968 (CD 2). This is not all together true. The first CD is named Disc One, subtitled Live from 1968, and the second CD is named Bonus Disc and subtitled Studio.
Disc 1 Live from 1968
01 - Back Door Man 02 - Codine 03 - Gold and Silver 04 - Smokestack Lighting 05 - Light Your Windows 06 - Dino's Song 07 - The Fool 08 - Who Do You Love 09 - Mona/Maiden of the Cancer Moon/Mona
Disc 2 Studio
01 - I Don't Want to Spoil Your Party (Dino's Song) 02 - Acapulco Gold and Silver (Gold and Silver) 03 - I Hear You Knockin' 04 - Back Door Man 05 - Your Time Will Come 06 - Who Do You Love (Part 1) 07 - Walkin' Blues 08 - Calvary 09 - Codine 10 - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 11 - Stand by Me 12 - The Bears
Performed live at Winterland in April 1968 Early Show 01 - The Fool 02 - Pride Of Man 03 - Walkin' Blues 04 - Light Your Windows 05 - Who Do You Love 06 - Smokestack Lightning Late Show 01 - The Fool 02 - Who Do You Love 03 - Gold And Silver 04 - It's Been Too Long 05 - Back Door Man LINK
Recorded at the Fillmore East in June 1968 01 - Back Door Man 02 - Codine 03 - Mona & Maiden Of The Cancer Moon & Mona (1) 04 - Gold And Silver 05 - Smokestack Lightning 06 - Light Your Windows 07 - Dino's Song 08 - The Fool 09 - Who Do You Love 10 - Mona & Maiden Of The Cancer Moon & Mona (2) LINK
Studio jam recorded in Corte Madera, California, late 1969/early 1970. John Cipollina, guitar, Dino Valente, vocals, David Freiberg, bass, Nicky Hopkins, piano and Greg Elmore, drums. 01 - Seor Blues 02 - Subway 03 - I Know You Rider #1 04 - I Know You Rider #2 05 - Walk In Jerusalem 06 - Castles In The Sand 07 - May You Never Be Alone 08 - Warm Red Wine 09 - Look Over Yonder Wallstate Farm 10 - Wake Up, Dead Man (Part 1) 11 - Wake Up, Dead Man (Part 2) 12 - The Fool LINK
The Chocolate Watch Band, was a psychedelic rock and garage rock band formed in San Jose, California in 1965. The band had finally broken up indefinitely by 1970 but then reunited in 1999 at a 66/99 show Mike Stax organized in San Diego. They continue to play today at garage rock shows in Europe as well as the States with Little Steven and the Electric Prunes. The band's music was largely described as a blend of 1960s-style garage rock with a distinguishable rolling San Francisco sound. The group's early music appeared to contain blues influences, and later it developed psychedelic elements through use of instrumental experimentation. Ed Cobb was well-known as their producer. The band also appeared in the 1967 film Riot on Sunset Strip and the 1968 film "The Love Ins". The Chocolate Watch Band's resurrected line-up (after their breakup in mid-1967) of Inner Mystique were: Sean Tolby, lead guitar, Bill 'Flo' Flores, bass, Tim Abbott, guitar, Mark Whittaker, drums and Chris Flinders, vocals.
01 - Voyage Of The Trieste 02 - In The Past 03 - Inner Mystique 04 - I'm Not Likke Everybody Else 05 - Medication 06 - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go 07 - Baby Blue 08 - I Ain't No Miracle Worker
Music for children, recreated (2002) from the film The Pied Piper 01 - I Love My Shirt 02 - Happiness Runs 03 - Sun Magic 04 - People Call Me The Pied Piper 05 - Little Boy In Corduroy 06 - Colours 07 - Jackie Beanstalk 08 - A Funny Man 09 - Mandolin Man And His Secret 10 - Nature Friends 11 - Wynken, Blynken And Nod 12 - Little Teddy Bear 13 - Voyage Of The Moon LINK
Hearts & Flowers was a Los Angeles folk-rock club band, perhaps most significant as one of the groups that launched the career of Eagles' founding member and guitarist-songwriter, Bernie Leadon. The lineup included Larry Murray (vocals, guitar), Dave Dawson (vocals, guitar, autoharp) and Rick Cunha (vocals, guitar). Leadon replaced Cunha on their second album in 1968. Among venues they played during the mid-1960s, were Los Angeles clubs Ledbetter's, Doug Weston's Troubadour, and the Ashgrove. After recording two albums without major success, the group disbanded in 1968. 01 - Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers 02 - Highway In The Wind 03 - Second-Hand Sundown Queen 04 - She Sang Rymns Out Of Tune 05 - Ode To A Tin Angel 06 - When I Was A Cowboy 07 - Legend Of Ol' Tenbrookes 08 - Colour Your Daytime 09 - Two Little Boys 10 - Extra, Extra-Rock & Roll Gypsies LINK
Elizabeth was made up of Steve Weingart (lead guitar, harp, organ, vocals), Bob Patterson (guitar, vocals), Jim Dahme (guitar, flute, vocals), Steve Bruno (organ, bass), and Hank Ransome (drums). The band originally came from Philadelphia but moved to New York in 1968, where they recorded and released their self-titled album on Vanguard Records in 1969. (AMG) 01 - Not That Kind Of Guy 02 - Mary Anne 03 - Dissimilitude 04 - Similitude 05 - You Should Be More Careful 06 - The World's For Free 07 - Fields Of Home 08 - Alarm Rings Five 09 - Lady L 10 - When All Else Fails LINK
Faith was an American rock band from Indianapolis, Indiana. From 1973 to 1979, they released 5 albums: Faith in 1973, Excuse Me, I Just Cut an Album in 1977, Rock'n Romance in 1978, and Face to Face and Vital Signs in 1979.1 They gained popularity in the Indianapolis area in 1978 with Rock'n Romance, which contained the song "Dancin' Shoes", of which Nigel Olsson's cover of the song would become a Top 20 hit that year. Carl Storie (lead vocals, harmonica), David Bennett (guitar), John Cascella (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), Mark Cawley (bass) and Dave Barnes (drums). 01 - Sometimes, Sometimes 02 - Freedom 03 - Answer To The Master 04 - Lookin' For A Friend 05 - Such A Lady, Such A Lover 06 - Dreamy Eyed Lady 07 - We're All Headed In The Same Way - The Last Song LINK
Formed in Houston, Texas in 1968, they were originally known as The Dream Machine. Their album, a mixture of country rock and psychedelia, has attracted increasing interest from collectors. Charles Bickley is now the owner of a small Austin Texas based label named Buttermilk Records which released several vinyl LP's and 45's in the seventies. in fact he's stiill releasing 25 year old masters on new vinyl and CD of Texas Blues, Rock, Jazz, Cajun, and more.(OoD) Charlie Brickley bass, vocals, mandolin, Steve Coleman lead pedal steel guitar, vocals, John Guerry, piano, organ, bass, Dennis Hanson, drums and Michael Hickman, guitar, piano.
01 - Nil Desperadum 02 - Man From Barnaby 03 - Kitty Is A Lady 04 - Family Comfort 05 - The Great Rio Grande Border Run 06 - Better Way 07 - Megopolis-Out Without 08 - The Trilogy Do You Believe In Words Sing Together Relax Enjoy Your Friends 09 - Me Lovin' You 10 - Riverside
A mysterious figure of the late '60s who put out an interesting eponymous album on the names-can-be-deceptive Chartmaker label. With his funky, keyboard-based rock and full, soulful vocals, Darius sounded like a more eccentric and far moodier, doomier counterpart to Lee Michaels. The record was imaginatively arranged and produced, with flourishes of flamenco guitar, odd echo-tinkles, and some dynamic organ and bass hooks adding to its overall air of idiosyncrasy. It's little known, even among psychedelic collectors, and worthy of exhumation on CD reissue.(AMG) Bobby Joe Ott, from Cleveland, aka Darius, was based in Hollywood, California. Funk and blues influences are more evident on Side two of the album. 01 - Shades Of Blue 02 - Dawn 03 - Mist-Veiled Garden 04 - I'm The Man 05 - I Feel The Need To Carry On 06 - Dirty Funky Situation 07 - Blow My Mind 08 - Sweet Mama 09 - Ancient Path 10 - Hear What I Say 11 - Don?t You Get The Feelin' (Bonus) 12 - A Woman Like You (Bonus) 13 - Peace & Love (Bonus) LINK
Gerry & the Pacemakers are a British rock and roll group prominent during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were managed by Brian Epstein. They are most remembered for being the first act to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their first three single releases. It was a record that was not equalled for 20 years, until the mid-80s success of fellow Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Gerry & the Pacemakers are the second most successful group from Liverpool to hit the US pop charts, behind only the Beatles.
Disc 1
01 - How Do You Do It (Mono) 02 - Away From You (Mono) 03 - It's Happened To Me (Mono) 04 - I Like It (Mono) 05 - Pretend (Mono) 06 - Jambalaya (Mono) 07 - Summertime (Mono) 08 - The Wrong Yo Yo (Mono) 09 - I'll Be There (First Version) (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 10 - Slow Down (Mono) 11 - Here's Hoping (Mono) 12 - Where Have You Been All My Life (Mono) 13 - Maybelline (Mono) 14 - You'll Never Walk Alone (Mono) 15 - Don't Ever Stray (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 16 - Hello Little Girl (Mono) 17 - Don't You Ever (Mono) 18 - It's All Right (Mono) 19 - You Can't Fool Me (Mono) 20 - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (Mono) 21 - You're The Reason (Mono) 22 - Chills (Mono) 23 - I'm The One (Mono) 24 - You've Got What I Like (Mono) 25 - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Mono) 26 - Show Me That You Care (Mono) 27 - She's The Only Girl For Me (Mono) 28 - Why Oh Why (Mono) 29 - Think About Love (Mono) 30 - I'll Be There (2Nd Version No Strings) (Mono) 31 - Give Me All Your Love (No Strings) (Mono) 32 - Come Back To Me (No Strings) (Mono)
Disc 2
01 - Ferry Cross The Mersey (Mono) 02 - It's Gonna Be Alright (Mono) 03 - I'll Wait For You (Mono) 04 - Fall In Love (Mono) 05 - Baby You're So Good To Me (Mono) 06 - This Thing Called Love (Mono) 07 - My Love Forever (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 08 - It's Just Because (Mono) 09 - Rip It Up (Mono) 10 - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Mono) 11 - When Oh When (Mono) 12 - What'd I Say (Mono) 13 - I'll Be There (2Nd (Single) Version) (Mono) 14 - My Babe (Mono) 15 - Skinny Minnie (Mono) 16 - It'll Be Me (Mono) 17 - Reelin' And Rockin' (Mono) 18 - You Win Again (Mono) 19 - I Count The Tears (Mono) 20 - You You You (Mono) 21 - Now I'm Alone (Mono) 22 - Dizzy Miss Lizzie (Live) (Mono) 23 - My Babe (Live) (Mono) 24 - Away From You (Live) (Mono) 25 - What'd I Say (Live) (Mono) 26 - Give Me All Your Love (With Strings) (Mono) 27 - Come Back To Me (With Strings) (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 28 - Dreams (Mono)
Disc 3
01 - Hallelujah! I Love Her So (Mono) 02 - Tomorrow (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 03 - I'll Make It All Up To You (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 04 - Walk Hand In Hand (Mono) 05 - Today I'm In Love (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 06 - La La La (Mono) 07 - Without You (Mono) 08 - Girl On A Swing (Mono) 09 - The Way You Look Tonight (Mono) 10 - Fool To Myself (Mono) 11 - The Big Bright Pleasure Machine (Mono) 12 - On A Wonderful Day Like Today (Mono) 13 - Tonight (Mono) 14 - Strangers In The Night (Mono) 15 - Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (Mono) 16 - See You In September (Mono) 17 - Pretty Flamingo (Mono) 18 - The End Of The Rainbow (Mono) 19 - Guantanamera (Mono) 20 - Looking For My Life (Mono) 21 - Anyone At All (Previously Unreleased) (Mono) 22 - Live In California (Oakland Auditorium 24Th October 1964) (Stereo)
Disc 4
01 - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Stereo) 02 - Ferry Cross The Mersey (Stereo) 03 - It's Gonna Be Alright (Stereo) 04 - This Thing Called Love (Stereo) 05 - Reelin' And Rockin' (Stereo) 06 - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Stereo) 07 - Rip It Up (Stereo) 08 - You Win Again (Stereo) 09 - I'll Be There (2Nd Version) (Stereo) 10 - You You You (Stereo) 11 - Give Me All Your Love (New Mix) (Stereo) 12 - Dreams (Stereo) 13 - Hallelujah! I Love Her So (Stereo) 14 - I'll Make It All Up To You (Previously Unreleased) (Stereo) 15 - Walk Hand In Hand (Stereo) 16 - Today I'm In Love (Previously Unreleased) (Stereo) 17 - La La La (Stereo) 18 - Without You (Stereo) 19 - Girl On A Swing (Stereo) 20 - The Way You Look Tonight (Stereo) 21 - A Fool To Myself (Stereo) 22 - The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (Stereo) 23 - On A Wonderful Day Like Today (Stereo) 24 - Tonight (Stereo) 25 - Strangers In The Night- Fremde In Der Nacht (Stereo) 26 - Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (Stereo) 27 - See You In September (Stereo) 28 - Pretty Flamingo (Stereo) 29 - The End Of The Rainbow (Stereo) 30 - Guantanamera (Stereo) 31 - Looking For My Life (Stereo)
The Band was an acclaimed and influential rock music group. The original group consisted of Canadians Rick Danko (bass guitar, double bass, fiddle, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboard instruments, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and American Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, vocals). All five members were notable musicians in their own right. The members of the Band first came together as they joined rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backing group, The Hawks, one by one between 1958 and 1963. Upon leaving Hawkins in 1964, they were known as The Levon Helm Sextet (the sixth member being sax player Jerry Penfound), then Levon and the Hawks (without Penfound). In 1965, they released a single on Ware Records under the name Canadian Squires, but returned as Levon and the Hawks for a recording session for Atco later in 1965. At about the same time, Bob Dylan recruited Helm and Robertson for two concerts, then the entire group for his U.S. tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966. They also joined him on the informal recordings that later became The Basement Tapes. Rock of Ages: The Band in Concert is The Band's fifth album. A live disc recorded during their series of shows at New York City's Academy of Music on December 28–31, 1971, it combines several of their hits with enthusiastic covers of songs originally performed by the likes of Marvin Gaye and Chuck Willis and features a wild organ improvisation by organist Garth Hudson, recorded as 1971 turned to 1972. Bob Dylan appeared on stage for the concert's final four songs, including a version of the rare song "When I Paint My Masterpiece". Disc 1 01 - Don't Do It 02 - King Harvest (Has Surely Come) 03 - Caledonia Mission 04 - Get Up, Jake 05 - The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 06 - Stage Fright 07 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 08 - Across The Great Divide 09 - This Wheel's On Fire 10 - Rag Mama Rag Disc 2 01 - The Weight 02 - The Shape I'm In 03 - Unfaithful Servant 04 - Life Is A Carnival 05 - The Genetic Method 06 - Chest Fever 07 - (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes LINK
Nazz was a psychedelic and garage rock band from the 1960s. The band was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1967 by Todd Rundgren (lead guitar) and Carson Van Osten (bass guitar). Thom Mooney (drums, formerly of the Munchkins), and Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (vocals, keyboards) joined before their first concert, opening for the Doors in 1967. Nazz is the 1968 debut album by Nazz. Though sometimes mistakenly called "The Nazz", the group's official name on all records and press materials is simply, "Nazz", without the definite article. Nazz never became mainstream rock stars, but they did achieve a measure of cult popularity among some listeners, especially future glam rockers and power pop bands like David Bowie and Big Star, in whom Nazz's hard psychedelic influences can be heard. The song "Back of Your Mind" is considered an underground classic.
01 - Open My Eyes 02 - Back of Your Mind 03 - See What You Can Be 04 - Hello It's Me 05 - Wildwood Blues 06 - If That's The Way You Feel 07 - When I Get My Plane 08 - Lemming Song 09 - Crowded 10 - She's Goin' Down
