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Spirit - 1968 - The Family That Plays Together
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
