February 21, 2014 Playlist

"The Family That Plays Together" by Spirit (1968)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Spirit  "The Family That Plays Together"  1968 (USA)
Spirit is perhaps the greatest sixties group that has never gotten nearly enough attention. They recorded (at least) three masterpiece albums yet only scored one hit single: "I Got A Line On You" from their second album which is this week's CAOTW. Their self-titled debut was a classic of early West Coast Psychedelic Rock, and their fourth LP (the last one featuring the original quintet) garnered a cult following and became their best-seller over time. But Family is something of a cornerstone in that it has one foot in their original psychedelic style (including Randy California's excellent Hendrixisms) and one foot heading in a jazzier direction (their keyboardist and drummer both coming out of that tradition; indeed, Spirit was a key influence on Steely Dan's music in the following decade!)

Pledge Drive!

Artist Song Album Year Country
Nazz
The Lemming SongNazz1968
USA
Moby Grape
Hey GrandmaMoby Grape1967
USA
SRC
DaystarSRC1968
USA
Twink
10,000 Words In A Cardboard BoxThink Pink1970
UK
July
Dandelion SeedsJuly1968
UK
 
 
Spirit
I Got A Line On YouThe Family That Plays Together
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1968
USA
Spirit
It Shall BeThe Family That Plays Together
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1968
USA
Spirit
Aren't You GladThe Family That Plays Together
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1968
USA
Spirit
Animal ZooTwelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus1970
USA
Randy California
DownerKaptain Kopter And The (Fabulous) Twirlybirds 1972
USA
   
 
Fairport Convention
Million Dollar Bash (Bob Dylan)Unhalfbricking 1969
UK
The Incredible String Band
Three Is A Green CrownThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter 1968
UK (Scotland)
Tractor
Make The JourneyTractor 1972
UK
   
 
Aguaturbia
Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)Psychedelic Drugstore1970
Chile
Yuya Uchida & The Flowers
Greasy Heart (Jefferson Airplane)Challenge!1969
Japan
Flower Travellin' Band
SpasmsMade In Japan1972
Japan
Chico Magnetic Band ExplosionChico Magnetic Band1972
France
   
 
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 Fefe Naa Efe
Gentlemen1973
Nigeria
Muddy Waters She's All Right
Electric Mud1968
USA
The Turtles I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)
The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands1968
USA
The Dukes Of Stratosphear (XTC) My Love Explodes
25 O'Clock EP1985
UK
   
 
Frank Zappa/Mothers Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) (live)
Roxy & Elsewhere1974
USA
Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart/Mothers Muffin Man (mostly live)
Bongo Fury1975
USA
 
  
The Corporation
India (John Coltrane)The Corporation1969
USA
      
   
   
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