Spirit [LP]

Spirit's 1968 debut laid out the blueprint for everything the Los Angeles band did next: fuzz guitar, sitar, clavinet, lush strings and horns, all serving sharp, adventurous songwriting that mixed rock with jazz, folk and Indian influences. It also contains 'Taurus', the instrumental whose opening has long been compared to a certain Led Zeppelin epic, plus 'Fresh Garbage', 'Mechanical World' and the sprawling 'Elijah'. Randy California, who had played with Jimi Hendrix as a teenager, was already a striking guitarist.

This Music On Vinyl reissue is pressed on 180g black vinyl. A Holland import.

Fresh Garbage
Uncle Jack
Mechanical World
Taurus
Girl in Your Eye
Straight Arrow
Topanga Windows
Gramophone Man
Water Woman
The Great Canyon Fire in General
Elijah