Spirit

Sunrise & Salvation: The Mercury Era Anthology


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• NEW REMASTERED EIGHT DISC BOXED SET FEATURING EACH ALBUM RECORDED BY THE LEGENDARY BAND SPIRIT RELEASED BY THE MERCURY LABEL BETWEEN 1975 AND 1977 AND IN 1984

• PLUS 102 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS AND DEMOS COMPILED BY SPIRIT ARCHIVIST MICK SKIDMORE

• INCLUDES THE ALBUMS ‘SPIRIT OF ‘76’, ‘SON OF SPIRIT’, ‘FARTHER ALONG’, ‘FUTURE GAMES’, AND ‘THE THIRTEENTH DREAM (SPIRIT OF ’84)’ REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MERCURY MASTER TAPES PLUS A BOOKLET WITH NEW ESSAY BY MICK SKIDMORE

COVERAGE ON ALL SPECIALIST AND NATIONAL RADIO, REVIEWS IN UNCUT, MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR AND PROG MAGAZINES AND ALL EUROPEAN SPECIALIST PRESS PLUS COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES AND FANZINES

This eight CD clamshell boxed set, compiled and annotated by Spirit archivist Mick Skidmore, gathers together the albums ‘Spirit of ‘76’, ‘Son Of Spirit’, ‘Farther Along’, ‘Future Games’ and ‘The Thirteenth Dream’ – all newly remastered from the original master tapes.

Additionally the collection features an incredible 102 bonus tracks drawn from previously unreleased live concerts from 1974 and 1975, along with rare demos, including the entire early demo version of ‘Future Games’. It also includes an illustrated booklet with a new essay.

Tracklist

DISC ONE:

Spirit Of ‘76 – Remastered
1 America The Beautiful/The Times They Are A Changing
2 Victim Of Society
3 Lady Of The Lakes
4 Tampa Jam (Part One)
5 Maunaloa
6 What Do I Have?
7 Sunrise
8 Walking The Dog
9 Tampa Jam (Part Two)
10 Joker On The Run
11 When?
12 Like A Rolling Stone
13 Once Again
14 Feeling In Time
15 Happy
16 Jack Bond
17 My Road
18 Tampa Jam (Part Three)
19 Thank You Lord

DISC TWO:

Spirit Of ‘76 – Remastered

1. Urantia
2. Guide Me
3. Veruska
4. Hey Joe
5. Jack Bond Part Two
6. The Star Spangled Banner
7. Guide Me (Alternate Version)
8. Joker On The Run (Alternate Version)
9. America The Beautiful/The Times They Are A Changing (Alternate Version)*
10. I’ve Got To Use My Imagination (Live 1974)*
11. Nature’s Way (Live 1974)*
12. Mr Skin (Live 1974)*
13. Guide Me (Live 1974)*
14. Fresh Garbage (Live 1974)*
15. Hey Joe (Live 1974)*
16. Veruska (Live 1974)*
17. Run Sinner, Run (Live 1974)*
18. Victim Of Society (Live 1974)*
19. On The Road Again (Live 1974)*
20. Happy (Live 1974)*

Previously Unreleased *

DISC THREE:

Son Of Spirit – Remastered
1 Holy Man
2 Looking Into Darkness
3 Maybe You’ll Find
4 Don’t Go Away
5 Family
6 Magic Fairy Princess
7 Circle
8 The Other Song
9 Yesterday
10 It’s Time Now

Farther Along – Remastered
11 Farther Along
12 Atomic Boogie
13 World Eat World Dog
14 Stoney Night
15 Pineapple
16 Colossus
17 Mega Star
18 Phoebe
19 Don’t Lock Up Your Door
20 One With
21 You Diamond Spirit
22 Nature’s Way
Bonus tracks
23 Hawaiian Skies
24 Song for Clyde
25 Constant Stream
26 Let Me Be Your Daddy
27 Farther Along (live 1976)

DISC FOUR:

Future Games (A Magical Kahauna Dream)
1. CB Talk
2. Stars Are Love
3. Kahauna Dream
4. Buried In My Brain
5. Bionic Unit
6. So Happy Now
7. All Along The Watchtower
8. Would You Believe
9. Jack Bond Speaks
10. Star Trek Dreaming
11. Interlude XM
12. China Doll
13. Hawaiian Times
14. Gorn Attack
15. Interlude 2001
16. Detroit City
17. Freakout Frog
18. The Romulan Experience
19. Monkey See Monkey Do
20. Mt Olympus
21. The Journey Of Nomad
22. Ending
Bonus Tracks
23. Detroit City (Alternate Version)
24. Would You Believe (Alternate Version)
25. Stars Are Love (Alternate Version)
26. Monkey See, Monkey Do (Demo)
27. Chairman Mao (Full Band Version)
28. Would You Believe (Full Band Unedited Version)
29. Hollywood Dream (Bonus)
30. Something New (Bonus)
31. In Just A Little While (Bonus)
32. Love Charged (Bonus)
33. Same Old Naturally (Bonus)

DISC FIVE:

The Thirteenth Dream (Spirit of ’84)
1 Black Satin Nights
2 Mr Skin
3 Fresh Garbage
4 Rasta Girl In A Ferrari*
5 Nature’s Way
6 1984
7 Pick it Up
8 All Over The World
9 Give Me Your Number*
10 Mechanical World
11 Elijah
12 Uncle Jack
13 I Got A Line On You
14 All Along The Watchtower (live 1986)
15 Animal Zoo (live 1986)
16 Dark Eyed Woman (live 1986)
17 Tobacco Road (live 1986)
18 Prelude: Nothing To Hide (live 1986)
19 Working In Detroit (live 1986)

previously unreleased *

DISC SIX:

Spirit Of Salvation – Unreleased Studio Material from 1974-1975
1 You’re So Beautiful
2 I’ve Got To Use My Imagination
3 Looking Into Darkness
4 Neptune Caper
5 Positively 4th Street
6 Jimmy Brown
7 We Are One People
8 Wake Up America
9 Family
10 Magic Fairy Princess
11 The Other Song
12 Cass Drums
13 Salvation
14 Future In My Hands
15 The Maharaji Speaks
16 Holy Man
17 Maybe You’ll Find
18 Yesterday
19 Magic Fairy
20 Circle
21 Kathy’s Song
Randy California Solo Demos
22 Miss Lani
23 Sparkling Sands
24 High With You
25 Seven Fires
26 10,000 Days
27 Seems Like 1000 Years Ago
28 Livin’ In This World
29 Thinking Of You

DISC SEVEN:

Live at Armadillo Headquarters, Austin, Texas – 19th June 1975
1. Introduction*
2. Going Down*
3. So Little Time To Fly*
4. Austin Jam*
5. Working In Austin*
6. All Along The Watchtower*
7. Joker On The Run*
8. Mr Tambourine Man*
9. Old Blue*
10. Mr Skin*
11. Prelude: Nothing To Hide*
12. Miss This Train*
13. I’ve Got To Use My Imagination*
14. All The Same*
15. I Got A Line On You*
16. On The Road Again / Star Spangled Banner/ On The Road Again/ Austin Jam*

Previously Unreleased *

DISC EIGHT:

Future Games – The Early Demo Version
1 CB Talk
2 Stars are Love
3 Kahauna Dream
4 Buried In My Brain
5 Bionic Unit
6 So Happy Now
7 All Along The Watchtower
8 Would You Believe
9 Jack Bond Speaks
10 Star Trek Dreaming
11 Interlude XM
12 China Doll
13 Hawaiian Times
14 Gorn Attack
15 Interlude 2001
16 Detroit City
17 Freakout Frog
18 The Romulan Experience
19 Monkey See, Monkey Do
20 Mount Olympus
21Journey Of Nomad
22 Would You Believe (reprise)
23 Ending


Live 1975
24 Downer
25 Like A Rolling Stone
26 Victim Of Society
27 Ohio Jam
28 Mr Skin
29 Old Blue
30 All The Same
31 I Got A Line On You