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• NEW RE-MASTERED & EXPANDED 3CD DIGIPACK EDITION OF THIS WONDERFUL ARCHIVE COLLECTION ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 2005
• EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED CD OF A LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR RADIO KPFK-FM IN LOS ANGELES
• NEWLY RE-MASTERED
• WITH ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET & ESSAY BY SPIRIT ARCHIVIST MICK SKIDMORE
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a re-mastered and expanded 3CD digipack edition of the archive release SON OF AMERICA by SPIRIT.
First issued in 2005, the set originally featured a collection of previously unreleased songs, demos and instrumentals recorded between 1983 and Randy California’s final recording session in late 1996, along with unreleased and alternative takes from the California Blues and Cosmic Smile albums.
This edition of SON OF AMERICA is the latest release in Esoteric Recordings’ series of releases from the SPIRIT and RANDY CALIFORNIA archives and has been expanded to include an additional CD of an unreleased live performance for the radio station KPFM-FM in California which includes fascinating dialogue and renditions of classic Spirit tracks such as Nature’s Way, 1984, Fresh Garbage, Mr Skin, Elijah, I Got a Line on You and Animal Zoo.
This 3 disc digipack features new artwork and an illustrated booklet with an essay by SPIRIT and RANDY CALIFORNIA archivist Mick Skidmore.
Tracklist
DISC ONE:
1. SPACE JAM
2. THE PROPHECY
3. INTERLUDE #1
4. THOMAS Q AND JENNIFER
5. SAI JAM #1
6. 20 YEARS
7. GYRATIONS OF WAR
8. SON OF AMERICA
9. IN THE DARK
10. STORM IN THE NIGHT
11. GOPAL
12. SAI JAM #2
13. SHOCK VALUES
14. THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING
15. INTERLUDE #2
16. WHO ARE YOU?
17. BREAKING MY HEART (SOUL ON FIRE)
18. BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE
19. BACK HOME
20. FRENCH APARTMENT
21. CITY OF ANGELS
22. 2007
23. SAI JAM #3
24. LET IT BE
25. MEDLEY:
i. MAYBE YOU’LL FIND
ii. WHEN
iii. FARTHER ALONG
DISC TWO:
1. INTRO
2. ONE BY ONE
3. LOVE FROM THE HEART
4. DENISE
5. LOVERMAN
6. NO TIME TO PRETEND
7. FIRE
8. CLOSE TO YOU
9. THE RIVER
10. EVIL IS EVIL DOES
11. MEAN AND BEAUTIFUL
12. COMPROMISE
13. MEAN LITTLE SISTER
14. 12,000 MILES
15. BREAK MY BACK
16. LAND OF BISMO
17. LINE BY LINE (WATER IN THE EYES)
18. TAKE ME DOWN (TO THE RIVER OF LOVE)
19. LIVING ON LOVE
DISC THREE:
LIVE AT KPFK
1. SADANA (LIVE)
2. NATURE’S WAY (LIVE)
3. DIALOGUE ONE (LIVE)
4. HIP PRETTY CHILD (LIVE)
5. DIALOGUE TWO (LIVE)
6. 1984 (LIVE)
7. ILLUSIONS (LIVE)
8. DIALOGUE – ED’S STORY (LIVE)
9. RED HOUSE (LIVE)
10. LOVE FROM HERE (LIVE)
11. FRESH GARBAGE (LIVE)
12. 12,000 MILES (LIVE)
13. MR SKIN (LIVE)
14. GOING BACK TO JONES (LIVE)
15. ELIJAH (LIVE)
16. I GOT A LINE ON YOU (LIVE)
17. ANIMAL ZOO (LIVE)