"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana (1863-1952)
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▒░ Spirit - Future Games ░░
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░░ Artist ....: Spirit ░░
░░ Album .....: Future Games ░░
░░ Genre .....: Rock ░░
░░ Label .....: Beat Goes On ░░
░░ Catalog # .: n/a ░░
░░ Language ..: English ░░
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░░ Source ....: CDDA ░░
░░ Size ......: 64,0 MB ░░
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░░ Rel. date .: Feb-18-2008 ░░
░░ Str. date .: Apr-18-2005 ░░
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░░ Spirit was a highly regarded rock band that achieved modest commercial ░░
░░ success, charting 11 albums in the U.S. between 1968 and 1977. Founded ░░
░░ in Los Angeles in 1967 by musicians who had a mixture of rock, pop, ░░
░░ folk, blues, classical, and jazz backgrounds, and who ranged in age ░░
░░ from 16 to 44, the group had an eclectic musical style in keeping with ░░
░░ the early days of progressive rock; they were as likely to play a folk ░░
░░ ballad featuring fingerpicked acoustic guitar, a jazz instrumental full ░░
░░ of imaginative improvisation, or a driving rhythm tune dominated by ░░
░░ acid rock electric guitar playing. The diverse tastes of the original ░░
░░ quintet produced a hybrid style that delighted a core audience of fans ░░
░░ but proved too wide-ranging to attract a mass following, and at the ░░
░░ same time the musicians' acknowledged talents brought them other ░░
░░ opportunities that led to the breakup of the original lineup after four ░░
░░ years and four albums, then kept them from committing fully to ░░
░░ regroupings as their music began to be recognized in later years. While ░░
░░ two bandmembers, singer/guitarist Randy California and drummer Ed ░░
░░ Cassidy, maintained the Spirit name, the others came and went as their ░░
░░ schedules allowed, such that the group never fulfilled its early ░░
░░ promise, although, as a vehicle for California's songwriting and guitar ░░
░░ playing, it continued to produce worthwhile music until his death. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Randy California was born Randolph Craig Wolfe on February 20, 1951, in ░░
░░ Los Angeles, CA. His mother, Bernice Pearl, was the sister of Ed Pearl, ░░
░░ who owned the Ash Grove, a nightclub in Hollywood, and California, who ░░
░░ began playing guitar as a child, grew up listening carefully to the ░░
░░ folk, blues, and jazz musicians who performed there. In early 1965, the ░░
░░ Rising Sons, a folk-blues group featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, ░░
░░ played the Ash Grove; the band's drummer was Ed Cassidy (born May 4, ░░
░░ 1923, in Chicago, IL), who met and married California's recently ░░
░░ divorced mother, becoming his stepfather. Cassidy had been drumming ░░
░░ professionally since his teens in almost every conceivable style, ░░
░░ though lately largely in jazz groups before he joined the Rising Sons. ░░
░░ He left the band after injuring his wrist during a solo. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Meanwhile, California had met two aspiring musicians from the San ░░
░░ Fernando Valley, singer/percussionist Jay Ferguson (born John Arden ░░
░░ Ferguson, February 5, 1947, in Burbank, CA) and bassist Mark Andes ░░
░░ (born February 19, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA) at a folk music camp, and ░░
░░ in September 1965, along with Cassidy and a second guitarist, they ░░
░░ formed a band called the Red Roosters that played the Ash Grove. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ The Red Roosters broke up when Cassidy moved his family to New York in ░░
░░ search of work in the spring of 1966. There California had a fateful ░░
░░ encounter with another guitarist at a music store in Manhattan; he met ░░
░░ the then-unknown Jimi Hendrix, who was going by the name Jimmy James, ░░
░░ and who invited him to join his band, Jimmy James & the Blue Flames, ░░
░░ which was appearing at the CafΘ Wha? in Greenwich Village. Since there ░░
░░ was already a musician named Randy in the band, bass player Randy ░░
░░ Palmer, Hendrix distinguished the two by their home states, calling ░░
░░ Palmer "Randy Texas" and Randy Wolfe "Randy California," which he ░░
░░ subsequently retained as a stage name. California played with Hendrix ░░
░░ that summer, which was when Hendrix was spotted by Animals bassist Chas ░░
░░ Chandler, who became his manager and took him to England to form the ░░
░░ Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix asked California to go to England with ░░
░░ him, but at 15 he was too young. Instead, California moved back to his ░░
░░ home state with his mother and stepfather. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ After returning west, California and Cassidy formed a band called ░░
░░ Spirits Rebellious, after a book by the religious mystic Kahlil Gibran, ░░
░░ also featuring pianist John Locke (born September 23, 1943, in Los ░░
░░ Angeles, CA), who had played with Cassidy previously in the New Jazz ░░
░░ Trio. In the spring of 1967, California and Cassidy ran into Ferguson ░░
░░ and Andes, who had continued to work as musicians while attending UCLA. ░░
░░ After the demise of the Red Roosters, they had a band called Western ░░
░░ Union, also including Andes' guitar-playing brother, Matt Andes, then ░░
░░ Ferguson had tried to launch a solo career while Mark Andes served ░░
░░ brief tenures with Yellow Balloon and Canned Heat. Now, they joined ░░
░░ Spirits Rebellious, a name soon shortened to Spirit. By June, they were ░░
░░ playing gigs and looking for a record contract. With Barry Hansen ░░
░░ (later known as Dr. Demento, the novelty-song radio host) producing, ░░
░░ they cut a demo tape that finally found commercial release 24 years ░░
░░ later on the anthology Chronicles (1967-1992). They also auditioned for ░░
░░ record executive and producer Lou Adler. Adler, best known for his work ░░
░░ with the Mamas & the Papas and his company Dunhill Records, had sold ░░
░░ Dunhill to ABC Records and formed a new label, Ode Records, which had a ░░
░░ distribution deal with Epic Records, an imprint of the major label CBS ░░
░░ Records. Adler signed Spirit to Ode in August 1967. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Adler produced Spirit's self-titled debut album, which was released in ░░
░░ January 1968. (Most of the songs were written by Ferguson, though ░░
░░ California contributed a delicate instrumental called "Taurus" that ░░
░░ would prove inspirational to Led Zeppelin, which based the introduction ░░
░░ to the 1971 standard "Stairway to Heaven" on it.) Spurred by the single ░░
░░ "Mechanical World," which had some regional success, the LP entered the ░░
░░ Billboard chart in April and spent more than six months there, peaking ░░
░░ in the Top 40 in September. Spirit toured extensively while working on ░░
░░ their second album and preparing a score for French director Jacques ░░
░░ Demy's film Model Shop (January 1969), in which they also appeared. ░░
░░ (Sundazed Records belatedly released a soundtrack album from the film ░░
░░ in 2005.) In October 1968, they issued a single, "I Got a Line On You," ░░
░░ a driving rocker written by California. Peaking at number 25 in the Hot ░░
░░ 100 in March 1969, it was the group's only Top 40 single. The second ░░
░░ album, The Family That Plays Together, followed in December 1968. With ░░
░░ the hit single spurring sales, it peaked at number 22 in March 1969. ░░
░░ (Ferguson again dominated the songwriting, penning six of the 11 ░░
░░ tracks, although California wrote or co-wrote the other five.) ░░
░░ ░░
░░ With the accelerated schedules typical of record releases in the 1960s, ░░
░░ Spirit had to have another album ready quickly, and Clear appeared in ░░
░░ July 1969. The album led off with the California/Ferguson composition ░░
░░ "Dark Eyed Woman," another rocker in the "I Got a Line on You" mold ░░
░░ that was released as a single but did not hit; the LP also contained ░░
░░ material written for the Model Shop score that, not surprisingly, ░░
░░ sounded like background music. Clear was a disappointment after the ░░
░░ success of The Family That Plays Together, peaking at number 55 in ░░
░░ October. In December, the band released a one-off single, California's ░░
░░ "1984," and it gave early indications of becoming a hit, rising to ░░
░░ number 69 by March 1970 before radio became resistant to its ominous ░░
░░ lyrics, which referred to the dystopian novel of the same name by ░░
░░ George Orwell. Produced by the band itself, it was their last release ░░
░░ on Ode. Adler had negotiated a split from CBS in order to move his ░░
░░ label to A&M Records, and in so doing he agreed to leave Spirit with ░░
░░ Epic. The band then hired David Briggs, who had worked on Neil Young's ░░
░░ albums, to produce its fourth LP. Sessions for that album commenced in ░░
░░ April 1970, but they were interrupted when California suffered a ░░
░░ fractured skull due to a fall from a horse and spent a month in the ░░
░░ hospital. A single, Ferguson's "Animal Zoo," emerged in July and grazed ░░
░░ the bottom of the charts, but it ultimately took six months to complete ░░
░░ the LP, released as Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus in November. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Spirit toured in support of the album during the winter and spring of ░░
░░ 1971, but Epic failed to break a successful single from the LP, and it ░░
░░ peaked at number 63 in February. Ferguson and Andes, frustrated at the ░░
░░ band's lack of broad commercial success, quit Spirit to form a new ░░
░░ band, Jo Jo Gunne, with Matt Andes and drummer Curly Smith. Initially, ░░
░░ Spirit hired bassist John Arliss and played as a quartet. Then, ░░
░░ California quit to launch a solo career. Remaining members Cassidy and ░░
░░ Locke brought in two new musicians, brothers Al Staehely (bass) and ░░
░░ Chris Staehely (guitar), and in November they began recording a new ░░
░░ Spirit album. It appeared in February 1972 under the title Feedback. ░░
░░ Like Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, it peaked at number 63 in the ░░
░░ charts. When Cassidy left the band, followed by Locke, the Staehely ░░
░░ brothers brought in a drummer and briefly toured as Spirit. They didn't ░░
░░ get away with that for long, but it was easy to see why promoters were ░░
░░ interested in having a Spirit band on the road, no matter who was in ░░
░░ it. Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, though off the charts, had become ░░
░░ an FM radio favorite and a perennial seller (it would be certified as a ░░
░░ gold record in 1976), and Epic re-released The Family That Plays ░░
░░ Together, which reentered the charts in July 1972. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Meanwhile, California had signed a solo contract with Epic and in the ░░
░░ fall of 1972 he released his debut album, Kapt. Kopter & the (Fabulous) ░░
░░ Twirly Birds. He reconnected with Cassidy, and the two hired a bass ░░
░░ player, Larry "Fuzzy" Knight, to tour Europe during the spring of 1973. ░░
░░ They also worked on a concept album called Potatoland, but Epic ░░
░░ rejected it, and California temporarily dropped out of the music ░░
░░ business and moved to Hawaii. Epic released a compilation album, The ░░
░░ Best of Spirit, in the summer of 1973 and saw it reach the charts along ░░
░░ with a single release of "Mr. Skin," a song from Twelve Dreams of Dr. ░░
░░ Sardonicus that was a sly allusion to Cassidy's shaved head. Epic also ░░
░░ released a two-fer LP combination of Spirit and Clear, and it too got ░░
░░ into the charts. Responding to the resulting demands for a live act, ░░
░░ Cassidy, having reacquired legal right to the name Spirit from the ░░
░░ Staehely brothers, teamed up again with Knight and added some side ░░
░░ musicians to hit the road from July 1973 to April 1974. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ After the dissolution of that unit, Cassidy traveled to Hawaii and got ░░
░░ back in touch with California. Joined by Mark Andes, who had left Jo Jo ░░
░░ Gunne, they began playing dates by September 1974; Locke also performed ░░
░░ with them at the start of 1975, but neither he nor Andes stayed ░░
░░ permanently. Instead, California and Cassidy hired another bass player, ░░
░░ Barry Keene, and carried on. They recorded an album that they shopped, ░░
░░ signing to Mercury Records, which released the double LP Spirit of '76 ░░
░░ in May 1975. It made the lower reaches of the charts. They quickly ░░
░░ followed in October with Son of Spirit, another modest seller. For ░░
░░ Farther Along, released in June 1976, they were again joined by Andes ░░
░░ and Locke, as well as Matt Andes. The album spent several weeks in the ░░
░░ charts, and in August Ferguson, who had folded Jo Jo Gunne and was ░░
░░ preparing a solo career, rejoined for a few shows, marking the first ░░
░░ reunion of the original quintet in five years. He did not stay, ░░
░░ however, and Mark Andes, who had already launched his new band ░░
░░ Firefall, also departed, as did Locke. Once again California and ░░
░░ Cassidy engaged a bassist, John Turlep, to continue as a trio. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Future Games (A Magical Kahauna Dream), the fourth Spirit album on ░░
░░ Mercury, released in January 1977, found California standing alone and ░░
░░ bare-chested on the front and back covers, and he played all the ░░
░░ instruments on the record. Sales again were modest, and the Mercury ░░
░░ contract expired. The band toured as a quartet including Locke and ░░
░░ Knight, then carried on as a trio when Locke dropped out again. In ░░
░░ March 1978, the group toured Europe, and their show at the Rainbow ░░
░░ Theatre in London on March 11 was recorded for a live album. The LP ░░
░░ appeared that fall on different record labels and in different ░░
░░ configurations in different countries. The U.K. version of Live Spirit, ░░
░░ released by Illegal Records, contained the Rainbow show; the American ░░
░░ version, issued by Spirit's own Potato imprint, substituted some tracks ░░
░░ recorded in Florida; and the West German version, titled Made in ░░
░░ Germany, included a single track recorded in West Germany. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Spirit became inactive in 1979, as California formed the Randy ░░
░░ California Band and Cassidy began playing in a group called the Urge, ░░
░░ then joined Rainbow Red Oxidizer. By the fall of 1980, however, they ░░
░░ were back together, adding bassist Steve "Liberty" Loria and later ░░
░░ keyboardist George Valuck to perform again as Spirit. Spurred by a fan ░░
░░ petition sponsored by the British music magazine Dark Star, they found ░░
░░ a label, Beggars Banquet, interested in issuing the early-'70s ░░
░░ Potatoland project, and they reworked it for release in April 1981, ░░
░░ when it appeared under the title The Adventures of Kapt. Kopter and ░░
░░ Commander Cassidy in Potatoland and briefly made the U.K. charts. Rhino ░░
░░ Records brought the disc out in the U.S. In 1982, California again ░░
░░ began performing under his own name, as he released his second solo ░░
░░ album, Euro-American, in Europe. The album featured guest performances ░░
░░ by the other four original members of Spirit, though they were never ░░
░░ all together on one track. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ By the end of 1982, however, the quintet did re-form. In the interim ░░
░░ since 1976, Ferguson had enjoyed a successful solo career including the ░░
░░ Top Ten hit "Thunder Island" and was moving into film soundtrack work; ░░
░░ Andes had joined Heart; and Locke had joined Nazareth. Nevertheless, ░░
░░ they reunited with California and Cassidy to make a live-in-the-studio ░░
░░ recording at the A&M Soundstage in Hollywood that included ░░
░░ re-recordings of old Spirit favorites and a few new songs. The album ░░
░░ was shopped around and eventually sold to Mercury, which released it in ░░
░░ March 1984 in the U.K. under the title The Thirteenth Dream. It ░░
░░ appeared that summer in the U.S. renamed Spirit of '84, and the band ░░
░░ played a few dates on the West Coast to promote it, but their various ░░
░░ commitments made the reunion short-lived. California and Cassidy then ░░
░░ recruited keyboard player Scott Monahan and bass player Dave Waterbury ░░
░░ and continued to tour into 1985. That spring, California released his ░░
░░ third solo album, Restless, again only in Europe, and toured the ░░
░░ continent under his own name to promote it. But by late summer, Spirit ░░
░░ was again on the road as part of a package tour of '60s acts raising ░░
░░ money for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty in a lineup that ░░
░░ included California, Cassidy, and Ferguson, along with bassist Freeman ░░
░░ James and keyboardist Michael Lewis. ░░
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░░ California and Cassidy continued to lead configurations of Spirit over ░░
░░ the next few years. After California participated in I.R.S. Records' ░░
░░ Night of the Guitar tour, the label signed Spirit for a new album, and ░░
░░ Rapture in the Chambers appeared in April 1989 with California, ░░
░░ Cassidy, and Locke listed as the bandmembers and Mark Andes, who played ░░
░░ bass on two cuts, credited as a guest artist. A year later, Spirit ░░
░░ released another new album, Tent of Miracles, on its own Dolphin label ░░
░░ with a lineup consisting of California, Cassidy, and Mike Nile. By now, ░░
░░ the band had become an established U.S. club act that also undertook ░░
░░ yearly tours of Europe. In July 1991, Epic/Legacy released the two-disc ░░
░░ retrospective Time Circle (1968-1972), and two months later, Spirit ░░
░░ issued its own complementary collection, Chronicles (1967-1992), ░░
░░ consisting of previously unreleased recordings, on its own W.E.R.C. ░░
░░ C.R.E.W. Records label. In October, the original lineup of California, ░░
░░ Cassidy, Ferguson, Andes, and Locke played two concerts opening for the ░░
░░ Doobie Brothers, their first appearances together in seven years and ░░
░░ the last time that the group was reunited. But California and Cassidy ░░
░░ continued to lead other configurations as Spirit for the next five ░░
░░ years, releasing Live at La Paloma in 1995 and completing California ░░
░░ Blues in 1996. On January 2, 1997, California was swimming with his ░░
░░ family off the coast of Molokai, HI, when he and his 12-year-old son ░░
░░ Quinn were caught in a riptide. California succeeded in pushing his son ░░
░░ to shore, but he was swept out to sea, and his body was never ░░
░░ recovered. ░░
░░ ░░
░░ Randy California's death meant the end of Spirit, of course, although ░░
░░ the indefatigable Cassidy, by now in his seventies, toured with a band ░░
░░ called Spirit Revisited. Music journalist Mick Skidmore, while working ░░
░░ on a Spirit biography, began to assemble collections of unreleased ░░
░░ recordings from California's extensive archives, which were issued in ░░
░░ the first decade of the 21st century. These included Cosmic Smile ░░
░░ (2000) (on the Phoenix Rising label, produced by Bruce Gary, with liner ░░
░░ notes by Skidmore), Sea Dream (2002), Blues from the Soul (2003), Live ░░
░░ from the Time Coast (2004), Son of America (2005), The Original Potato ░░
░░ Land (2006), and Salvation...the Spirit of '74 (2007), the last six put ░░
░░ out by the British Acadia label. Meanwhile, Sundazed Records released ░░
░░ LPs containing outtakes from Spirit's Ode/Epic discs, Now or Anywhere ░░
░░ and Eventide, in 2000, before issuing Model Shop in 2005. ░░
░░ Ode/Epic/Legacy had reissued Spirit, The Family That Plays Together, ░░
░░ Clear, and Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, each with bonus tracks, in ░░
░░ 1996, and Mercury had California compile the two-disc The Mercury Years ░░
░░ just before his death. All of this assured that Spirit's music would ░░
░░ continue to be heard for years to come. ░░
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░░ FUTURE GAMES: By 1977 the Spirit reunion that had fired FURTHER ALONG ░░
░░ was dissipated as the band again went their seperate ways and FUTURE ░░
░░ GAMES is essentially a Randy solo project; however unlike Randy's hard ░░
░░ rocking 80's albums. As the tapes were delivered to Mercury/Phonogram ░░
░░ you can almost hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth followed by ░░
░░ screeches of "How are we supposed to market this: a collection of ░░
░░ melodic doodlings and samples of Star Trek?" The hair pulling would ░░
░░ have started right at the CB craze inspired intro. "CB talk" ("Breaker ░░
░░ breaker" anyone?!). ░░
░░ Many fans have aquired a taste for FUTURE GAMES and it is a favorite ░░
░░ among those Spirited folks who enjoyed Randy's SPIRIT OF '76 and ░░
░░ KAPTAIN KOPTER era sonic experiments. Unlike SARDONICUS, where the ░░
░░ electronic bits and bobs seamlessly highlight the songs, Randy's ░░
░░ ramblings are the main event here. There is little evidence of fellow ░░
░░ Spirits as Randy is joined by songwriting co-conspirators including Kim ░░
░░ Fowley, doyen of the alternative party scene in the LA of the late ░░
░░ '70's. ░░
░░ The presence of an emaciated take of Randy's favorite Dylan song, "All ░░
░░ along the watchtower" [try the Hendrix inspired "Night of the guitars" ░░
░░ version on SPIRIT: A VIDEO HISTORY] does little to counter feelings ░░
░░ that FUTURE GAMES was a brave but miscalculated experiment. To my mind, ░░
░░ the best piece of music on the album comes in the form of the unadorned ░░
░░ piece that seperates "Would you believe" and the incomprehensible "Jack ░░
░░ Bond speaks" at the end of side one. It's just a few seconds of ░░
░░ unplugged Randy, singing a beautifully controlled melody over his ░░
░░ acoustic guitar. More please! ░░
░░ Ed Cassidy is the only other member of Spirit who had anything to do ░░
░░ with the writing for FUTURE GAMES and his and Randy's good humored ░░
░░ ditty, "Freakout frog", conjures warm associations to POTATOLAND. ░░
░░ FUTURE GAMES remains an interesting curio for those with a nicely ░░
░░ warped sense of humor and few preconceptions about what a Spirit album ░░
░░ should be. ░░
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░░ THIS IS *NOT* A SUBSTITUTE OF THE ORIGINAL. ░░░
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░░ NB TRACKNAMES: LENGHT: ░░░
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░░ 01. CB Talk 00:45 ░░░
░░ 02. Stars Of Love 02:27 ░░░
░░ 03. Kahauna Dream 02:59 ░░░
░░ 04. Buried In My Brain 02:54 ░░░
░░ 05. Bionic Unit 03:09 ░░░
░░ 06. So Happy Now 00:18 ░░░
░░ 07. All Along The Watchtower 04:11 ░░░
░░ 08. Would You Believe 03:07 ░░░
░░ 09. Jack Bond Speaks 01:46 ░░░
░░ 10. Star Trek Dreaming 02:16 ░░░
░░ 11. Interlude XM 00:30 ░░░
░░ 12. China Doll 01:57 ░░░
░░ 13. Hawaiian Times 00:13 ░░░
░░ 14. Gorn Attack 02:10 ░░░
░░ 15. Interlude 2001 00:25 ░░░
░░ 16. Detroit City 03:56 ░░░
░░ 17. Freakout Frog 02:03 ░░░
░░ 18. The Romulan Experience 00:56 ░░░
░░ 19. Monkey See Monkey Do 01:36 ░░░
░░ 20. Mt. Olympus 00:29 ░░░
░░ 21. The Journey Of Nomad 02:28 ░░░
░░ 22. Ending 03:55 ░░░
░░ 44:30 min ░░░
░░ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ░░░
░░ TO THE INVOLVED ARTIST(S), CONSIDER THIS AS A FREE WORLDWIDE ░░░
░░ PROMOTION CAMPAIGN. TO THE END USER, SUPPORT THE ARTIST(S) OR DEL! ░░░
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