spirit live at the texas international pop festival 1969 plus a promo-sampler from 1992 plus an unhidden bonus track

this is a slightly revised and revisited version of a post i did way back in the early summer of 2007, and since the download-files have long been lost in the process of growing old, i decided to re-make and re-model the whole thing. for your pleasure the original post can still be found with almost no stone left not unturned.

and this is what i wrote in 2007:

"...when we was young: oh, so very young: we were psychedelic punks: and we used to love wire, danny and the dressmakers, the 39 clocks, nico päffgen, the thunderbyrds, paranormale tonbandstimmen, the church of lennon and cale spedding pistols, marc bolan, lol coxhill and spirit. yes: spirit was one of the very few bands to survive the sixties and to be some thing like important to the seventies psycho beats. only a few days later we discovered thousands of other truthful minds. more no fun at long last.

today you might want to listen to eight tracks the spirit recorded on monday the 1st of september 1969 at the texas international pop festival. this "oh boy"-cd is way too short, of course, but no more sounds seem to be bequeathed from these days..."

and so this is spirit. the first eight tracks were recorded live at the texas international festival on monday the first of september 1969; the band executing these tracks most probably consistered of randy california (guitar and vocals), ed cassidy (drums), john locke (keyboards), mark andes (bass) and jay ferguson (vocals, percussion).

so listen:

01 - fresh garbage

02 - elijah (though probably it shall not be) (listen directly)

03 - improvisation

04 - ground hog

05 - grammophone man

06 - dream within a dream

07 - i got a line on you (listen directly)

08 - aren't you glad 

(and though these are rather confusingly entitled very poor recordings: this is all there is)

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the texas festival recordings from 1969 are followed by a german maxi-cd from 1992 promoting the line-records-release of "chronicles 1967-1982", featuring some rare and unreleased tracks. this is what i had to say in 2007:

"...in 1992 the wonderful hamburg line label decided to (re-)release most of the music spirit had played and given to the audiences throughout the years and to add some new information. all we need to know and we are proud to share can be found within the scans, please click to enlarge (some re-recorded and/or otherwise unreleased tracks for your pleasure plus sara fleetwood plus a 23 minutes interview)..."

so listen now:

09 (01) - nature's way (new recording with sara fleetwood) (listen directly)

10 (02) - darlin if

11 (03) - genetic dreams

12 (04) - fallen hero (listen directly)

13 (05) - interview with har wharfield

unhidden bonus track:

14 - the clear radio spot 1969

download all there is

(mp3 / all scans included / direct download)

randy california singing in german, the suburban power-pop of the conditionz, and the contacts pondering about young girls and their boyfriends: three 7inchers for one hundred and twenty euro anyone?

one hundred and twenty euro; at least that's what the selfearorganized databankateers at discogs say; and now you can judge for beautiful sellfishs: randy california, the conditionz, and the contacts. please note: there is no .zip or .rar file at the bottom of the post: all the featured tracks can be listened to or can be downloaded instantly and directly without any annoying showstoppers; and if you need any of the pictures (and you'll need them, of course) you are asked to download them separatedlay onebuyworne.

soulet ustart with the contacts:

this little power pop gem was released in 1980 and seems to be the only release the contacts ever came off with. andy janik played the rhythm guitar and sang lead, marc ford played lead guitar and sang some backing vocals, andy park sat in on drums, and ian sandy handled the bass guitar. 

as far as i know all of themfour got lost in the process of growing old and left without a trace. meanwhile back on discogs this little 7incher changes hands for some fifty euro or more.

the contacts - young girls

the contacts - boyfriends

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sickoundlay we're couming up with the first single of the carliforniaint conditionz released in 1983 in a cheap white cover with a big hole in it. morest of the vary few information about the early statues of this band can be found on discogs again where this little 7incher changes hands for some 70 euro for whatevereason, so i'm not gonna repeat it. i'm not gonna repeat it. i'm not gonna repeat it.

so listen:

the conditionz - she's so suburban

the conditionz - house divided

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and thirstley you'll get randy california of spirit with a little 7incher you may find in the cutoutdustbin of your local record shop for some 20 cent or you may find it never at all paying his tribute to the german rockpalast audience in 1982; and you can all go sing a=long.

randy california - grosser herrscher
randy california - magic wand

...ain't that's it for now...

thou shalt expand thy mind - ptolemaic sounds 1999 (the green pajamas, fit & limo, the flyte reaction, MRZA, kieran white, pat orchard, hood, etc)

the ptolemaic terrascope was a british magazine that started in 1989 to explore the obscure psychedelic sounds that influenced the wonderful bevis frond whilst turning into the most comprehensive source for information about mind expanding music throughout the centuries. editor phil mcmullen completed the long strange trip in 2004 with the release of PT35. issues #1 up to #24 each included a vinyl-ep featuring unreleased tracks by the likes of nurse with wound, twink, high tide, spirit, cliff richard, man, vietnam veterans (to name but a few), issues #25 up to #35 each included a full length cd album with more rare and unreleased gems. all editions of the magazine are completely sold out.

to give you a short insight into what you might have missed we decided to share at least the supplement of PT#26 with you. having been released in february 1999 it featured exclusive tracks from pat orchard (who had been on the very first ep as well), the german john&yoko-impersonators fit & limo, the linus pauling quartet, the flyte reaction, the green pajamas and many more. here is what you can hear and what nick saloman had to say about:

and now listen, learn and read on.
(mp3 / 175 mb / scans included / direct download)

mercy! sound!! uk!!! 1964-1969!!!!

THE UNKNOWN SIDE OF UNITED KROSSDOME : UK XIAN BEAT EXORCIZING PLASTIC UNAVAILABLE - GET SAVED OR GET LOST!!

Something completely new and different after hundreds of compilations dealing with UK 60s beat? Yes! (And no...) While lots of nuggets from R&B via Merseybeat to psych excursions can be found on the way to Golgatha, the UK xian beat scene has been widely neglected, or at least ignored. But soon as we had compiled what we thaught to be the cream of the heavenly crop, we had to find out, that our friend Michael Vee had done a wonderful job in this field over at his „60s (mostly) uncompiled“ blog, called „the xian syde“ more than 2 years ago. You'll find this fine „companion“ comp at 60s (mostly) uncomped. To avoid more than the absolutely inevitable doublettes, we kept on digging deeper, and it was worth our while, and yours too, I guess. This one rocks, and where it doesn't, it rolls away the Stones...

They don't call me the lolly pope for nothing, but often there's not more than the mere facts of the recordings handed down (see the attached covers), and some of these, like The Pilgrims, haven't been released back then, but only showed up on private CDs much later. Infallibility doesn't necessarily mean omnisience, and some of the groups have their own sites meanwhile (google yourself!).

Here's just a bit of what I found out on this crusade: London's church punks The Pilgrims, who later mutated to xian prog band Out Of Darkness, had a 7“, but the best stuff was released on a CD called „Telling Youth The Truth“ some years ago.

Liverpool's Witnesses only released an EP on Herald, but all 4 songs are worth a listen.

Merseyside comrades The Crossbeats recorded 2 singles and an LP for Pilgrim Rec., and on „Changes“ they sound like re-modelling The Roulettes' „Bad Time“ with Ringo on vocals. The Joystrings were the Salvation Army's pride, and had at least 2 LPs and a lot of 45s. The Gospelfolk from Scotland released a garage album of some sorts on Emblem called „Prodigal“, with some songs too wild for inclusion on a „beat“-comp. (See previous entry on spurensicherung for another of their hits. But they had weirder stuff...) The Strangers are the earliest here with an extract from the world's first rock opera „A Man Dies“ (64). The Living Stones' LP „Jesus Music“ was released at late as 74, but sounds like recorded in the late 60s. Like, say, VU jamming with Quintessence. (This band shouldn't be confused with the German xian band of the same name, who recorded the classic „Christen und Heiden“ („Christians and Heathens“) among others.) The all black Overcomers from London (via Kingston, probably) sound like God's own Equals with a bit of ska thrown in for good measure on this EP, the very first release of the Key label. All Things New's only recordings appeared on the xian compilation „Alive“ (Key, 69), the LP that already delivered 2 songs by The Whispers Of Truth to the legacy of Brit psych. (see Syde Tryps Vol.1)

The Advocates' bubblegum R&B comes from the debut EP (72) and is the second contribution here that was released in the 70s. The Liverpool Raiders sound like Jonathan Richman fronting The Bonzos on this sole EP on Tower CLM. But draw your own conclusions... There's a lot to discover. While words (and even music) sometimes come close to the most hilarious and freaky moments of Prae-Kraut Pandaemonium, this is vintage British beat of the 60s. Rhythm in religion! Who said the devil's got ALL the good music?!? ( Well, me probably, but there's pie in the sky too, so get your fingers sticky now, if you dare.)

1: THE PILGRIMS – Thank You Lord

2: THE WITNESSES – The Winning Side

3: THE CROSSBEATS – I Know

4: THE OVERCOMERS – If You're Saved

5: THE ENVOYS – Door

6: THE PEACEMAKERS – Millionaire

7: THE JOYSTRINGS – No Time To Lose

8: THE GOSPELFOLK – Be In Time

9: THE PILGRIMS – Hey You

10:THE PEBBLES – He Knows The Way

11:THE STRANGERS with RICKY FORDE – Just Look At Him

12:THE LIVING STONES – Forever To Stay

13:THE SHARONS – You Must Believe Me

14:THE JOYSTRINGS – Love That's All Around

15:THE PEACEMAKERS – Power

16:THE MESSENGERS OF THE CROSS – This Concerns You

17:THE CROSSBEATS – Change

18:THE WITNESSES – Why

19:THE OVERCOMERS – By The Door

20:ALL THINGS NEW – Jesus Is Coming Again

21:THE ENVOYS – Danger

22:THE COBBLERS – Not A Chance

23:THE PILGRIMS – There's Someone In Your Life

24:THE CHORDIALS – Dreams

25:THE ADVOCATES – Jumping Jeremiah

26:WHISPERS OF TRUTH – Ode To Arnold

27:THE LIVERPOOL RAIDERS – Lord And Giver Of Life

mercy!sound!!
(mp3 / art and liners included / direct download)

spirit 1969 and 1992. live and promo.

when we was young: oh, so very young: we were psychedelic punks: and we used to love wire, danny and the dressmakers, the 39 clocks, nico päffgen, the thunderbyrds, paranormale tonbandstimmen, the church of lennon and cale spedding pistols, marc bolan, lol coxhill and spirit. yes: spirit were one of the very few bands to survive the sixties and to be some thing like important to the seventies psycho beats. only a few days later we discovered thousands of other truthful minds. more no fun at long last.

today you might want to listen to eight tracks the spirit recorded on monday the 1st of september 1969 at the texas international pop festival. this "oh boy"-cd is way too short, of course, but no more sounds seem to be bequeathed from these days.

listen to: (1) fresh garbage, (2) elijah, (3) improvisation, (4) ground hog, (5) grammophone man, (6)dream within a dream, (7) i got aline on you and (8) aren´t you glad. randy california (guitar and vocals), ed cassidy (drums), john locke (keyboards) (?), mark andes (bass) and jay ferguson (vocals, percussion) (?). listen, please. (mp3, 224 kbps, 70 mb)
download texas 1969 with mediafire
alternate download with in.solit.us


in 1992 the wonderful hamburg line label decided to (re-)release most of the music spirit had played and given to the audiences throughout the years and to add some new information. all we need to know and we are proud to share can be found within the scans, please click to enlarge (some re-recorded and/or otherwise unreleased tracks for your pleasure plus sara fleetwood plus a 23 minutes interview).

download the line promo with mediafire
alternate download with in.solit.us

(and: the hidden bonus track:)
in 1969 spirit released the underrated "clear"-album. listen to the radio-promo.