Spirit - California Blues - Redux (1996; 2009) [FLAC] torrent

Spirit - California Blues Redux
Label: Acadia / Evangeline Records - ACAD8214
Format: CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock


Disc One

01 California Blues
02 Look Over Yonder
03 The River
04 Call on Me
05 Crossroads
06 Song For Clyde
07 Barking Up the Wrong Tree
08 Pawnshop Blues
09 Sugar Mama
10 Stone Lover
11 Gimme Some Lovin
12 We Believe
13 One World


Bonus Tracks
14 Fixin’ To Die
15 Indian Girl Blues
16 Oriental Gun
17 Soup Jam
18 David
19 Kind and Gentle Life
20 Surprise Hidden Track


Disc Two: Live 1993/5/6

01 Love from Here
02 Pawnshop Blues
03 One World
04 Red House
05 Stewball
06 Song For Clyde
07 Medley: Fixing to Die, Gopal, Phoenix, Land of the Rising Sun
08 We Believe


PERSONNEL 1996 California Blues recordings:

Randy California - guitar, vocals
Ed Cassidy - drums, vocals
Matt Andes - slide guitar
Steve Loria - bass
Rachel Andes - vocals

Guests

Robbie Krieger - guitar
John Locke - piano
Spencer Davis - guitar, vocals
Bob Nichols - drums (


PERSONNEL CD2 Live Recordings 1993/95/96

Randy California - guitar, lead vocals
Ed Cassidy - drums
Steve Loria - bass on tracks 3-6
Scott Monahan - keyboards, key bass tracks, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8



California Blues was the last official release by Spirit, in late 1996. It was released just weeks before Randy California’s tragic death. The album was a compromise of sorts. It originally began as an out and out blues album, but then pop material and various bonus tracks and multiple overdubs were thrown into the mix at the last minute making it a little uneven.

California Blues Redux, revisits the project, but with aim of re- presenting a rawer blues-edged album. All the tracks used for this new version are superior remixes or alternate takes, and all have been remastered. The original non-blues bonus tracks have been removed and replaced with more appropriate material, such as the delicate instrumental “David,” the haunting slide-driven “Kind and Gentle Life” and a couple of impromptu jams between California and Matt Andes. The lone live track “Red House” has been removed in favor of the unreleased “Stone Lover.” As a bonus for fans there is a second live disc from shows in 1995 and 1996 which focuses on the blues material and highlights Randy’s improvisational skills with some lengthy exploratory jams , such as the 18 minute version of "Love from Here" and the 16 minute medley of "Fixing to Die, Gopal and Land of the Rising Sun". These two discs highlight the fact that Randy was at the top of his game in 1996 writing great material and making great music.