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Thursday June 13th, 2013 with Chris Sharp
Father's Day/West Coast pop Art Experimental Band/Spirit
Tonight'program:We start with some tracks honouring fathers(Father's Day is June 16th)and feature the music of two L.A. based bands-The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and Spirit.
| First set honours all the fathers ot there(Father's Day is June 16th). |
| For The Sake Of Anyone Good Rats - The Good Rats(1968) |
| My Father Graham Gouldman - The Graham Gouldman Thing(1968) |
| Son Of Your Father Spooky Tooth featuring Mike Harrison - The Last Puff(1970) |
| Father To Son Queen - Queen 2(1974) |
| Next up:Early production of the first of 2 L.A. based bands featured in tonight's program-The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. |
| Shifting Sands The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Part One(1967) |
| 1906 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Part One(1967) |
| Smell of Incense West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 2(Breaking Through)(1967) |
| Carte Blanche The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 2(Breaking Through)(1967) |
| The band's third l.p. is an L.A. psych/pop classic. |
| A Child's Guide To Good And Evil The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3-A Child's Guide To Good And Evil(1968) |
| Watch Yourself The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3-A Child's Guide To Good And Evil(1968) |
| In The Country The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3-A Child's Guide To Good And Evil(1968) |
| As The World Rises And Falls The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3-A Child's Guide To Good And Evil(1968) |
| Until The Poorest Of People Have Money To Spend The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol. 3-A Child's Guide To Good And Evil(1968) |
| Tracks from the line-up's last 2 l.p.'s-the guy with the money named the band after himself for the last gasp. |
| Hup Two,Hup Two The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Where's My Daddy?(1969) |
| Coming Of Age In L.A. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Where's My Daddy?(1969) |
| Roger The Rocket Ship Markley - Markley:A Group(1970) |
| Sweet Lady Eleven Markley - Markley:A Group(1970) |
| And now the second band featured in tonight's program,jazz/psych/rock band-L.A.'s own....Spirit (led by a step father/son team of jazz drummer Ed Cassidy and virtuoso guitarist/songwriter Randy California). |
| Fresh Garbage Spirit - Spirit(1968) |
| I Got A Line On You Spirit - The Family That Plays Together(1968) |
| 1984 Spirit - The Best of Spirit(1973) |
| Spirit's 1970 release "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" is a concept l.p. and is considered a psych/pop classic.Some selected tracks follow. |
| Prelude/Nothin' To Hide Spirit - The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus(1970) |
| Mr. Skin Spirit - The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus(1970) |
| Nature's Way Spirit - The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus(1970) |
| Animal Zoo Spirit - The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus(1970) |
| The band splintered into various projects with varying success.Spirit soldiered on with various lineups right up to Randy California's unfortunate drowning death in 1997. |
| Walking The Dog Randy California - Kaptain Kopter And The Fabulous Twirly Birds(1972) |
| Turn To The Right Spirit - The Adventures of Kaptain Kopter & Commander Cassidy in Potatoland(1981) |
| Run,Run,Run JoJo Gunne - Super Hits of The 70's(1991) |
| Rock Around The Symbol JoJo Gunne - Bite Down Hard(1973) |
| Neon City JoJo Gunne - Jumpin' The Gun(1973) |
| Thunder Island Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island(1977) |
| Thank you for listening.Happy Father's Day! Next show is a Canada Day Special,2 hours of Canadian blues rock(and associated genres) from the 60's and 70's. |
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i must have been too young the first time i heard spirit...i quite liked the tunes of theirs that you played
6:46 PM, August 14th, 2013