Spirit of '76 (album)

This article is about the album. For other uses, see Spirit of '76 (disambiguation).

Spirit of '76
Studio album by Spirit
Released	May 1975
Genre	Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock, Jam band
Length	82:14
Label	Mercury
Producer	Randy California
Spirit chronology
Feedback (1972) Spirit of '76 (1975) Son of Spirit (1975)

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Spirit of '76, released in May 1975, was the first of four albums that Spirit would (initially) release for Mercury Records, and their sixth album overall. Though all four albums were greatly influenced by the time that Randy California spent living in Hawaii, this album bears that influence more than any of the others (aside from maybe Future Games). Though it was largely ignored upon its first release, many fans consider it to be one of Spirit's best albums.

Most of this double album was compiled as part of the Mercury Years compilation in 1997. It was properly reissued on CD by Beat Goes On in 2003.

Track listing

All songs written by Randy California and Ed Cassidy except noted.

Disc One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"America, The Beautiful/The Times They Are A-Changing"	Bates, Ward/Dylan	5:27
2.	"Victim Of Society"		3:00
3.	"Lady Of The Lakes"		2:52
4.	"Tampa Jam Pt. 1"		0:54
5.	"Mauna Loa"	California	2:02
6.	"What Do I Have?"	California	2:04
7.	"Sunrise"		3:00
8.	"Walking the Dog"	R. Thomas	3:13
9.	"Tampa Jam Pt. 2"		1:03
10.	"Joker On The Run"	California, Cassidy, Keene	3:53
11.	"When?"	California	4:27
12.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Dylan	8:54

Disc Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Once Again"		3:19
2.	"Feeling In Time"		3:27
3.	"Happy"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:19
4.	"Jack Bond"	Burt Shonberg	1:39
5.	"My Road"	California	4:13
6.	"Tampa Jam Pt. 3"		0:54
7.	"Thank You Lord"	California	1:45
8.	"Urantia"		4:04
9.	"Guide Me"		3:47
10.	"Veruska"	California, Cassidy, Andes	3:57
11.	"Hey Joe"	Billy Roberts	6:30
12.	"Jack Bond Pt. 2"	Shonberg	0:51
13.	"The Star-Spangled Banner"	Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith	3:40

Personnel

Personnel

Spirit

• Randy California – vocals, all instruments except otherwise noted
• Ed Cassidy – drums

Additional musicians

• Barry Keane – bass
• Benji – harpsichord, Moog synthesizer

Production

• Blair Mooney – engineer
• Craig Renton – assistant engineer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard 200	147