Released March 26, 2021. • NEW RE-MASTERED & EXPANDED 3CD DIGIPACK EDITION OF THIS WONDERFUL ARCHIVE COLLECTION ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 2005 • EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED CD OF A LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR RADIO KPFK-FM IN LOS ANGELES • NEWLY RE-MASTERED • WITH ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET & ESSAY BY SPIRIT ARCHIVIST MICK SKIDMORE
TRACKLIST • NEW RE-MASTERED & EXPANDED 3CD DIGIPACK EDITION OF THIS WONDERFUL ARCHIVE COLLECTION ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 2005 • EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED CD OF A LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR RADIO KPFK-FM IN LOS ANGELES • NEWLY RE-MASTERED • WITH ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET & ESSAY BY SPIRIT ARCHIVIST MICK SKIDMORE Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a re-mastered and expanded 3CD digipack edition of the archive release SON OF AMERICA by SPIRIT. First issued in 2005, the set originally featured a collection of previously unreleased songs, demos and instrumentals recorded between 1983 and Randy California’s final recording session in late 1996, along with unreleased and alternative takes from the California Blues and Cosmic Smile albums. This edition of SON OF AMERICA is the latest release in Esoteric Recordings’ series of releases from the SPIRIT and RANDY CALIFORNIA archives and has been expanded to include an additional CD of an unreleased live performance for the radio station KPFM-FM in California which includes fascinating dialogue and renditions of classic Spirit tracks such as Nature’s Way, 1984, Fresh Garbage, Mr Skin, Elijah, I Got a Line on You and Animal Zoo. This 3 disc digipack features new artwork and an illustrated booklet with an essay by SPIRIT and RANDY CALIFORNIA archivist Mick Skidmore. Track Listing: DISC ONE: 1. SPACE JAM 2. THE PROPHECY 3. INTERLUDE #1 4. THOMAS Q AND JENNIFER 5. SAI JAM #1 6. 20 YEARS 7. GYRATIONS OF WAR 8. SON OF AMERICA 9. IN THE DARK 10. STORM IN THE NIGHT 11. GOPAL 12. SAI JAM #2 13. SHOCK VALUES 14. THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING 15. INTERLUDE #2 16. WHO ARE YOU? 17. BREAKING MY HEART (SOUL ON FIRE) 18. BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE 19. BACK HOME 20. FRENCH APARTMENT 21. CITY OF ANGELS 22. 2007 23. SAI JAM #3 24. LET IT BE 25. MEDLEY: i. MAYBE YOU’LL FIND ii. WHEN iii. FARTHER ALONG DISC TWO: 1. INTRO 2. ONE BY ONE 3. LOVE FROM THE HEART 4. DENISE 5. LOVERMAN 6. NO TIME TO PRETEND 7. FIRE 8. CLOSE TO YOU 9. THE RIVER 10. EVIL IS EVIL DOES 11. MEAN AND BEAUTIFUL 12. COMPROMISE 13. MEAN LITTLE SISTER 14. 12,000 MILES 15. BREAK MY BACK 16. LAND OF BISMO 17. LINE BY LINE (WATER IN THE EYES) 18. TAKE ME DOWN (TO THE RIVER OF LOVE) 19. LIVING ON LOVE DISC THREE: LIVE AT KPFK 1. SADANA (LIVE) 2. NATURE’S WAY (LIVE) 3. DIALOGUE ONE (LIVE) 4. HIP PRETTY CHILD (LIVE) 5. DIALOGUE TWO (LIVE) 6. 1984 (LIVE) 7. ILLUSIONS (LIVE) 8. DIALOGUE – ED’S STORY (LIVE) 9. RED HOUSE (LIVE) 10. LOVE FROM HERE (LIVE) 11. FRESH GARBAGE (LIVE) 12. 12,000 MILES (LIVE) 13. MR SKIN (LIVE) 14. GOING BACK TO JONES (LIVE) 15. ELIJAH (LIVE) 16. I GOT A LINE ON YOU (LIVE) 17. ANIMAL ZOO (LIVE)