Spirit – Fillmore Tea Party (1969-70)(@224)

First 9 tracks of the above are the same gig as the 1970 Live in Boston album (Orpheum Theater, May 15th 1970), but from the mixing desk (with Jay’s vocals way too high in the mix). The rest of the release are audience recordings. The last track is from the Eagle Auditorium, Seattle March 2nd 1969. The tracks in between are from the Fillmore West, San Francisco May 16th 1970.

Track List:
CD1:
01 – All The Same
02 – Fresh Garbage
03 – Jealous
04 – It Shall Be
05 – Groundhog Day
06 – I’m Truckin’
07 – Too Much Business (New Dope In Town)
08 – Ed’s drum solo
09 – Mechanical World
10 – Sweet Stella Baby
11 – 1984
12 – Instrumental
13 – Jealous
14 – All The Same
15 – Fresh Garbage

CD2:
01 – It Shall Be
02 – Nothing To Hide
03 – Mr. Skin
04 – Animal Zoo (there’s a break between this and the previous track, and this track starts with a brief snatch of the same instrumental as can be heard on disc 1)
05 – Aren’t You Glad
06 – Ed’s drum solo (the last 7 minutes of this 13 minute track is Mechanical World)
07 – I Got A Line On You
08 – Dark Eyed Woman (actually Dark Eyed Woman followed by Uncle Jack)
09 – Model Shop Improvisation (runs to 25:37, last 4.5 minutes of this is Aren’t You Glad)

LineUp:
– Mark Andes – (Bass, Vocals)
– Randy California – (Guitar, Vocals)
– Ed Cassidy – (Percussion, Drums)
– Jay Ferguson – (Percussion, Vocals)
– John Locke – (Keyboards)