Sardonicus spirit to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia twelve dreams of dr. Their most commercially successful single in the united states was i got a line on you. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Randy california vocals, guitar, bass, jay ferguson vocals, percussion, keyboards, john locke keyboards, mark andes bass, vocals, ed cassidy drums, percussion, david briggs.
When making a return, please place a copy of your invoice with the returned item and detail any information such as the reason for the return and any. But that opened up the pathways in my addled old brain again and i had to download twelve dreams of dr. Sardonicus, released in 1970, to be spirit s finest hour, though i still find their initial self titled album to be their crowning moment. I adore the acoustic prelude, a lovely bit of music containing one of my favorite mottos on how to deal with life. The pact that was made was with david briggs neil youngs producer back in the day, who simply frames the songs in the best possible light, and what beautiful light it is. Sardonicus is the fourth album by the american psychedelic rock group spirit. Spirit 12 dreams of dr sardonicus natures way youtube. I just picked up a yellow label epic 12 dreams of doctor sardonicus, with 2a matrix numbers on both sides. Sardonicus, released in 1970, to be spirits finest hour, though i still find their initial self titled album to be their crowning moment. By recommendation of neil young the band chose david briggs as the producer, known for his work with young. Sardonicus is critically regarded as a landmark of art rock.
Get the guaranteed best price on rock vinyl ps like the spirit twelve dream of dr. Sardonicus 19701989 or any other file from music category. Spirit pandora were having trouble loading pandora try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Sardonicus is a music studio album recording by spirit.
Why cant i be free 1970 12 dreams of dr sardonicus psychedelic randy california. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. It was produced by david briggs, who is best known for his work with neil young. It offers some of their most melodic tunes and incredibly tight songwriting. Forming in late 1967, spirit arrived just in time for the experimental peak of the classic rock era. Sardonicus we all have those album sides that you just can not listen to one song off of it. Loosely conceptual, it housed songs that were spirits prettiest natures way, funkiest mr. It sounds allright, but i was wondering if anyone had any specific pressings of the lp that would be worth searching out. Just to name a couple we have side four of the whos quadrophenia along with pretty much any side of a pink floyd record. And it was this originality that probably held them back. Like the whos tommy and pink floyds the dark side of the moon, twelve dreams of dr.
Sardonicus is a classic of the melodic progressive rock era, a concept album that blends thoughts about peace and love into an overall nature theme, all washed with tones of jazz, blues, and classical. Spirit twelve dreams of dr sardonicus full album youtube. The original lp was released in november 1970 by epic. Sardonicus remastered 1996 by spirit at mp3caprice. It was one of my top 10 albums in high school and became a favorite among my college crowd, all of us who adored the concept albums. The album opens gently, with randy california playing acoustic guitar and singing softly. The lilting natures way was the most endearing fm standard on the album, which also included some of spirits. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next barzzz forum resident thread starter.
Tracks 1 to 12 are their 3rd studio album twelve dreams of dr. Sardonicus, was the first filled with californias material. Sardonicus is a loosely constructed scifi concept album, which. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music of the twelve dreams of dr. Randy california vocals, guitar, bass, jay ferguson vocals, percussion, keyboards, john locke keyboards, mark andes bass, vocals, ed cassidy drums, percussion, david briggs producer, john locke art direction, ira. Sessions for the album came to a grinding halt when randy california fell off a horse and suffered a fractured skull. Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats flac, alac, wav, aiff.
I was trolling music directs website and noted that dr. If you would like to return your order for any other reason then please feel free to get in touch and we will do everything we can to ensure your request is dealt with quickly and efficiently. It was produced by david briggs, who is best known for his. Sardonicus and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Sardonicus prelude nothin to hide, natures way and more.
Start your 30day free trial of unlimited to listen to this album plus tens of millions. Get all the lyrics to songs on twelve dreams of dr. Over 12 songs, twelve dreams loosely works as a concept album, a scifi tale about a mad scientists wild dreams, but works better as a band trying a little bit of everything and succeeding in nearly all its attempts. They were also known for their albums, including their selftitled debut album, the family that plays together, clear, and twelve dreams of dr. And yes, i know the mfsl silver disc is the preferred version here, but cant afford that one. Spirit why cant i be free 1970 12 dreams of dr sardonicus psychedelic randy.
Produced by david briggs, who is best known for his work with neil young, its 1970 publication, undertaken by record label epic, came shortly before the original group disbanded. When 1970 san francisco was mellowing out with workingmans dead and the like nothing wrong with that, the unfortunately influential rolling stone magazine gave spirits masterpiece, the 12 dreams of dr. Basically the twelve tracks on the album are supposed to represent dreams, but the concept gets vague after that part. If you would like to return your order for any other reason then please feel free to get in touch and we will do.
The lilting natures way was the most endearing fm standard on the album, which also included some of spirit s best songs. Sardonicus is clearly one of the best albums ever produced by an american band, and randy california is american musics great unsung hero. Full of great tunes, mr skin being one in particular. Spirit 12 dreams of doctor sardonicus vinyl steve hoffman. Sardonicus online and get recommendations on similar music.
Sardonicus was one of those cult albums that developed a following slowly by word of mouth. Sardonicus has the reputation of being spirit s most farout album, it actually contains the most disciplined songwriting and playing of the original lineup, cutting back on some of the drifting and offering some of their more melodic tunes. Nevertheless, spirit, a nearly mythical band, arrived at the apex of experimental classic rock, lacing their music with jazz, rock, folk, and bathing all of that in the waters of psychedelia. Jan 24, 2007 i just picked up a yellow label epic 12 dreams of doctor sardonicus, with 2a matrix numbers on both sides. Sardonicus released november 1970 in the usa on epic e 30267 and february 1971 in the uk on epic s epc 64191. Sardonicus has the reputation of being spirits most farout album, it actually contains the most disciplined songwriting and playing of the original lineup, cutting back on some of the drifting and offering some of their more melodic tunes. Uk released november 1996 reissued october 2009 twelve dreams of dr. The name of the group is spirit and the cd is twelve dreams of doctor sardonicus. Sardonicus by spirit on epiclegacy 485173 2 barcode 5099748517326 features the 12track 1970 album remastered onto cd with four bonus tracks and plays out as follows 54. Sardonicus was spirits crowning moment and one of the eras great underrated albums. Sardonicus i need to pick this cd up, and was wondering if i should grab an original epic ek 30267 or the remastered cd with bonus tracks. Jun 29, 2009 perhaps spirits finest album although some fans champion the psych pop of 68s the family that plays together. Sardonicus wiki, detailing its background, how it features in spirits career, and its style. Sardonicus was a largely successful, and decently grossing, album released by the psychedelic rock ensemble spirit.
1091 1357 1337 169 938 427 318 272 1092 515 1 497 1480 389 1476 1286 1543 1218 1238 1528 634 1033 187 771 459 1101 598 1482 1186 1287 275