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Spirit — Clear
Album: Clear
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7

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Total ratings: 941









Released: 1969
Length: 4:05
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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It sounds very modern
Posted 8 months ago by grandemarch    [ Reply ]
Another nice discovery thanks to RP !!
reminds me of the elegance of Peter Green sounds .
Posted 9 months ago by tournemire    [ Reply ]
 mgtom wrote:

I went to see Bill Cosby at Blossom Music Center with my best school buddy and his parents - we weren't old enough to drive yet. Following Cosby's performance, we stopped someplace - probably a mall, and there was a record store. I was a huge Spirit fan ever since I first heard "Fresh Garbage" and whenever I walked into a record store, I went right to the "S's" to see if there was a new Spirit album.

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the black LP cover with CLEAR SPIRIT in the familiar Spirit font type in the bin. I'm not sure how I came up with the $3 or $4 to buy it, but I did. I held it all the way back home and, of course, played it through after arrival. I wasn't too keen on first listen - especially these slower, orchestrated themes, but over the next few weeks I continued playing both sides and loved it as much as their first two LP's. 

Hey Dougie, we had great times, didn't we?

Damn. Them's were the days. 

NB. Just found Blossom schedule for late August 1969. Janice played the night before The Coz. Seats were $2.50.


Cool story.  Thank You for sharing it!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Wow created 1969. Sounds fresh and emotional. Good music for the nice people who listening RP.
Posted 1 year ago by KlingKlang    [ Reply ]
I haven't commented in awhile - so just thought I'd pop in and say how much I love the band Spirit. Would love to here a coupe of cuts from their Mercury years - like "Diamond Spirit" or "Farther Along or "Colossus". Thanks Bill!!
Posted 1 year ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
I went to see Bill Cosby at Blossom Music Center with my best school buddy and his parents - we weren't old enough to drive yet. Following Cosby's performance, we stopped someplace - probably a mall, and there was a record store. I was a huge Spirit fan ever since I first heard "Fresh Garbage" and whenever I walked into a record store, I went right to the "S's" to see if there was a new Spirit album.

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the black LP cover with CLEAR SPIRIT in the familiar Spirit font type in the bin. I'm not sure how I came up with the $3 or $4 to buy it, but I did. I held it all the way back home and, of course, played it through after arrival. I wasn't too keen on first listen - especially these slower, orchestrated themes, but over the next few weeks I continued playing both sides and loved it as much as their first two LP's. 

Hey Dougie, we had great times, didn't we?

Damn. Them's were the days. 

NB. Just found Blossom schedule for late August 1969. Janice played the night before The Coz. Seats were $2.50.

Posted 1 year ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:
4 years later - going up 1 to an 8 rating.
I think you have to have the correct listening environment to appreciate this fully.
Of course state of mind goes without saying.

Set and setting.  Applies to many aspects of life, my friend.  I vote 8 without the slightest hesitation.
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
First time, and hopefully the last time, I've heard this. As I was listening I found myself subvocalizing "blah, blan, blah-blah, blah". Or, trouble sleeping? Try this instead of melatonin.
Posted 1 year ago by rob311    [ Reply ]
Watched the movies "Model Shop" and "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" back-to-back one weekend. Found it very interesting. Spirit did the music of "Model Shop".
Posted 2 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:

Couldn't bands in the 60's find the "stop" button on the tape recorder?   Man, this track drags on and on.




13 years yer still complaining?
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:
First time hearing this from Spirit.  Very nice {#Music} with headphones.



4 years later - going up 1 to an 8 rating.
I think you have to have the correct listening environment to appreciate this fully.
Of course state of mind goes without saying.
Posted 3 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 jvalatka wrote:

A sliver of this played during a public service announcement on the TV back in the '70s, and it burrowed into my memory where it stayed for decades, long after that spot stopped airing.  Never had heard it anywhere else.

Then, as it was my procedure as an overnight college DJ, I randomly picked tracks out of the record library to play at 3am... and there it was!
 



Great story!
Posted 3 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 dburgher wrote:
Thought I was in the nursing home.
 
You might be hope the food's as good as the tunes.
Posted 4 years ago by SRAY    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear Spirit again.  One of the more unheralded groups of the late 60's.
Posted 5 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
Thought I was in the nursing home.
Posted 6 years ago by dburgher    [ Reply ]
I hear Paul Winter Consort.   
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this from Spirit.  Very nice {#Music} with headphones.
Posted 7 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Spirit in the morning, bright positive day ahead  : )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
GREAT!!
Posted 7 years ago by strous    [ Reply ]
A sliver of this played during a public service announcement on the TV back in the '70s, and it burrowed into my memory where it stayed for decades, long after that spot stopped airing.  Never had heard it anywhere else.

Then, as it was my procedure as an overnight college DJ, I randomly picked tracks out of the record library to play at 3am... and there it was!
 
Posted 8 years ago by jvalatka    [ Reply ]
Interesting sound considdering its a tune composed in 1969  ! keep it rotating yay! 


Posted 9 years ago by novastar    [ Reply ]
OK gonna have to play the entire CLEAR now.....
Posted 9 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
Love Spirit...
Posted 9 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Extremely underrated band.
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
Calm gentle calm
Posted 14 years ago by Painted_Turtle    [ Reply ]
 dyharenas wrote:


Do you like everything slap bam? Slow down, drag on, just wait a little...it works once in a while. Instant anything is overrated.
 
I think the Ramones would disagree.

Posted 14 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Excellent transition from "The Hazards of Love."
Posted 14 years ago by rpfan101    [ Reply ]
Some beautiful, haunting instrumentals on those early Spirit albums.
Posted 14 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Nice segue from The Decemberists's "Hazards of Love" album...
 
indeed. nicely re-done Bill.


Posted 14 years ago by maximinimalist    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from The Decemberists's "Hazards of Love" album...
Posted 14 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This is lovely, but it would be better if I was trying to relax or fall asleep, not keep my energy up at work!
Posted 15 years ago by Victory409    [ Reply ]
9! {#Meditate}
Posted 15 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:
Couldn't bands in the 60's find the "stop" button on the tape recorder?   Man, this track drags on and on.
 
Yeah, too bad all songs don't run three minutes on the tape recorder, huh!


Posted 15 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:
Couldn't bands in the 60's find the "stop" button on the tape recorder?   Man, this track drags on and on.
 

Do you like everything slap bam? Slow down, drag on, just wait a little...it works once in a while. Instant anything is overrated.
Posted 15 years ago by dyharenas    [ Reply ]
great little tune
Posted 15 years ago by betsyroks    [ Reply ]
Couldn't bands in the 60's find the "stop" button on the tape recorder?   Man, this track drags on and on.
Posted 16 years ago by ercasul    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
Nice.Is it old? Sounds like the soundtrack to something.


This one's about to start its fourth decade.  Released in 1969.

Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Sounds familiar, I think this was sampled by either RJD2 or Deltron.
Posted 16 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Something big must have occurred between this album and the next: "12 dreams of Dr. Sardonicus".
Posted 16 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
spendid segue excellent piece please keep it in the rotation
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Spirit! Outstanding! They don't write 'em like this anymore. The rest of the album is superb also.
Posted 16 years ago by fourwindsbar    [ Reply ]
...very nice change of pace...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Nice.Is it old? Sounds like the soundtrack to something.
Posted 16 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Interesting
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]