Spirit (Spirit album)

The guitar part of "Taurus" is said to have influenced Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page in writing "Stairway to Heaven". Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit on an American tour in 1968, and also borrowed from "Fresh-Garbage" in live performances of the song "As Long as I Have You". ==Release history==

In 1973, Epic released a two-disc LP repackage of Spirit and Clear simply titled Spirit. The album was first issued on compact disc in 1996 by Sony. The original 1968 stereo mixes were not available for this release, so the album was remixed in stereo from the original multitrack tapes. This edition also includes four previously unreleased bonus tracks. In 2017, Audio Fidelity reissued the album as a numbered limited edition hybrid SACD. This edition was remastered from the original 1968 stereo master tapes, which had not been commercially available since the LP release was discontinued in the 1970s. The 2017 edition also includes bonus tracks in the same mixes as those on the 1996 reissue. == Track listing ==

Spirit • Jay Ferguson – lead vocals, percussion • Randy California – guitar, backing vocals, bass • John Locke – keyboards • Mark Andes – bass, backing vocals • Ed Cassidy – drums, percussion Production • Lou Adler – producer • Marty Paich – string & horn arrangements • Eirik Wangberg, Armin Steiner & Mike Leitz – engineers • Corporate Head – album design • Tom Wilkes – art direction • Guy Webster – cover photo • Jay Thompson – back cover photo • Terry Clements, Marshall Blonstein, Doug Wallack – assistance • Vic Anesini – mastering, mixing • Nicholas Bennett – packaging manager • Adam Block – project director, project coordinator • Bob Irwin – producer, compilation producer • Jeff Smith – package design • Jay Thompson – photography, insert photography == Charts ==