The Family That Plays Together

The Family That Plays Together, the second of four albums released by the original Spirit lineup, was marketed by Ode Records in 1968. Unlike its predecessor, Spirit, their self-titled and surreal debut, The Family That Plays Together evinces more greatly the band's ability for playing beyond the genre of psychedelic rock than within it. Tracks "It Shall Be" and "Silky Sam" demonstrate the ease with which the ensemble can incorporate jazz into their idiosyncratic form of rock, while "Jewish" and "Aren't You Glad" evidenced the band's competence in exploiting, to their advantage, both world music and jam rock respectively. The inspiration behind entitling The Family is alleged to have derived from the stepson-stepfather relationship guitarist Randy California and percussionist Ed Cassidy shared. Upon the Vinyl record 1996 rerelease in compact-disc form, a project undertaken by Sony, interest in the work was revived. The second issue includes theretofore unpublished material as well as exhibits the improved quality of digital mastery.

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Spirit - Ode Records - 1968 - Spirit - Psychedelic rock - Jazz - World music - Jam rock - Randy California - Ed Cassidy - Vinyl record - 1996 - Sony

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