Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky: The Best Of Norman Greenbaum (Reissue) (1967-77/2010)

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Artist: Norman Greenbaum
Title: Spirit In The Sky: The Best Of Norman Greenbaum
Year Of Release: 1967-77/2010
Label: Repertoire
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: Flac (image, .cue, full scans)
Total Time: 01:15:48
Total Size: 519 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Spirit in the Sky - 3:59
2. California Earthquake - 3:09
3. Lucille Got Stealed - 3:55
4. Canned Ham - 2:51
5. Tars of India - 2:58
6. Marcy - 3:11
7. Hook and Ladder - 2:44
8. Rhode Island Red - 2:47
9. Junior Cadillac - 3:33
10. Skyline - 3:12
11. Jubilee - 2:58
12. Milk Cow - 3:01
13. Back Home Again - 2:43
14. Titfield Thunder - 5:04
15. Damper - 2:58
16. I.J. Foxx - 4:18
17. Petaluma - 2:42
18. Country Lad - 2:22
19. The Day the Well Went Dry - 2:37
20. Jigsaw (Greenbaum, Kane) - 2:33
21. Weird - 2:26
22. Daddy I Know - 2:56
23. Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bum - 2:20
24. The Day They Sold Beer in Church - 4:02 .

Norman Greenbaum - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Russell DaShiell - Guitar
Doug Kilmer - Bass
Norman Mayell - Drums
Robbie Robinson - Guitar
William Truckaway - Synthesizer
Stephen Busfield - Guitar
Russell DaShiell - Guitar
Bill Douglass - Bass
Dan Hicks - Percussion
John McFee - Steel Guitar
Bill Meeker - Drums
Dan Paik - Mandolin
Stovall Sisters - Vocals
Rita Abrams - Vocals
John Casey - Dobro
Ry Cooder - Mandolin, Slide Guitar
Henry Diltz - Glockenspiel
Mark Naftalin - Accordion
Richard Olsen - Clarinet
Fritz Richmond - Bass, Jug, Washboard

Best-known for his 1970 hit "Spirit in the Sky," singer/songwriter Norman Greenbaum was born November 20, 1942, in Malden, MA. He began his musical career while a student at Boston University, playing area coffeehouses before relocating to the West Coast during the mid-'60s and forming a kind of psychedelic jug band dubbed Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. After issuing the 1966 single "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago," which fell just shy of reaching the Top 50, the group disbanded, and Greenbaum subsequently formed a series of short-lived acts before finally returning to his solo career in 1968. A year later he issued his debut LP, Spirit in the Sky, releasing several unsuccessful singles before reaching the Top Three with the smash title track, which sold some two million copies. It proved to be Greenbaum's only hit, however, as follow-ups like 1970's "Canned Ham" and the next year's "California Earthquake" tanked; after the release of 1972's Petaluma, he retreated from music to focus on his California dairy farm, but returned to show business during the mid-'80s in a managerial capacity, also promoting a number of concerts.

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