Time Circle, 1968–1972

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Time Circle, 1968–1972
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJul 23, 1991
Recorded1968–72
Genre Rock
Label Epic/Legacy
Producer Lou Adler
(disc 1; disc 2, tracks 1–8)
Spirit
(disc 2, tracks 9–10, 20)
David Briggs
(disc 2, tracks 11–19)
Spirit chronology
Tent of Miracles
(1990)
Time Circle, 1968–1972
(1991)
Chronicles, 1967–1992
(1991)
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Time Circle is a compilation album by Spirit, issued in 1991.

Contents

This set draws heavily from the four albums released by the original line-up on Ode Records and Epic Records. It also includes some outtakes and versions of songs from then unreleased soundtrack work (Model Shop ). At the time that this set was released, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus was the only studio album by the original group still in print.

Several of the outtakes were later included on the 1996 reissues of the first four albums. The remixes of the tracks on The Family That Plays Together (necessitated because the master mix was lost shortly after the album's release) are different from the 1996 re-release.

Tracks listing

Disc One

No.TitleLength
1."Fresh Garbage" 
2."Uncle Jack" 
3."Mechanical World" 
4."Taurus" 
5."Girl In Your Eye" 
6."Straight Arrow" 
7."Topanga Windows" 
8."Grammophone Man" 
9."The Great Canyon Fire In General" 
10."I Got a Line on You" 
11."It Shall Be" 
12."Poor Richard" 
13."Silky Sam" 
14."Sherozode" 
15."All The Same" 
16."Dream Within A Dream" 
17."Aren't You Glad" 
18."Eventide" 
19."Model Shop Theme (The Moving Van)" 
20."Green Gorilla" 
21."Rehearsal Theme" 

Disc Two

No.TitleLength
1."Fog" 
2."Now Or Anywhere" 
3."Dark Eyed Woman" 
4."So Little Time To Fly" 
5."Ground Hog" 
6."Ice" 
7."I'm Truckin'" 
8."New Dope In Town" 
9."1984" 
10."Sweet Stella Baby" 
11."Prelude - Nothin' To Hide" 
12."Nature's Way" 
13."Animal Zoo" 
14."Love Has Found A Way" 
15."Why Can't I Be Free" 
16."Mr. Skin" 
17."When I Touch You" 
18."Street Worm" 
19."Morning Will Come" 
20."Turn To The Right" 

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