TWELVE DREAM OF DR SARDONICUS 5/23/1998 Never before did Eddie Hazel

Never before did Eddie Hazel play songs of Jimi Hendrix live

a full eight months after its English release on Creation

the band recalls metallic standard bearers like Botch and Deadguy (and worked with one of the latter's former producers on THE BIG DIRTY)

Those who might have pegged quintessential R&B balladeer Toni Braxton as a monochromatic artist in the past will be taken up short by the variety of sonic colors on offer throughout MORE THAN A WOMAN

yodeling crescendo

TWELVE DREAM OF DR SARDONICUS 5/23/1998 Never before did Eddie HazelSpirit: Randy California (guitar); John Locke (keyboards); Mark Andes (bass); Ed Cassidy (drums). Includes liner notes by Marty Pekar. After three albums with producer Lou Adler (who had also signed them on his label, Ode), the band brought in David Briggs, who'd previously worked with Neil Young. A real sense of camaraderie and experimentation runs through this entire work, which took longer to record than any previous Spirit effort. "Nature's Way"