Monday 3 April 2023

Spirit River - In The Beginning... (1978)


If you've been waiting for a Christian country folk gem, this is probably going to be your thing. We've tried to find more info on Spirit River, but their name gets conflated with the northern Alberta town and leads us to nothing but dead ends. From what we can tell, this was a duo comprised of Phil Stan and Jay West - backed by a rhythm machine and a few guest musicians on this LP. 

The album's a bit of a sleeper - there are snatches of greatness through the first side, but it's the last three songs that really shine, especially the gospel soul of the closing track,"Are You Ready." It's short, catchy, and has a killer fuzz guitar solo - and is worth the price of admission.

Get it here.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The link goes to Fosterchild

Gregor W. said...

Can you please correct the link, this is faulty !!!
I have no interest in Fosterchild but would love to hear Spirit River.

Gregor W. said...

It seems I have to try again then.
CAN YOU PLEASE UT THE CORRECT LINK IN PLACE TO THIS POST !!!!

Anonymous said...

Greetings
thank you very much for all your good work
the spirit river album has actually been on my wishlist for more than a decade, but unfortunately, there seems to be a mistake with the link
thanks for taking the time to look into this
cheers

Anonymous said...

Please please me, oh yeah!!!