Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky - 7'' -Psychedelic rock

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Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (Psychedelic rock)

1970
Reprise R 0885
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· "Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded[1] by Norman Greenbaum and released in 1969. The single sold 2 million copies in 1969 and 1970 and got to number 3 in the U.S. Billboard chart, as well as number 1 on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" #333 on their list of the 500 Greate st Songs of All Time. The song wa s featured on the 1969 album of the same name. Cover versions by Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates have also made the nu mber 1 spot i n the UK. Original version by Norman Greenbaum Greenbaum had previously been a member of psychedelic jug band Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. When they split up he won a solo contract with producer Erik Jacobsen, who had previously worked successfully with The Lovin' Spoonful. He was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner on TV singing a gospel song. Greenbaum later said : "I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song. It came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes."[1] "Spirit in the Sky" contains lyrics about the afterlife, making several references to Jesus. However, Greenbaum, who identifies himself as Jewish, stated that he had no particular religious intentions with the song.[2] G reenbaum recorded his first solo album with Jacobsen fo r Re prise Reco rds. The son g's arrangemen t came together in the studi o in San F rancisco where lead guitarist Russell DaShie l l, bass pl a yer Doug Killmer and drummer Norman Mayall worked with Greenbaum. According to one source[1] and to DaShiell, Greenbaum used a Fender Telecaster with a fuzz box built into the body to generate the song's characteristic guitar sound. Moreover, DaShiell[3] explained how he created the song's distinctive "beeping" fills: "I actually played the lead guitar parts on Spirit, using a 61-62 SG Les Paul, a 68 Marshall Plexi 100w half stack and a home-made overdrive box in front of the Marshall. Regarding the 'beep beeps' as I call them, when the producer asked me to play some fills in between the verses, as a joke I said how about something spacey like this and I did the pickup switch/string bending thing. I saw him stand up in the control booth and he said "that's it! let's record that!" s o we did. (There was no slide involved, just my fingers, and I used the b ridge humbuck er and the pickup switch). T he fuzz part i s Norman with a built-in overdrive circuit built in to his Te l e pickguard." "I've been asked a lot over the years how I did the 'beep beep' guitar parts on Spirit, so for any guitar players out there who would like to learn how, try the following: Using a 2-pickup Gibson, set the neck pickup volume to zero, bridge pickup volume to max, with the pickup switch in the middle position (with Gibson wiring this gives you silence in the middle position). Do a string bend, picking the B & E strings together with one hit, just ahead of the beat, then use the pickup switch to kick in the bridge pickup in triplets (6 per bar) as you let the B string bend down two frets." "I mainly used two positions on Spirit, which is in the key of A. For the low position, fret a stationary C note (8th fret) on the E string while bending the B string up to an A not e for your starting-position, then pick the two st rings together onc e while the guitar is sile nt and work the pic kup switch as you let the A no te bend downwards to a G. For the high po sit ion, d o the same thing at the 15th fret holding a stationary high G note on the E string while bending down from E to D on the B string." "I must give credit to Jimi Hendrix as my inspiration for this technique (as well as for the double-string riffs I did at the beginning of the Spirit solo tail section). I saw him perform live in a small club in Madison, Wisconsin and loved the way he used his Strat pickup switch to create staccato feedback on songs like Voodoo Child. The difference is, on a Gibson you can start from silence and create the on/off effect, which worked well with the downward string bending thing I did on Spirit."[4] The resulting sound was an innovative and compelling combination of gospel and psychedelic rock music, with loud drums, distorted electric guitar, cl apping hands, and tambourines. The production te am broug ht in the Stova ll Sister s, an Oakland-bas ed gospel tri o, to sing back ing vocals. Because of its unusual lyrics and style, the recor d co m pan y was initially reluctant to issue it, but was finally released as a single after two other singles from the album had poor sales. "Spirit in the Sky" became a worldwide hit, and was at the time the best-selling single ever for the Reprise label. Of the song, Greenbaum once said, in an interview: "It sounds as fresh today as when it was recorded"