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Genre: Reissues

SPIRIT The Mercury Years (Mercury/Chronicles) When Spirit guitarist Randy California disappeared in a swimming accident last January, rock lost a severely underappreciated if wildly inconsistent talent. This scattershot two-CD set -- drawn from a half-baked mid-'70s Spirit revival -- is a mere footnote to the original band's brilliance. But its bizarro mix of styles is a fine representation of California's endearingly flaky eclecticism and of the innocence that lent a sweetness to even his silliest indulgences. B


 

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