• 2022-01-03: New Mercury-era box set (8 CD!): https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/spirit-sunrise-salvation-the-mercury-era-anthology-8cd-box-set/ An article about Spirit by Bob Gersztyn: https://jesusrockstheworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/spirit/
• 2021-01-26: More expanded re-issues from Cherry Red: Son Of America remastered with extra live CD with live performance for KPFK-FM radio in LA (this one is a must-have!): https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/spirit-son-of-america-3cd-remastered-expanded-edition/ Also new 6-CD version of Randy California & Spirit: The Euro-American Years: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/randy-california-spirit-the-euro-american-years-6cd-remastered-boxset/
• 2020-02-19: The Tent Of Miracles album will be re-released on a double CD with an additional live-CD and some unreleased tracks. For more information go to: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/spirit-tent-of-miracles-2cd-remastered-expanded-edition/
• 2019-12-15: The Two Sides of a Rainbow double live CD has been released in a re-mastered version with some additional material. For more information go to: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/spirit-two-sides-of-a-rainbow-live-at-the-rainbow-2cd-remastered-edition/
• 2019-07-06: The Potatoland album will be re-released as a 4-cd box set August 30, 2019 by Cherry Red records. The set includes two cd:s of unreleased KPFK radio live recordings from 1972. More info: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/spirit-the-complete-potatoland-4cd-remastered-and-expanded-boxset-edition/
• 2018-01-16: A five CD box set will be released February 23, 2018 by Cherry Red Records. It is called It Shall Be, The Ode & Epic Recordings 1968 – 1972. More information is available from the Cherry Red website: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/spirit-shall-ode-epic-recordings-1968-1972-5cd-remastered-clamshell-boxset/ (link opens in a new tab)
• 2016-11-13: A new CD with live material from 1967 will be released soon, this is not a bootleg!
  The title is Live At The Ash Grove Volume 1.
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-At-Ash-Grove-1/dp/B01MXGMED7/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1479069564&sr=1-1&keywords=spirit+live+at+the+ash+grove (opens in a new tab/window)
• 2016-06-24: The estate of Randy Wolfe (California) has lost the case against Led Zeppelin:
  
  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/led-zeppelin-prevail-in-stairway-to-heaven-lawsuit-20160623
  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/led-zeppelin-stairway-verdict-inside-the-courtroom-on-trials-last-day-20160623
• 2016-06-15: In 2014 the estate of Randy California sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement (Stairway To Heaven vs. Taurus). The trial started yesterday. A few links:
  
  http://turnmeondeadman.com/randy-californias-thoughts-on-stairway-to-heaven/
  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-05-15/led-zeppelins-stairway-to-heaven-vs-dot-spirits-taurus-a-reckoning
  http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-led-zeppelin-trial/
  http://ktla.com/2016/06/14/copyright-trial-over-led-zeppelins-stairway-to-heaven-starts-in-l-a-courtroom/?iframe=true&preview=true
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1299570/Mark-Andes-arrives-court-Stairway-Heaven-trial.html
• 2016-03-10: New interview with Jay Ferguson on youtube(opens in a new tab): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Q8GfS9S5s
• 2016-02-23: This page hasn't been updated for a while, but I will try to get going again. A new Jo Jo Gunne double CD with recordings from the seventies has been released.
  http://smoreent.com/buy-dvd-cd/product_info.php?products_id=290&osCsid=627f1396e8253e3e1564590e2cda3e19
  http://www.amazon.com/Live-1971-1973-Jo-Gunne/dp/B016JCHZWS/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1456252875&sr=1-2&keywords=jo+jo+gunne
  The label is Rockbeat Records.
• 2013-08-13: The album by the group "Country" featuring Mike Fondiler & the Andes brothers has been released on CD:
  

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Country/dp/B00B5H18F8/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1376424084&sr=1-6&keywords=country

Jo Jo Gunne's albums have been re-released once again, check out http://www.artist-shop.com/wounded/ . The Wounded bird release is with bonus tracks (same as the Rhino releases?). There is also a 2-cd set from Edsel containing these albums without bonus tracks. Also check out these obscure youtube videos featuring Jay:
JBL Images of Music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj9no17Rrmc

Inside Santa Barbara:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFuzxk-RIic

The Action Design - Studio Vlog - Day 1,
First day of tracking 2 new songs in Santa Barbara with Producer Jay Ferguson. 11.16.09:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QsbjZ9NhHs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-AV2_mc9s

(there's more stuff if you look around...)

• 2013-04-11: Check out this new interview with Jay Ferguson where he talks about Spirit: http://www.inthestudio.net/online-only-interviews/spirit-best/
• 2013-02-12: Some information about tributes to Cass was posted by Bruce Pates to the Spirit mailing list:

"Cass was included in last nights Grammy Award show with the tribute to the artists who passed away in 2012. The Jan/Feb 2013 edition of DRUMHEAD magazine has a two page tribute to Cass with pictures. There is also a piece in the January 2013 issue of RECORD COLLECTOR. I expect there will be more to come."

• 2012-12-15: The 1999 interview with Jay Ferguson is back online!
• 2012-12-09: A few links to articles about Cass death on the web:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ed-cassidy-20121208,0,5161292.story

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/spirit-drummer-ed-cassidy-dies-at-89/

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/spirit-drummer-ed-cassidy-dead-at-89/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spirit-drummer-ed-cassidy-dies-399634

Photo: Stella Weiss. © Bruce Pates. May not be used without permission.

• 2012-12-08: I'm sorry to report that Spirit drummer Ed Cassidy died on Thursday December 6 after a period of illness. He was a great drummer in a great band, and for many he was probably "the face of Spirit". He will be missed.
• 2012-03-12: A new 2 CD SPIRIT album, "Two Sides Of A Rainbow" will be released on April 23rd on the Floating World (UK) label. It will include the entire legendary March 11, 1978 gig at the "Rainbow" in London, taken from soundboard cassettes, as well as the entire US version of the "Live SPIRIT" album. The first CD is the first part of the "Rainbow" concert, and the second CD contains the encores, plus the US released album. It will include rare photos and liner notes by producer Mick Skidmore. (Posted by Bruce Pates on the Spirit Yahoo group.)
• 2011-02-28: A new double CD ("Tales from the Westside") with unreleased recordings are coming soon. Also coming is a new double CD version of Potatoland:
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-West-Side-Spirit/dp/B004D93X5I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298717365&sr=1-1
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Potato-Land-Spirit/dp/B0043A0UVC/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298738639&sr=1-5
• 2010-06-19: Check out this version of I Got A Line On You with Mark Andes, Al Staehely and Eric Johnson on youtube:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2CPVSCRp5I
• 2010-06-03: According to http://merrellfankhauser.com/whatsnew.html Ed Cassidy will be appearing in concert tomorrow (Friday June 4th) with Merrell and various Special Guests.
• 2010-05-01: Check out Cass playing with The Rising Sons in 1965:
  http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/the-rising-sons/concerts/ash-grove-may-28-1965-late-show.html
• 2010-01-31: A few interesting links:
  Information page about the upcoming release:
  http://www.floatingworldrecords.co.uk/albums/the-last-euro-tour2/
  Article which mentions Liberty (written by a guy who used to play with him):
  http://socyberty.com/psychology/emotional-traumas/
  Youtube video featuring amongst others Mark Andes:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPSzHD7r3Sw
• 2010-01-31: Liberty performing with Spirit in 1996:

Photo by John Fulton.

• 2010-01-20: RIP Liberty. Bad news from the Spirit mailing list (this was posted by Bruce Pates): "I'm sorry to report the passing of SPIRIT and Randy California Band bassist Steve "Liberty" Loria. Liberty played in the first Randy California Band in 1979, and then in SPIRIT from 1980 - 1982. In the later years, he reconnected with the band for recording and live performances. He was the last bass player in the band in 1996, and had planned to tour with SPIRIT on the 1997 European tour that was canceled due to the death of Randy California. If I hear any more details, I will post them."
• 2009-12-06: New Spirit CD coming in January, information from spincds website: Spirit - The Last Euro Tour (2CD)
  Release Date: 25 Jan 2010, Label: Evangeline, Format: CD (two).
  More from the archive of Randy California. This set, compiled and re-mastered by Mick Skidmore, looks at the last European tour by Spirit that took place in 1991. Compiled from shows recorded in Hamburg, London, Vienna, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Lnz in November of that year. Features Randy California, Ed Cassidy and Mike Nile performing spirited renditions of "Fresh Garbage", "Dark Eyed Woman" and "Uncle Jack" with live favourites such as "Hey Joe" and "like A Rolling Stone".
• 2009-09-10: Spirit Rockpalast concert is out on DVD; 'Spirit - Rockpalast - West Coast Legends Vol.3'.
  Check out a new article about Spirit in Shindig magazine (http://www.shindig-magazine.com/), issue number 12 (sept-oct) 2009.
  There's also a 'Play Like Randy California' feature in Guitar and Bass Magazine (October 2009);
  http://www.guitarmagazine.co.uk/.
• 2009-06-10: Bad news. Bernice Pearl, Randy California's mother died June 6.
  May she rest in peace.
• 2009-05-03: Spirit's Rockpalast concert from 1978 is out now on DVD.
  Should have reported this before, it's been available for a while now.
• 2009-04-20: Long time Spirit keyboard player Scott Monahan releases solo album!
  Includes his version of Jack Rabbit.
  More info here: http://songsfromcalifa.com/
• 2009-03-01: Mark Andes releases solo album!
  More info here: http://www.markandesmusic.com/
• 2009-03-01: New Spirit release - California Blues Redux
  New 2-CD set produced by Mick Skidmore
  More info at: http://www.audiofidelity.net/