Spirit : Spirit

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(BORROW OR NOT ?)

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 Spirit 

is the 

debut 

studio album

 by American 

Rock band

 Spirit 

released on

January 22, 1968

 by Ode Records. 

The album was 

commercially successful,

 spending more

 than six months

 on the

 Billboard album charts,

 peaking at #31.

 It was voted 

number 658

 in Colin Larkin's

 All Time 

Top 1000 Albums 

3rd Edition (2000).

Similarity to

 "Stairway to Heaven"

The guitar part of

 "Taurus" 

is said to have

 influenced

 Led Zeppelin's 

Jimmy Page

 in writing 

"Stairway to Heaven". 

Led Zeppelin 

opened for Spirit 

on an 

American tour in 1968, 

and also 

borrowed from

 "Fresh Garbage"

 in live performances 

of the song

 'As Long as I Have You'

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