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The Roadmap In Your Head

by Spirits Burning & Clearlight

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The Roadmap In Your Head (Music: Allen & Falcone, with Dyble, Howlett, Magnusson, Segel, Stackpole, Verdeaux) Daevid Allen: Guitars (Lead, Rhythm) Judy Dyble: Autoharp Don Falcone: Keys (Electric Piano, Bass Organ), Electronic Percussion Mike Howlett: Bass Guitar Kenneth Magnusson: Mellotron Jonathan Segel: Violin Karen Stackpole: Gongs Cyrille Verdeaux: Organ
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Sun Sculptor & The Electrobilities (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Erickson & Falcone, with Verdeaux, Wishart) Doug Erickson: Synths (Primary Rhythm Arpeggios) Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Percussion Cyrille Verdeaux: Synths Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (Violin, Trumpet) Sun Sculptor & The Electrobilities (Lyrics by Bridget Wishart) I, I, I I know what’s her name and you call me and you say it What’s your name and you call me and you say it’s ‘fine’ Oh Can you make it go round, round? I, Oh, You. and I believe, you Up to the sun Then it was bare (a thousand words) A thousand words.
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The Birth Of Belief (Music: Erickson, with East, Falcone, Howlett, Verdeaux, Wishart) Ian East: Soprano Sax Doug Erickson: Acoustic Guitars, Synth Loop Don Falcone: Electronic Percussion (Drum Kit, Taiko Drums), Synth Mike Howlett: Bass Guitar Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano, Organs, Strings Bridget Wishart: EWI (Viola, Bassoon, Choir, Flute)
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Isolation In 10 80 (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Falcone, with Brown, Seigfried, Verdeaux, Wishart) Alan Sitar Brown: Sitar Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Percussion, Birds Karl E. H. Seigfried: Double Bass Cyrille Verdeaux: Lead Synth Bridget Wishart: Vocals Isolation in 10 80 (Lyrics by Bridget Wishart) Always alone in a crowded room Always the echo of a bitter perfume Never the one Having the fun Never the winner Just a beginner Always suspended Never the catch Always off-centered A hole in the patch
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Mrs. Noonness (Music: Falcone, with Clare, Segel, Verdeaux, Williamson) Michael Clare: Bass Guitar Don Falcone: Synths, Organs, Electronic Percussion, Ocean Waves Jonathan Segel: Violin Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano, Processed Horn Synth Lead Harry Williamson: 12-String Guitar
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The Old College Sky Is Where We Left It (Music: Verdeaux & Hillage, with Falcone, Siegfried, Stackpole) Don Falcone: Synth Arpeggio, Electronic Percussion Steve Hillage: Electric Guitars Karl E. H. Seigfried: Bowed Double Bass Karen Stackpole: Gongs Cyrille Verdeaux: Keys (Piano, Strings)* *from Van Gogh, on Clearlight “Impressionist Symphony”
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Fuel For The Gods (Music: Falcone, with Booth, Gold-Molina, Golfetti, Kopecky, Verdeaux, Williamson) Paul Booth: Flute Don Falcone: Synths, Organs, Electronic Percussion Jack Gold-Molina: Djembe Fabio Golfetti: Electric Guitars William Kopecky: Bass Guitar Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano Harry Williamson 12-String Guitar, Charango
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Early Evening Rain (Music: Falcone, Purves, Sturt, Turner, Verdeaux) Don Falcone: Synths, Piano, Organ John Purves: Guitars (Acoustic, Electric, Sitar), Keyboard Viola Dave Sturt: EBow Bass, Bass Guitar Nik Turner: Flute Cyrille Verdeaux: Keyboard Flute (Spiral & Loops)
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Black Squirrel At The Root Of The Staircase (Music: Bemand, with Falcone, Magnusson, Newhouse, Verdeaux) Steve Bemand: Guitars, Synths, Drums, Percussion Don Falcone: Chimes Kenneth Magnusson: Mellotron (Choir, Organ, Moog, Piano) David Newhouse: Saxes (Alto, Baritone, Tenor), Flutes, Electric Piano Cyrille Verdeaux: Lead Pianos
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Outsiders Parachute In (Music: Hill, with Falcone, Newhouse, Verdeaux) Don Falcone: Blips/Bleeps*, Porta Sottomarino, Market Street Protestors Keith Hill: Guitars, Synths, Percussion David Newhouse: Saxes, Clarinet, Alto Flute, Keys Cyrille Verdeaux: Lead Piano, Lead Organ. Synth *Performance recorded by Daniel Fierro Barrio, remotely from Poland
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Deja Vu 02:25
Déjà Vu (Music: Verdeaux & Malherbe, with Falcone, Gold-Molina, McDowell) Don Falcone: Audicy Scrubwheel, French Bell Jack Gold-Molina: Drum Kit Didier Malherbe: Saxes Pierce McDowell: Bass Cyrille Verdeaux: Keys (Piano, Strings)* *from Renoir, on Clearlight “Impressionist Symphony”
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La Rue Inconnue (Music: Falcone, with Anderson, Clare, Gold-Molina, Hayes, Jeter, Verdeaux) Karen Anderson: Rhythm Guitar Michael Clare: Bass Guitar Jack Gold-Molina: Djembe Steve Hayes: Synths Jerry Jeter: Electric Guitar Don Falcone: Strings Cyrille Verdeaux: Synth (Lead Clarinet)
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Roadmaps (The Other Way) (Words: Daevid Allen; Music: Allen & Falcone, with Petrik, Verdeaux) Daevid Allen: Vocals, Guitars Don Falcone: Keys (Electric Piano, Bass Organ), Electronic Percussion Stefanie Petrik: Backing Vocals Cyrille Verdeaux: Organ Roadmaps (The Other Way) (Lyrics by Daevid Allen) You asked me for directions Then you went the other way And you ended up in hospital Nothing I could say There was something you misunderstood About the road of fear So you went to see your psychic For the opinions of the seer But in the dance of attractions If you ask the crystal ball When you double-guess the outcomes The house of cards can fall If you don’t want to suffer We try to keep control But the magic of relationship Heeds no control at all When Destiny’s your agent And your manager my dear It makes for you appointments And your schedule for the year It makes you sad, you wonder Who did this to you? While Destiny lies next to you There’s freedom still to choose She asked me for directions And she went the other way She ended up in hospital Nothing I could say Something she misunderstood About the road ahead Maybe you don’t trust the psychic signals Check the roadmap in your head Oh Beatrixe, don’t fear The young woman in my eyes We help each other giggle And we always feel surprised While you kept me at a distance So much we could not know When the perfect friend appeared I simply had to go She asked me for directions And then she went the other way And she ended up in hospital Nothing I could say There was something she misunderstood About the road apart Before you trust the signals Check the roadmap in your heart If I’m sounding patronizing With that privilege born to men I hope you’ll simply turn me off Til I am clear again But I hate to see you suffer pain That maybe you don’t need To give you the wisdom That in times like this you bleed I will take the blame For your opinions and your past But when I’ve worked that karma out Will you still believe in ghosts? If I ask you for directions And I know you know the way I won’t try to do my own thing Til some other rainy day But will you still be waiting At the end of the pier As they hold my broken boat up From the depths of my despair?

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Noh Poetry Records is proud to re-release this Spirits Burning album (originally released November 25, 2016).

Sonic paths for a new day… envisioned by Don Falcone & Cyrille Verdeaux, with Gong global family members Daevid Allen, Michael Clare, Ian East, Fabio Golfetti, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe, Pierce McDowell, Stefanie Petrik, Dave Sturt, & Harry Williamson, Hawkwind family members Steve Bemand, Steve Hayes, Nik Turner, & Bridget Wishart, plus Paul Booth (Steve Winwood), Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention), Jonathan Segel (Camper Van Beethoven), & more…

This album is dedicated to Daevid Allen and the spirits we imbibed together over the years.

This re-release does not include one song that was on the original CD (“Coffee For Coltrane"). Look for this song on a future Spirits Burning compilation vinyl/digital download “Recollections Of Instrumentals,” which includes two new instrumental mixes of songs that were formally vocal songs.

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released March 4, 2022

Additional Credits

Produced by Don Marino Falcone
Mastered by Robert Rich

“Strange Travelers Explore Spiral Island” and “Puzzled Jigsaw” cover paintings: Hawk Alfredson

Graphics/design: Karen Anderson

Special thanks: Fatima Verdeaux, Mia Hanson, & Karen

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Spirits Burning California

Spirits Burning is a music collective led by Don Falcone.

The band celebrate space, prog, new music, and other genres, and have included input from family members of Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult, Gong, Clearlight, Van Der Graaf Generator, and many other groups.

As of 2024, Spirits Burning have released 18 albums, featuring over 270 musicians.
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