As I've likely said elsewhere, the Spirit has had many homes, but none which cared for the character with the intensity of feeling of Kitchen Sink. When Denis Kitchen's outfit was handed the project from Warren Magazines, they quickly worked to enhance the actual stories with gobs of background information, mostly from Cat Yronwode.
This sheet music goes for hundreds of dollars online. But it wasn't until 1987 when Kitchen Sink took the music and produced a full album. The song is produced five times in various styles and is interspersed with supposed elements of an episode of a 1948 "The Adventures of the Spirit" TV by Alan R. Cartoon Associates. I can find no evidence such a show or company ever existed, so these elements were created just as was the music in all likelihood. The Adventures of the Spirit was produced in the early 60's by Don Glut as an amateur movie. It's not connected to this record album in any way. (More on this oddball creation in a few weeks.)
I confess it's the Eisner artwork on the B side of this album that made this something I really wanted to have and to hold. But I have to say the production is interesting in its own right. There is dedicated sleeve cover for this album as far as I can learn. One offbeat detail for pop culture fans is that Bill Mumy plays guitar on certain tracks. To learn more about record check out this link. To give this amazing little album a listen check out this link.
Now for a tale of my stupidity. I chanced upon this item for a very nice price and jumped at it. Then it dawned on me I no longer own a record player. But thanks to the internet I was able to dig one up before this gem arrived. It played nice.
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