Spooky Tooth

The V.I.P.'s ♦ Art ♦ Gary Wright ♦ Mike Harrison

Gotta Start Somewhere...

Gary And Billy

Working After School / Lisa Catalano-Goldman (2:07) / Catalano (2:18) 20th Fox 45-170, 12/59 Gary is 16-yeear old Gary Wright (Billy is Billy Markle)

Mercy, Mercy / That's My Woman Covay-Ott (2:45) / Lawrence (2:15) Philips 40387, 7/66 Group name misspelled on record as The Vipps

Note: The V.I.P.'s (which included Harrison, Grosvenor, Kellie, and Ridley) became Art when Wright joined in 1967.
No Art recordings were released in the US, but here is one of interest:
 

What's That Sound (For What It's Worth) / Rome Take Away Three Mills (2:49) / Grosvenor-Harrison-Kellie-Ridley (3:00) Island Records WIP-6019 [UK], 7/67 Note the wrong song title order and incorrect writer credits!

So, you're telling me Art never appeared on an album here in the States  ?? 

Sunshine Help Me / Weird¹ Wright (2:55) / Grover-Harrison-Ridley-Wright (3:57) Mala 587, 1/68 Was also their first UK single (Island WIP-6022, 1/68)

	It's All About
	Bell 6019
	7/68 [UK: 5/68]
	Back Cover   Reissue Cover Restored side order Substitued The Weight for Too Much Of Nothing (keeping it in the family, though!)

Side One
It's All About A Roundabout	Miller-Wright	2:32
Tobacco Road	Loudermilk	5:14
It Hurts You So	Miller-Wright	3:01
Forget It, I Got It	Miller-Wright	3:26
Bubbles	Grosvenor-Wright	3:47
Side Two
Society's Child	Ian	3:27
Love Really Changed Me	Grosvenor-Miller-Wright	3:32
Here I Lived So Well	Grosvenor-Harrison-Miller-Wright	5:04
Too Much Of Nothing	Dylan	3:47
Sunshine Help Me	Wright	3:04

Note: US issue flipped the sides from the UK release.
Re-released in 1970 by A&M as Tobacco Road (see note)
 

Love Really Changed Me³ / Spooky Blow¹ Grosvenor-Miller-Wright (2:59) / Harrison-Wright (3:48) Mala 12013, 7/68

8/23-25/68: Fillmore West, San Francisco with Quicksilver Messenger Service (headliners)

The Weight¹ / Do Right People¹ Robertson (2:49) / Wright (4:19) Mala 12022, 9/68

	Spooky Two
	A&M SP-4194
	7/69 BB [UK: 3/69]
	Back Cover   UK Full Cover   UK Inside Cover

Side One
Waitin' For The Wind	Grosvenor-Harrison-Wright	3:27
Feelin' Bad	Kellie-Wright	3:47
I've Got Enough Heartaches	Kellie-Wright	4:32
Evil Woman	Weiss	9:33
Side Two
Lost In My Dream	Wright	4:42
That Was Only Yesterday	Wright	4:02
Better by You, Better Than Me	Wright	4:12
Hangman Hang My Shell On A Tree	Wright	5:15

Note: The UK issue was a gatefold and came in five different "tints." Show here is the purple cover. For the others, go to Discogs !
Info on extras from a review posted on Unsung
 

Feelin' Bad³ / I've Got Enough Heartaches³ Kellie-Wright (2:50) / Kellie-Wright (3:19) A&M 1110, 8/69

Greg Ridley to Humble Pie

That Was Only Yesterday³ / Waitin' For The Wind³ Wright (2:35) / Grosvenor-Harrison-Wright (2:40) A&M 1144, 11/69

Palm Beach Music & Art Festival(11/29/69)

	Ceremony: An Electronic Mass (with Pierre Henry)
	A&M SP-4225
	2/70 BB [UK: 12/69]
	Back Cover was gatefold in UK

Side One
Have Mercy	Henry-Wright	7:52
Jubilation	Henry-Wright	8:27
Confession	Henry-Wright	6:53
Side Two
Prayer	Henry-Wright	10:52
Offering	Henry-Wright	3:22
Hosanna	Henry-Wright	7:37

Note: From the Wikipedia page:

The album is considered by singer and songwriter Gary Wright to have ended the band's career. "Then we did a project that wasn't
our album. It was with this French electronic music composer named Pierre Henry. We just told the label, 'You know this is his album,
not our album. We'll play on it just like musicians.' And then when the album was finished, they said, 'Oh no no — it's great. We're
gonna release this as your next album.' We said, 'You can't do that. It doesn't have anything to do with the direction of Spooky Two
and it will ruin our career.' And that's exactly what happened."

Gary Wright to solo career (look below)
 

	The Last Puff
	A&M SP-4266
	7/70 BB [UK: 7/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
I Am The Walrus	Lennon-McCartney	6:20
The Wrong Time	McCracken-Wright	5:40
Something To Say	Cocker-Nichols	6:05
Side Two
Nobody There At All	Post	4:00
Down River	Ackles	5:10
Son Of Your Father	John-Taupin	3:32
The Last Puff	Stainton	3:30

Note: Issued as Spooky Tooth Featuring Mike Harrison
 

Stainton, McCullough, Spenner resume Grease Band; Mike Harrison to solo career (look below) Harrison & Wright reform group in late 72, survive for a few more years (with varying personnel)

	Groupies(11/8/70)
	no actual plaster was cast in this movie—Terry Reid & Ten Years After also appear

Over You Now / Get On The Right Road Wright (3:35) / Wright (3:10) A&M 1228, 10/70

	Extraction
	A&M SP-4277
	12/70
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Get On The Right Road	Wright	3:10
Get Hold Of Yourself	Wright	3:10
Sing A Song	Wright	3:10
We Try Hard	Wright	2:30
I Know A Place	Wright	4:55
Side Two
The Wrong Time	McCracken-Wright	3:19
Over You Now	Wright	3:35
Too Late To Cry	Wright	3:50
I've Got A Story	McCracken-Wright	5:25

	Mike Harrison
	Island SMAS-9313
	10/71 [UK: 10/71]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Mother Nature	Batey	2:05
Call It A Day	Batey-Harrison-Herbert-Iverson	6:25
Damian	Harrison-Herbert	3:17
Pain	Herbert-Iverson-Kenyon	3:27
Side Two
Wait Until The Morning	Griffin-Harrison	4:22
Lonely People	Batey	2:30
Hard Headed Woman	Stevens	6:30
Here Comes The Queen	Grosvenor	2:30

	Footprint
	A&M SP-4296
	10/71 [UK: ?/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Give Me The Good Earth	Wright	3:17
Two Faced Man	Wright	3:40
Love To Survive	Wright	4:48
Whether It's Right Or Wrong	Wright	5:08
Side Two
Stand For Our Rights	Wright	3:32
Fascinating Things	Wright	5:05
Forgotten	Wright	4:02
If You Treat Someone Right	Wright	4:50

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