Steppenwolf

The Sparrow ♦ Mars Bonfire

Gotta Start Somewhere...

Tomorrow's Ship¹ / Isn't It Strange¹ D Edmonton (3:08) / D Edmonton (2:30) Columbia 43755, 8/66

Green Bottle Lover / Down Goes Your Love Life D Edmonton-J Edmonton (2:38) / D Edmonton (2:00) Columbia 43960, 12/66

Magic Mountain Music Festival(6/10/67) Sparrow

Dennis Edmonton changes name to  Mars Bonfire and goes solo; rest rename themselves and carry on...

A Girl I Knew / The Ostrich³ Cavett-Kay (2:38) / Kay (3:16) Dunhill D-4109, 11/67

	Steppenwolf
	Dunhill DS-50029
	2/68 T20 [UK: 5/68] UK
	Back Cover

Side One
Sookie Sookie	Covay	3:09
Everybody's Next One	Kay-Mekler	2:53
Berry Rides Again	Kay	2:45
Hootchie Kootchie Man	Dixon	5:07
Born To Be Wild	Bonfire	3:28
Your Wall's Too High	Kay	5:40
Side Two
Desperation	Kay	5:35
The Pusher	Axton	5:43
A Girl I Knew	Cavett-Kay	2:38
Take What You Need	Kay-Mekler	3:28
The Ostrich	Kay	5:43

Sookie Sookie / Take What You Need Covay (2:58) / Kay-Mekler (3:28) Dunhill D-4123, 2/68

	Mars Bonfire
	UNI 73027
	5/68 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Reissue Front Cover   Reissue Back Cover

Side One
Ride With Me, Baby	Bonfire	6:07
Born To Be Wild	Bonfire	2:58
Sad Eyes	Bonfire	2:25
Lady Moon Walker	Bonfire	2:45
Tenderness	Bonfire	4:30
Side Two
How Much Older Will We Grow?	Bonfire	5:47
So Alive With Love	Bonfire	2:45
In Christina's Arms	Bonfire	3:15
Little Girl Lost	Bonfire	2:35
Time To Fly	Bonfire-Cavett	2:30
Night Time's For You	Bonfire-Cavett	2:12

Note: Reissued by Columbia as Faster Than The Speed Of Life 6/69. Two tracks cut (Little Girl Lost and Time To Fly);
two tracks (the new single) added (Faster Than The Speed Of Life and She) and mixed up track order.

Born To Be Wild³ / Everybody's Next One Bonfire (2:55)/ Kay-Mekler (2:50) Dunhill D-4138, 5/68 T20 UK

Miami Pop Festival(5/18/68)

Newport Pop Festival(8/3/68)

Sky River Rock Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair(8/31-9/2/68)

Magic Carpet Ride³ / Sookie Sookie Kay-Moreve (2:55) / Covay (2:58) Dunhill D-4161, 9/68 T20

	The Second
	Dunhill DS-50037
	9/68 T20 [UK: 1/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
Faster Than The Speed Of Life	Bonfire	3:10
Tighten Up Your Wig	Kay	3:06
None Of Your Doing	Kay-Mekler	2:50
Spiritual Fantasy	Kay	3:39
Don't Step On The Grass, Sam	Kay	5:43
Side Two
28	Mekler	3:12
Magic Carpet Ride	Kay	4:30
Disappointment Number (Unknown)	Kay	4:38
Lost And Found By Trial And Error	Kay	2:20
Hodge, Podge, Strained Through A Leslie	Kay	2:42
Resurrection	Kay	3:43
Reflections	Kay-Mekler	1:30

Miami Pop Festival(12/29/68)

Rock Me / Jupiter Child³ Kay (3:40) / Edmonton-Kay-Monarch (3:10) Dunhill D-4182, 2/69 T20

Faster Than The Speed Of Life / She Bonfire (3:00) / Bonfire (3:15) Columbia 44772, 2/69 See note on original release of Mars' album (5/68)

	John Kay & The Sparrow
	Columbia CS-9758
	2/69 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Twisted	Kay	3:14
Goin' To California	Kay	2:26
Baby, Please Don't Go	Williams	3:12
Down Goes Your Love Life	D Edmonton	2:00
Bright Lights, Big City	Reed	3:07
Can't Make Love By Yourself	D Edmonton	2:25
Side Two
Good Morning Little School Girl	Williamson	3:52
King Pin	Kay	2:57
Square Headed People	Kay	2:31
Chasin' Shadows	D Edmonton	3:20
Green Bottle Lover	D Edmonton-J Edmonton	2:38
Isn't It Strange	D Edmonton	2:28

Note: Recordings from 1966, see Mugwumps, Great Society.
 

	At Your Birthday Party
	Dunhill DSX-50053
	3/69 T20 [UK: 6/69]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover die-cut opening in cover  Original Unfinished War Mouse Artwork Used for CD reissue in the 80s

Side One
Don't Cry	Mekler	3:04
Chicken Wolf	Kay-Monarch	2:51
Lovely Meter	Mekler	3:12
Round And Down	Monarch	3:15
It's Never Too Late	St Nicholas	4:05
Sleeping Dreaming	St Nicholas	1:11
Side Two
Jupiter Child	Edmonton-Kay-Monarch	3:24
She'll Be Better	Edmonton-Mekler	5:15
Cat Killer	Goadsby	1:30
Rock Me	Kay	3:39
God Fearing Man	Monarch	3:50
Mango Juice	Edmonton-Goadsby-Monarch-St Nicholas	3:14
Happy Birthday	Mekler	1:20

Note: More about the cover art @ wiki
 

Square Headed People / Twisted Kay (2:31) / Kay (3:14) Columbia 44769, 4/69 as by John Kay, recorded in 1966

It's Never Too Late³ / Happy Birthday² Kay-St Nicholas (3:05) / Mekler (2:32) Dunhill D-4192, 5/69 BB

5/11/69: Wembley Empire Pool, London with Fleetwood Mac

Lady Moon Walker / In Christina's Arms Bonfire (2:25) / Bonfire (3:15) Columbia 44888, 6/69

Newport 69(6/21/69)

Toronto Pop Festival(6/22/69)

	Easy Rider(7/14/69)
	Great soundtrack album!

	Early Steppenwolf
	Dunhill DS-50060
	6/69 BB [UK: 7/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
Power Play	Kay	2:57
Howlin' For My Baby	Burnett-Dixon	4:42
Goin' Upstairs	Hooker	7:22
Corina, Corina	arr Kay	3:55
Tighten Up Your Wig	Kay	3:15
Side Two
The Pusher	Axton	21:36

Note: Recorded live at The Matrix in San Francisco, May 14, 1967
 

Move Over / Power Play³ Kay-Mekler (3:07) / Kay (4:48) Dunhill D-4205, 8/69 BB

The Ed Sullivan Show: 8/17/69, It's Never Too Late, Born To Be Wild/Magic Carpet Ride

	Monster
	Dunhill DS-50066
	11/69 T20 [UK: 1/70] UK
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Monster	Edmonton-Kay
Suicide	Byrom-Edmonton-Kay-St Nicholas
America	Edmonton-Kay	9:15
Draft Resister	Byrom-Kay-McJohn	3:20
Power Play	Kay	5:26
Side Two
Move Over	Kay-Mekler	2:53
Fag	Byrom-Edmonton-St Nicholas	3:13
What Would You Do (If I Did That To You)	Francen-Porter	3:19
From Here To There Eventually	Edmonton-Kay-McJohn	5:27

Palm Beach Music & Art Festival(11/30/69)

Monster / Berry Rides Again Edmonton-Kay (3:57) / Kay (2:45) Dunhill D-4221, 12/69 BB

Hey Lawdy Mama³ / Twisted³ Byrom-Edmonton-Kay (3:21) / Kay (3:50) Dunhill D-4234, 4/70 BB

	Live
	Dunhill DSD-50075
	4/70 T20 [UK: 6/70] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Sooki Sooki	Covay	3:09
Don't Step On The Grass	Kay	6:01
Tighten Up Your Wig	Kay	4:23
Side Two
Monster	Edmonton-Kay	10:00
Draft Resister	Byrom-Kay-McJohn	4:00
Power Play	Kay	5:35
Side Three
Corina, Corina†	arr Kay	3:47
Twisted†	Kay	5:01
From Here To There Eventually	Edmonton-Kay-McJohn	6:52
Side Four
Hey Lawdy Mama†/Magic Carpet Ride	Byrom-Edmonton-Kay/Kay	7:00
The Pusher	Axton	6:01
Born To Be Wild	Bonfire	5:51

Note: Recorded Jan 22, 1970 at Santa Monica Civic Center
† Studio recordings added to fill out album
 

New York Pop(7/17/70)

Summer Festival For Peace(8/6/70)

Screaming Night Hog / Spiritual Fantasy Kay (3:17) / Kay (3:39) Dunhill D-4248, 8/70 BB

Who Needs Ya / Earschplittenloudenboomer Byrom-Kay (2:47) / Byrom (4:00) Dunhill D-4261, 10/70 BB

	7
	Dunhill DSX-50090
	11/70 T20 [UK: 11/70]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Ball Crusher	Byrom-Kay	4:50
Forty Days And Forty Nights	Roth	3:02
Fat Jack	Biondo-Byrom	4:50
Renegade	Byrom-Kay	6:07
Side Two
Foggy Mental Breakdown	Byrom-Kay	3:52
Snow Blind Friend	Axton	3:52
Who Needs Ya	Byrom-Kay	2:59
Earschplittenloudenboomer	Byrom	5:00
Hippo Stomp	Byrom-Kay	5:43

Snow Blind Friend³ / Hippo Stomp³ Axton (3:15) / Byrom-Kay (3:20) Dunhill D-4269, 2/71 BB

Steppenwolf GoldSteppenwolf Gold Dunhill DSX-50099, 2/71 BB [UK: 3/71] includes non-lp 45 Screaming Night Hog

Ride With Me / For Madmen Only¹ Bonfire (3:15) / Biondo-Edmonton-McJohn (8:46) Dunhill D-4283, 6/71 Due to negative feedback from juke box vendors, b-side replaced. Story at 45cat.

Ride With Me / Black Pit² Bonfire (3:15) / McJohn (3:45) Dunhill D-4283, 7/71 BB

Kent Henry from Blues Image replacing Larry Byrom

	For Ladies Only
	ABC/Dunhill DSX-50110
	9/71 BB [UK: 10/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   Insert Photo

Side One
For Ladies Only	Edmonton-Henry-Kay-McJohn	9:13
I'm Asking	Edmonton-McJohn	4:25
Shackles & Chains	Kay	4:57
Tenderness	Bonfire	4:51
Side Two
The Night Time's For You	Bonfire-Cavett	2:56
Jaded Strumpet	Edmonton	4:40
Sparkle Eyes	Biondo-Kay	4:29
Black Pit	Henry-McJohn	3:45
Ride With Me	Bonfire	3:15
In Hopes Of A Garden	Biondo	2:01

Note: Dickmobile built and photographed by Steven Hastings Paige
 

For Ladies Only³ / Sparkle Eyes Edmonton-Henry-Kay-McJohn (3:20) / Biondo-Kay (4:29) Dunhill D-4292, 10/71 BB