Space and First Takes

Space and First Takes is the sixth album by Lee Michaels and was released in 1972. It reached #78 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. It was the follow-up album to his most successful album, 5th which featured the #6 hit single "Do You Know What I Mean". The album consists of two shorter songs and two extended tracks.

The album featured the single "Hold on to Freedom" which did not chart on Billboard, but reached 104 on Cashbox.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Michaels except where noted.

1. "Own Special Way (As Long As)" (Joel Christie) – 4:33
2. "First Names" – 13:36
3. "Hold on to Freedom" (Johnny Otis) – 5:02
4. "Space and First Takes" – 16:40

Personnel

Musicians

• Lee Michaels – lead vocals, organ, piano, guitar
• Drake Levin – guitar
• Joel Christie – bass
• Keith Knudsen – drums

Technical

• Lee Michaels – producer
• Richard Madrid – engineer
• Henry Lewy – mixing engineer
• Roland Young – art direction

Charts

References

1. Yuri Gagarin
2. SpaceX
3. United States Space Force
4. NASA
5. Space exploration
6. International Space Station
7. Outer space
8. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey
10. Vostok 1
11. Spaceflight
12. Revelation Space series
13. Axiom Space
14. ISRO
15. Space Hulk
16. Space station
17. Lost Cosmonauts
18. Alexei Leonov
19. First Man into Space
20. Women in space