Fire Up Plus

Fire Up Plus
Photos of Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogerty, John Kahn, and Bill Vitt, performing on stage
Compilation album by
Merl Saunders and Friends
ReleasedJuly 9, 1992
Recorded1971–1973
GenreRock, funk
Length68:53
LabelFantasy
ProducerMerl Saunders, Tom Fogerty, Brian Gardner
Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia chronology
Keystone Encores
(1988) 		Fire Up Plus
(1992) 		Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974
(2004)
Merl Saunders chronology
Save the Planet So We'll Have Someplace to Boogie
(1991) 		Fire Up Plus
(1992) 		It's In the Air
(1993)
Jerry Garcia chronology
Jerry Garcia Band
(1991) 		Fire Up Plus
(1992) 		Not for Kids Only
(1993)

Fire Up Plus is an album by Merl Saunders and Friends. It contains most of the songs from two LPs from the early 1970s — Heavy Turbulence, and Fire Up. It was released on CD by Fantasy Records on July 9, 1992.[1][2]

Fire Up Plus features Merl Saunders on keyboards and vocals, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead on guitar and vocals, Tom Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival on guitar, John Kahn on bass, and Bill Vitt on drums.

Heavy Turbulence was recorded in the fall of 1971 and released in 1972. All six tracks from that album are included in Fire Up Plus.[3][4]

Fire Up was recorded between November 1972 and January 1973, and released in 1973. Six of the eight tracks from that album are included in Fire Up Plus. The songs "Charisma (She's Got)" and "Chock-Lite Puddin'" were omitted due to space considerations.[5][6]

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