Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (Deluxe)

Artist:

Jefferson Airplane

See Also:

Hot Tuna Balin, Marty Slick, Grace Beach Boys (The) Jefferson Starship Kantner, Paul Kaukonen, Jorma Starship

Description:

Jefferson Airplane: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen (vocals, guitar); Grace Slick (vocals, piano, organ, recorder); Jack Cassady (guitar, bass); Spencer Dryden (percussion).
Recorded at RCA Victor`s Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California.
This newly remastered 2003 deluxe edition contains bonus tracks.
Jefferson Airplane: Grace Slick (vocals, recorder, piano, organ); Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin (vocals, guitar); Jack Casady (guitar, bass); Spencer Dryden (percussion).
Recorded at RCA Victor`s Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California.
Originally released on RCA Victor (3766). Includes liner notes by Jeff Tamarkin and Bill Thompson.
From the opening, hard-edged chords of "She Has Funny Cars," it`s apparent that SURREALISTIC PILLOW, Jefferson Airplane`s sophomore effort, is a far more spiky beast than the band`s debut. It became not only San Francisco`s soundtrack to the Summer Of Love, but all of America`s. It spawned two Top Ten classics ("Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit") and established the Airplane as one of the main pop voices of the cultural revolution.
Some of the newfound dynamism can be attributed to personnel changes. Singer-keyboardist Grace Slick, who joined the Airplane following a stint in the mildly successful Great Society, had a unique artistic gleam her predecessor, Signe Anderson, never possessed--both of the aforementioned hits were songs she`d written for her former band. And new drummer Spencer Dryden could make the music shake with heretofore-unheard polyrhythms, or walk a straight line with militaristic precision. SURREALISTIC PILLOW`s other strengths lay in the band`s boldly diverse sound. Effortlessly gliding from twisted Motown (the electrified "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds"), to Dylanesque rock (Balin`s "Plastic Fantastic Lover") to an acoustic, psychedelic bluegrass instrumental (Kaukonen`s "Embryonic Journey"), the Airplane proved themselves able to at once interpret the cultural tide and make it radio-friendly.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. She Has Funny Cars
2. Somebody to Love
3. My Best Friend
4. Today
5. Comin` Back to Me
6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
7. D.C.B.A.-25
8. How Do You Feel
9. Embryonic Journey
10. White Rabbit
11. Plastic Fantastic Lover
12. In the Morning
13. J.P.P. McStep B. Blues
14. Go to Her - (version two)
15. Come Back Baby
16. Somebody to Love - (mono, single version)
17. White Rabbit - (mono, single version)

Album Information

Release Date:

08/19/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Psychedelic

Label:

BMG Heritage

Producer:

Rick Jarrard

Catalog Number:

50351

Original Release Year:

1967

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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