GRACE SLICK GREAT SOCIETY Collector’s Item 2LP COLUMBIA 1971 Jefferson Airplane
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THIS IS ONE of the 1971 US PRESSING on COLUMBIA "Red/Gold" label. GATEFOLD COVER. The cover is in strong VG+ condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration, BUT light discolouration/wear on corners, left spine is fully readable; INSIDE PANELS also in great condition; for details see photos. The vinyls in EX condition [barely played].
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GRACE SLICK & THE GREAT SOCIETY
One of the very first San Francisco underground groups. The Great Society, played in the first dance organised by The Family Dogg at The Longshoreman's Hall in 1965. Thereafter, they gigged regularly at the Fillmore, the Avalon, the Matrix and Mother's. The nucleus of the group were Grace, with her unique vocals, her husband, Darby and his brother Jerry. They recorded a single for Tom Donahue's North Beach label Someone To Love. The first LP recorded live at the Matrix is of particular interest in that it contained an early version of Darby's Somebody To Love and Grace's White Rabbit which The Jefferson Airplane were later to transform into nationwide hits. However, the record company held back its release until after the group had split and Grace had become famous. However, the group never made it nationally and when the nucleus of the band resolved to set off for India to learn sitar music Grace was snapped up by The Airplane who then really began to develop. Her husband, Jerry joined another San Franscisco band, The Final Solution...(Fuzz Acid & Flowers)
"COLLECTOR’S ITEM FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO SCENE"
<repackaging of CS 9624 [1968] and CS 9702 [1968] as a double-LP.>
Formerly entitled "Conspicious Only In Its Absence" and "How It Was"
Recorded Live At The Matrix–San Francisco
1971 2LP COLUMBIA RECORDS G 30459, CG 30459
PRINTED IN USA ONE of the US PRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED/GOLD LABEL - BLACK TEXT (Yellow rim)
Catalog on cover: CG 30459
Catalog on labels:
DISC ONE: G 30459 C 30460 AL 30460 / G 30459 C 30460 BL 30460
DISC TWO: G 30459 C 30461 AL 30461 / G 30459 C 30461 BL 30461
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): P AL 30460-1H
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): P BL 30460-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side C, Stamped): AL 30461-1D
Matrix / Runout (Side D, Stamped): P BL 30461-1E
On labels: please, for details see dedicated pictures
On back cover: Tracklist + Notes
Produced by Peter Abram
Photo…..Manufactured.......® "Columbia" (logo) Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
grading
RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
This is an essential album for Grace Slick/Jefferson Airplane fans.
This double-LP/single-CD reissue combines both of the Great Society's live albums, Conspicuous Only by Its Absence and How It Was, and features "Somebody to Love" in its original slower, more menacing version. It also includes the Society's extended version of Grace Slick's "White Rabbit" along with several other haunting originals which strike an exhilarating balance between tight songwriting and psychedelic jamming. Based on his raga-tinged work here, guitarist Darby Slick (Grace's then brother-in-law) deserves a lot more recognition than he's ever received for his pioneering explorations of Eastern scales. Bassist Peter Van Gelder isn't far behind him in the innovation department, and makes significant contributions here on saxophone and flute as well, plunging into John Coltrane territory on the former -- and his work on "White Rabbit," by itself, is worth the price of admission. Additionally, Grace Slick's singing was already about 95-percent of what it would be with the Airplane when she came aboard the latter, and if you close your eyes and forget what you're hearing, there are moments when you'd swear you were listening to her work from Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's, or Crown of Creation. All of these attributes make the title of this release something of a misnomer -- far more than a "Collector's Item," this is a genuinely exciting glimpse into the birth of psychedelic music, and essential listening for any devotees of the latter, or the San Francisco sound in any of its manifestations; the Great Society might not have made it past 1966, but they left behind music here that was as solid, substantial, and enduring -- and worth hearing today -- as anything the Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and the Charlatans were doing at the time...(AllMusic)
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