Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow(rock)(mp3@320)[rogercc]

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE SURREALISTIC PILLOW
Originally released on RCA Victor (3766)
Orig Year 1967
Label: BMG Heritage (Released 2003)

Surrealistic Pillow virtually defined the communal spirit of Summer of Love hippiedom. (Billy Altman, Amazon)



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.

Tracklist:
1. She Has Funny Cars - 3:10
2. Somebody To Love - 2:58
3. My Best Friend - 3:01
4. Today - 2:59
5. Comin' Back To Me - 5:18
6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - 3:41
7. D. C. B. A.-25 - 2:37
8. How Do You Feel - 3:31
9. Embryonic Journey - 1:53
10. White Rabbit - 2:30
11. Plastic Fantastic Lover - 6:21
12. In The Morning - 2:37
13. J. P. P. Mc Step B. Blues -
14. Go To Her - 4:02
15. Come Back Baby - 2:56
16. Somebody To Love (Mono single version) - 2:58
17. White Rabbit (Mono single version) - 5:20


Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California.


Jefferson Airplane: Grace Slick (vocals, recorder, piano, organ); Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin (vocals, guitar); Jack Casady (guitar, bass); Spencer Dryden (percussion).