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HOT TUNA

Formed as a side project by two Jefferson Airplane members, they became a solid blues-rock unit with a cult following on the jam band circuit. Hot Tuna -- originally dubbed Hot Sh*t, much to the chagrin of their label, RCA -- first began taking shape in 1969, while both Casady and Kaukonen were still active members of the Jefferson Airplane; in fact, their first performances were sandwiched between regular Airplane gigs. As a trio rounded out by harmonica player Will Scarlet (and occasionally including Airplane members Marty Balin and Spencer Dryden), Hot Tuna debuted in 1970 with a low-key self-titled LP of traditional blues and ragtime recorded live at the New Orleans House in Berkeley.

"THE PHOSPHORESCENT RAT"

[Released in the U.S.A. in 1973 but published in Italy in January 1974]

1974     LP     GRUNT RECORDS     BFL 1-0348

MADE IN ITALY      ORIGINAL PRESSING

GATEFOLD SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

Label: GRUNT -  BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: BFL 1-0348

Catalog on labels: BFL1 0348  DKAY 18846 / BFL1 0348  DKAY 18847

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): DKAY 18846 1S  (Etched): 1 B 2  ∆  P

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): DKAY 18847 1S  (Etched): 1 B 3  ∆  P

On labels: rim text "© 1971, Afterthought Productions Corp."

Tutti i diritti.......by RCA S.p.A.

S.I.A.E.(boxed)

Produced by: A Fishbaby Production

℗ 1/74

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

© 1973, Grunt Records - Manufactured and Distributed by RCA Records, New York, N.Y.

tracklisting

Side A: I SEE THE LIGHT - LETTER TO THE NORTH STAR - EASY NOW

CORNERS WITHOUT EXITS - DAY TO DAY OUT THE WINDOW BLUES

Side B: IN THE KINGDOM - SEEWED STRUT - LIVING JUST FOR YOU

SOLILOQUY FOR 2 - SALLY, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR LIQUOR FROM?

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Hot Tuna's first album made after the breakup of Jefferson Airplane found Jorma Kaukonen taking a firm hand: he's the author of nine out of 10 songs. The walking tempos and familiar soaring, psychedelic guitar solos are in place, but much of the music is given over to Kaukonen's reflective lyrics, sung in his matter-of-fact voice, and there are strings on a couple of tracks. Although the approach would produce Kaukonen's most impressive record the following year when he made the acoustic solo album, and although critics have pointed to The Phosphorescent Rat as among Hot Tuna's better efforts, the group's fans, devoted as they were to its extended versions of blues standards, seem to have been unimpressed: the album was Hot Tuna's lowest charting among those released during its 1970-1978 heyday. Probably a lack of enthusiasm at RCA, due to the demise of Jefferson Airplane, didn't help in the album's promotion, either...(AllMusic)