Jefferson Airplane Volunteers Vinyl LP & "REVOLTING" Poster RCA Victor LSP-4238
Jefferson Airplane Volunteers Vinyl LP - RCA Victor LSP-4238 VG+ First Pressing with "Revolting" Poster Insert (1969) with Jerry Garcia, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and Nicky Hopkins
Condition: VG+ Vinyl and Cover. Vinyl was tested and is super clean overall. Poster insert is near mint. There is a small scuff on side 1, but otherwise is in excellent condition. Cover is in great shape with some minor wear on one corner. Very nice overall copy of a rare first pressing.
Very rare poster variation in which the foldout insert of a parody newspaper is titled "REVOLTING." This was quickly replaced by a "VOLUNTEERS" insert. Very few copies remain of this early version.
Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, Stamped: XPRS-0255-6S Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, stamped: XPRS-0256-6S
Volunteers is the fifth studio album by Jefferson Airplane, released in 1969 as RCA Victor LSP-4238. The album was controversial because of its revolutionary and anti-war lyrics along with the use of profanity. The original album title was Volunteers of Amerika, but it was shortened after objections from Volunteers of America.
This was to be the last album with the group for both Jefferson Airplane founder Marty Balin and drummer Spencer Dryden and thus signifies the end of the best-remembered "classic" lineup. It was to be the group's last all-new LP for two years; Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen would now devote more of their energy to their embryonic blues group Hot Tuna, while Paul Kantner and Grace Slick released Blows Against the Empire and Sunfighter with various guest musicians and celebrated the birth of their daughter China in 1971.
Track listing
Side one 1."We Can Be Together"Paul Kantner5:565:48 2."Good Shepherd"traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen4:214:21 3."The Farm"Kantner, Gary Blackman2:323:15 4."Hey Fredrick"Grace Slick9:008:26
Side two 1."Turn My Life Down"Kaukonen2:542:54 2."Wooden Ships"David Crosby, Kantner, Stephen Stills5:506:24 3."Eskimo Blue Day"Slick, Kantner6:156:31 4."A Song for All Seasons"Spencer Dryden3:283:28 5."Meadowlands"Lev Knipper1:041:04 6."Volunteers"Marty Balin, Kantner2:212:08
Personnel
Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Farm", "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day" and "Volunteers", organ on "Meadowlands", recorder on "Eskimo Blue Day" Marty Balin – vocals, percussion Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals Jack Casady – bass Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion
Additional personnel Nicky Hopkins – piano on "We Can Be Together", "Hey Fredrick", "Wooden Ships", "A Song for All Seasons" and "Volunteers" Stephen Stills – Hammond organ on "Turn My Life Down" Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on "The Farm" Joey Covington – congas on "Turn My Life Down", chair on "Eskimo Blue Day" David Crosby – sailboat on "Wooden Ships" Ace of Cups – vocals on "The Farm" and "Turn My Life Down" Bill Laudner – lead vocals on "A Song for All Seasons"
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NEAR MINT (NM) - A good description is that it looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. In other words, it?s nearly perfect, with no visible defects.
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