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Jefferson Airplane - Long John Silver
TRACKLIST:
1 Long John Silver (4:25)
2 Aerie (Gang of Eagles) (3:56)
3 Twilight Double Leader (4:45)
4 Milk Train (3:22)
5 Son of Jesus (5:30)
6 Easter? (4:02)
7 Trial by Fire (4:35)
8 Alexander the Medium (6:40)
9 Eat Starch Mom (4:36)
BMG Music Spain - remastered 2000
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ALBUM REVIEW :Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide
The final Jefferson Airplane studio album -- if
their half-hearted 'reunion' from 1989 isn't
(and really shouldn't be) counted -- presented
yet another alteration in the band's lineup.
Not only would Long John Silver (1972) be the
second project minus co-founder Marty Balin
(vocals), who left after Volunteers (1969), but
Joey Covington (drums) also split before the
long-player was completed, forming his own com-
bo, the short-lived Black Kangaroo. Covington
contributes to a pair of Paul Kantner's
(guitar/vocals) better offerings "Twilight
Double Leader" and "Story of Jesus," while Hot
Tuna kinsman Sammy Piazza (drums) lends a hand
to Jorma Kaukonen's (guitar/vocals) whimsical
"Trial by Fire." Eventually, Turtles' and Cros-
by, Stills, Nash & Young percussionist John Bar-
bata (drums) would fill the drummer's stool for
the remainder of the Airplane's rapid descent.
He would likewise make the transition alongside
Kantner, Grace Slick (piano/vocals) and Papa
John Creach (violin) into the brave new world
of Jefferson Starship. Even more so than on
their previous platter, Bark (1971), the mater-
ial featured on Long John Silver rather blatant-
ly exposes the two disparate factions to have
emerged from the once unified Airplane. The
Hot Tuna -- and Kantner/Slick, whose Blows
Against the Empire (1970) from two years earlier
clearly pointed to the exceedingly cerebral ap-
proach evident on Slick's indistinct "Aerie
(Gang of Eagles)" and "Easter?," or the mid-
tempo meandering of Kantner's "Alexander the
Medium." The edgy, blues-infused rocker "Milk
Train" is one of the few standouts on Long John
Silver, giving Creach a platform for his ever-
adaptable and soaring fiddle. Quite possibly
the heaviest selection on the package is the
Slick/Kaukonen co-composition "Eat Starch Mom."
Appropriately, it concludes the effort on a pos-
itive charge with the Airplane hitting on all
cylinders before landing the craft (for all in-
tents and purposes) the last time. When the LP
hit store shelves in the summer of 1972, it be-
came instantly notorious for the cover that
transformed into a cigar (read: stash) box. The
inner sleeve went as far as reproducing the
image of tightly compressed domestic ganja, re-
plete with sticks, seeds and stems.
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