Name: Surrealistic Pillow
Brand: Jefferson Airplane

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Catalogue number

828765035125

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2003-08-19

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Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Sony

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jefferson Airplane

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

American psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, CA. During the late 1960s, the band epitomized San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury culture.

The band began in 1965 when singer Marty Balin met guitarist Paul Kantner. They began as a folk-rock group, added lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, drummer Spencer Dryden, singer Grace Slick, and bassist Bob Harvey, who was soon replaced by Jack Casady. The group was signed by RCA Victor, and their debut album charted at #128, selling 10,000 copies in the San Francisco area.

The band went through several lineup changes over the years but continued to make music and perform at iconic festivals like Woodstock and Altamont. In 1971, members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed Hot Tuna but remained part of Jefferson Airplane. The same year, the group formed its own label called Grunt Records.

In February 1974, Grace Slick and Paul Kantner officially formed Jefferson Starship which marked the end of the original phase of Jefferson Airplane. The band was later inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a Performer.

when she joined the jefferson airplane in 1966 as replacement for original vocalist signe anderson, grace slick brought with her two songs she'd performed in her previous band, the great society: "somebody to love" and "white rabbit". featured on this classic 1967 album, they became us top 10 hits and helped establish both the san francisco and the emerging counterculture they celebrated. with jorma kaukonen's sinewy guitar, jack casady's probing bass and spencer dryden's inventive drumming swirling around slick and co-vocalists marty balin and paul kantner on songs like "she has funny cars" and "3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds", surrealistic pillow virtually defined the communal spirit of summer of love hippiedom.

Surrealistic Pillow

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