JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Bathing at Baxter's PROMO Psych LP

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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Bathing at Baxter's PROMO Psych LP

  Description: Great selection of classic, rare and obscure psych, '60s rock and folk rock in this auction series.
Many FIRST PRESSINGS and PROMOS included.
Each auction features full, edge-to-edge, high resolution photos and lengthy soundclips, so take your time to check out some things on the list you might not have heard before.

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Jefferson Airplane
After Bathing at Baxter's
RCA VICTOR Records LSO-1511
Original Press 1967 issue • Stereo
"NOT FOR SALE PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY" stamped into cover.

MATRIX NUMBERS:
SIDE 1 UPRS-5524 - 4S
SIDE 2 UPRS-5525 - 1S

VINYL is EX+
High gloss, thick, non-flexible vinyl has few very faint sleeve marks. LP plays very clean and bright. First issue, grooved "DOG" labels are pristine both sides.

COVER is EX-
Vibrant, bright, extremely clean with light wear. One bumped corner and wear to top seam. No splits. Inside gatefold is superb. No soil, writing, bends or creases.

Original art/info INNER SLEEVE included in excellent condition -no tears, splits or marks.
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Great very early PROMO pressing with bright bold sound; outstanding fidelity.

*Nearly impossible to photograph the imprinted "NSF ... Promotional" stamp on cover (back u.l. corner), but I tried. See PHOTO 2.

Vinyl kept inside additional anti-static lined inner sleeve to protect both the vinyl and the original inner.
LP housed in protective poly outer sleeve.

LISTEN to the Record!
segments of a few songs directly from the LP on auction
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5 stars out of 5  ...An acid symphony full of extended pieces conjoined into suites, with high flying hymns to liberated times delivered forcefully by the Airplane's vocal troika...
~Rolling Stone  (09/18/2003)

"After Bathing At Baxter's" is a one-of-a-kind, acid-stoked masterpiece. The LP was released in 1967 as their third album. Unlike Surrealistic Pillow, released earlier the same year, After Bathing at Baxter's is considered pure psychedelic rock because it eschews the more commercial type pop song structure, such as "Somebody to Love," on the earlier LP. As such, it was a watershed album; San Francisco acid rock progenitors Jefferson Airplane were now a much heavier rock group. Jorma Kaukonen's electric guitar was especially more to the forefront in both volume and tone ...expanding his sound with regular use of feedback and distortion.

Divided into "suites,"Baxter's" is woven with longer and more experimental compositions, such as the nine-minute instrumental "Spare Chaynge" and Grace Slick's mammoth and unusual "Rejoyce," an homage to James Joyce's novel Ulysses, with its quirky arrangement and Jack Casady's stentorian bass line. Many of the album tracks reflect the Airplane's heavy use of LSD during the sessions. Only their LA folk-rock rivals, The Byrds, would ever display such a blatant commercial disregard for its audience.

"After Bathing At Baxter's" has passages of utterly amazing instrumental virtuosity (particularly bassist Jack Casady on "Watch Her Ride" and "Rejoyce"), inspired harmony vocal arrangements (by Paul Kantner on "Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil", "Martha", "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon"), alternatingly lyrical and ferocious guitar phrasing (by Jorma Kaukonen on "Wild Thyme", "Martha" and "Last Wall of the Castle", an astonishing slashing and chiming guitar pyrotechnic showcase that rivaled anything heard from Jimi Hendrix or the Who that year), and stellar lead vocals (Grace Slick on "Two Heads" and "Rejoyce" and Marty Balin on "Young Girl Sunday Blues"). Spencer Dryden hauled out an array of percussive devices that was at least twice as broad as anything used on the previous album.

What emerged was one of the rawest, most in-your-face records to come out of the psychedelic era -exciting and enveloping in long stretches, yet elsewhere enigmatic and abtruse - delightful in its most fulfilling moments, which were many, yet sometimes veering into the acid fringes and untred territory, and amid all of that, very often beautiful.

This is an album for musicians, singers, artists and those with musically adventurous tastes. It is as aggressively sonic as any Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators or Sonic Youth recording, especially considering that it was recorded in late 1967! The moods, tempos, rhythms and outrageous inventiveness of the arrangements puts it in a league of its own. For all serious music lovers.

Please see my other auctions for more
RARE Jefferson Airplane LPs.

All records packed with vinyl (inside inner sleeve) behind cover - and shipped in strong LP mailer boxes with bubble-wrap around all sides - sandwiched between stiff corrugated flats for best protection in the mail.

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SHIPPING RATES
Heavier than usual LP due to THICK, SOLID VINYL and sturdy GATEFOLD COVER
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I package the LPs to survive even the worst conditions the postal systems can hand out.   Payment: Payment to be received within 7 days of auction end. I prefer PayPal for their secure, fast, dependable payment service. If you need to pay by any other method, please eMail me to see if your alternate choice can be accepted. I am happy to do my best to make payment as easy for you as possible. Any mailed payment MUST contain the name of the item and YOUR name AND ADDRESS to be sure I know which item you are paying for -and where to ship it.  
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