PERFECT SEALED 1970 ORIG LP + STICKER JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ACID ROCK PSYCH

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              Jefferson Airplane

                 The WORST of

\                                                         USA -  RCA RECORDS - 4459

STILL FACTORY SEALED - NEVER OPENED - NEVER PLAYED

Original 1970 first pressing in THICK textured gatefold cover...a BEAUTIFUL pristine prefect copy = 45 years old! NEVER OPENED!!!

Contains the very rare transparent gold lettering song titles sticker on outside of the cellophane - only 1970 first printings contained this nbow very scarce sticker...

Jefferson Airplane was the first of the San Francisco psychedelic rock groups of the 1960s to achieve national recognition. Although the Grateful Dead ultimately proved more long-lived and popular, Jefferson Airplane defined the San Francisco sound in the 1960s, with the acid rock guitar playing of Jorma Kaukonen and the soaring twin vocals of Grace Slick and Marty Balin, scoring hit singles and looking out from the covers of national magazines. They epitomized the drug-taking hippie ethos as well as the left-wing, antiwar political movement of their time, and their history was one of controversy along with hit records...The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane is their story in a nutshell:::

You may quickly notice that songs by the Jefferson Airplane smack of the sounds of psychedelic rock including sitars, distortion, lengthy guitar solos, but it's their lyrics that resonate more than ever. Of the San Francisco Bay Area bands, Jefferson Airplane took the pulse of the late 1960s countercultural revolution and fashioned the collective angst of their audience into subversive three-minute diatribes. The Worst of Jefferson Airplane just so happens to coincide with a particularly volatile moment in western culture that is reminiscent of the late 1960s socio-cultural landscape. Depending on your political persuasion, there is much to raise your hand about in solidarity with vocalists Marty Balin, Grace Slick, and Paul Kantner. .

“When the truth is found/ To be lies” opens the Airplane’s 1967 hit, “Somebody to Love”. The incessant beat of Spencer Dryden’s drum may set the body in motion, but the lyrics stimulate a different type of movement—one of the mind. Rarely, if ever before, had the opening line to a song on AM radio so boldly challenged the political authority. Of course, this is one of a few possible interpretations. Here’s an exercise to try after you’ve bought your copy of this LP: transcribe the lyrics to “Somebody to Love” and see what additional meanings you can derive.

Christening themselves “volunteers of America” two years later on the title track to Volunteers (1969), Jefferson Airplane was steadfast in raising the consciousness of their audience and invoking listeners to take action in the name of peace and civil rights. Much to RCA Records’ uptight-ness, the band embedded sentiments of defiance in their lyrics to “We Can Be Together” on the Volunteers album. Sung in a deceptively sunny three-part harmony, this rallying call issued a bold command: “Up against the wall motherfuckers”. Arguments ensued between RCA and the Airplane about this objectionable lyric but history proves the mighty Airplane prevailed…

If lyrics were bold dabs on the Airplane’s palette, then music was the expansive canvas onto which they painted a kaleidoscope of colors. Look no further than Kantner’s “The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil” from After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967) to hear the Airplane unfold a number of musical ideas within a four-and-a-half-minute song. A wave of guitar distortion gives way to a sprightly four-chord rhythm. Voices wrap around each other like intertwining vines. Drum cymbals are smashed about with abandon. Balin and Kantner sing in unison as Slick’s voice sneaks up from behind to form a crescendo of otherworldly vibratos. Yet Jefferson Airplane was also capable of crafting irresistible, straightforward melodic hooks. Just drop the needle down on track one of The Worst of Jefferson Airplane and you’ll hear the danceable/moving folk-rock shaker of “It’s No Secret”, a cut from their debut album featuring an impassioned vocal by Balin.

The group’s stunning second release, Surrealistic Pillow (1967), provides evidence of how Jefferson Airplane explored a variety of musical styles on one album. Producer Rick Jarrad’s brilliant nod to the Phil Spector “Wall of Sound” gives sonic depth to the Balin-Kantner composition “Today”, guitarist Jorman Kaukonen’s crystalline acoustic guitar work illuminates “Embryonic Journey”, and Slick’s wondrous ode to peyote, “White Rabbit”, appropriates the story of Alice in Wonderland with a bolero rhythm set to marching drum. Once you’ve absorbed the rapturously rewarding tracks on The Worst of Jefferson Airplane, you'll be ready to further ride the wild waves of the sounds of the San Francisco '60s.

According to a press release by RCA, The Worst of Jefferson Airplane was intended to encapsulate the story of Jefferson Airplane before the band members branched out into the otherworld.

"It's No Secret" (from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off)
"Blues From an Airplane" (from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off)

"Somebody to Love" (from Surrealistic Pillow)

"Today" (from Surrealistic Pillow)

"White Rabbit" (from Surrealistic Pillow)

"Embryonic Journey" (from Surrealistic Pillow)

"Martha" (from After Bathing at Baxter's)

"The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" (from After Bathing at Baxter's)

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"Crown of Creation" (from Crown of Creation)

"Chushingura" (from Crown of Creation)

"Lather" (from Crown of Creation)

"Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live; from Bless Its Pointed Little Head)

"Good Shepherd" (from Volunteers)

"We Can Be Together" (from Volunteers)

"Volunteers" (from Volunteers)

CONDITION: STILL FACTORY SEALED - THICK TEXTURED GATEFOLD has 4 sharp corners - no bends, no split seams, no delete marks - PERFECT!!! 45 years old!

NEVER OPENED - UNPLAYED first printing! ARCHIVE collection worthy rarity ...

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