Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
Label: | RCA Victor – LSP-4238 |
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Country: | US |
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Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock |
Tracklist
A1 | We Can Be Together | 5:50 | |
A2 | Good Shepherd | 4:22 | |
A3 | The Farm | 2:55 | |
A4 | Hey Fredrick | 8:31 | |
B1 | Turn My Life Down | 2:55 | |
B2 | Wooden Ships | 6:00 | |
B3 | Eskimo Blue Day | 6:31 | |
B4 | A Song For All Seasons | 3:30 | |
B5 | Meadowlands | 1:01 | |
B6 | Volunteers | 2:03 |
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios
- Published By – Guerilla Music
- Published By – Icebag Corp.
- Published By – Mole Music Co.
- Published By – Gold Hill Music
Credits
- Bass – Jack Casady
- Congas – Joey Covington (tracks: B1)
- Design – Gut (5), Airplane*, Milton Burke
- Drums – Spencer Dryden
- Electric Organ [Hammond] – Steven Stills* (tracks: B1)
- Engineer – Rich Schmitt
- Guitar – Jorma Kaukonen
- Illustration [Cartoon] – Dan O'Neill (6)
- Pedal Steel Guitar – Jerry Garcia (tracks: A3)
- Percussion [Chair] – Joey Covington (tracks: B3)
- Performer [Music Sailboat] – David Crosby
- Photography By [Back Photo] – Jim Smircich
- Photography By [Cover Photo] – Jim Marshall (3)
- Photography By [PB & J Photo] – Little Herbie Greene*
- Piano – Nicky Hopkins (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B4, B6)
- Producer – Al Schmitt
- Recorded By [Maurice At The 16 Track] – Pat Ieraci Mauriceman*
- Vocals – Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
- Voice [That Voice] – Bill Laudner (tracks: B4)
Notes
Original copies of this release included an 11"x22" folded paper insert with lyrics, credits, info on one side and a mock newspaper "Paz Progress" on the other side.
Produced at Wally Heider Recording Studio San Francisco
Runouts: stamped.
Produced at Wally Heider Recording Studio San Francisco
Runouts: stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): ɪ
- Matrix / Runout (A Side label matrix no.): XPRS-0255
- Matrix / Runout (B Side label matrix no.): XPRS-0256
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 1]): XPRS-0255-5S I ʌ2
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, [variant 1]): XPRS-0256-5S I
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 2]): XPRS-0255-5S I B2
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 2]): XPRS-0256-5S I A1
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 3]): XPRS-0255-5S I C /
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 3]): XPRS-0256-6S I C4
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 4]): XPRS-0255-5S + I A 1
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 4]): XPRS-0256-5S I + B 3
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 5]): XPRS-0255-5S I C1
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 5]): XPRS-0256-5S I C3
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 6]): XPRS-0255-5S 1+ > B3
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 6]): XPRS-0255-5S 1+ A 3
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 7]): XPRS-0255-6S I + B 4
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 7]): XPRS-0256-6S I D 1
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout [variant 8]): XPRS-0255-5S I + 3 1
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout [variant 8]): XPRS-0256-53 I + B5
Other Versions (5 of 132)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Volunteers (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album) | RCA Victor | TP3-1030 | US | 1969 | ||
Volunteers (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | LSP-4238 | Canada | 1969 | |||
Volunteers (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | LPVS-1020 | Venezuela | 1969 | |||
Volunteers (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | LSP-4238 | Spain | 1969 | |||
Volunteers (LP, Album) | RCA | SHP-6086 | Japan | 1969 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- Edited 6 years agoVolunteers by The Jefferson Airplane marks the end of an era, and the Merry Prankster-ish cover indicates that the Airplane are looking for something else as well, or perhaps someplace fresh to land, and that something, and place, was the revolution in politics. While internal problems were arising from within the band, or at least were coming to a head, that didn’t stop The Airplane from making a fine record here, with Volunteers being flavored with more textured guitars, and more conceptual in nature, as most of the songs ebb and blend from one into the other. “Hey Fredrick” is a loving and very angry song which could easily be seen as a metaphor for the rioting that was going on in the streets during this time. Yet there are very passionate numbers such as "Turn My Life Down," that seem to pushing to keep hope alive.
Blows Against The Empire will follow, bringing in a totally new possibility, but more on that later. The body of work, from Surrealistic Pillow through Bark can not be avoided, and should be seen in their proper context ... a journey through the landscape of America by those who would have something better rise from the ashes.
Enjoy my friends … "Go ride the music, go ride the music, go ride."
Here's another clue for you all:
There's a crossword grid (with no clues) appearing on the back cover of this 1969 classic Volunteers album … The numbering of the grid is, in a word, amazing. The top row starts off normally 1-4, but skips 5 to go right to 6. Then the drugs kick in: F-Across/-Down is directly above U-Across. 03-Down? 9- then 8- then 7- then (finally!) 5-Down. Then the repeated enumeration begins. There are two 4-Downs, as well as a 4-Across which has nothing to do with either 4-Down. Two 41-Acrosses as well as two 42-Acrosses, and, count 'em three 43-Acrosses. The obligatory: 69-Across (natch). A why-the-hell-not 113-Down. There's two P-Downs. And since this was the '60s, Peace-symbol-Down, positioned directly below an area that has L-, S-, and D-Acrosses.
If you think you have it completed, let me know … though, considering the times, and considering Jefferson Airplane, I suspect there are no right or wrong answers, because during those heady daze, it was the questioning that was most important, and not the answers, which were always subject to change.
As to the album cover art: Even though the album was released in late 1969, the cover photo dates back to 1967 and features the band wearing disguises, with the image being taken during the filming of a promotional film made for their single "Martha".
Review by Jenell Kesler
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