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Volunteers - Original Master Recording 180 Gram 45RPM - Sealed

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Volunteers (Original Master Recording limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 10-track double album 2-LP, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180-gram High-Definition Vinyl cut at 45RPM. First released in 1969, this was one of the earliest 16 track tape recordings & guest stars Nicky Hopkins, Jerry Garcia, David Crosby and Stephen Stills. The album was controversial at the time due to use of profanity & its anti-war sentiment. Heavyweight gatefold picture sleeve with original cover artwork, individually gold-foil numbered and sealed inside its perforated loose bag. The ultimate analogue reference of this classic album!)

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$113.39, £89.99  
Product Availability In stock. Order now for shipping on Wednesday 27th November
Release Year 2023 - 1 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Complete Stock List Go to Jefferson Airplane
Product Catalogue No MFSL2-457
Music Genre Psychedelic, 60s Rock, 70s Rock
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
 
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STEEPED IN REVOLUTION, VITALITY, PROTEST: THE AURAL EQUIVALENT OF A DEMONSTRATION MARCH

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe

Awash in controversy and loaded with revolutionary protest, Jefferson Airplane's Volunteers stands as the last album made by the group's classic lineup and brings insurgent closure to the peace-and-love era. The potent 1969 record confronts war, politics, greed, and environmental ruin in head-on fashion matched by few peers. Steeped in the belief people and music could transform the world, it steers the band in community-minded and county-rock directions, and features charged playing by guest luminaries such as Jerry Garcia, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and Nicky Hopkins. Volunteers also benefits from being one of the first 16-track recordings. And now, the historic set can be heard in the fidelity the artists and producers intended.

Much had changed in America – and within Jefferson Airplane – in just the two short years since the release of the San Francisco collective's breakthrough smash Surrealistic Pillow. The countercultural movement had darkened, government involvement in Vietnam escalated, and regard for human rights fallen. Retreating from the excessive experimentalism that graced its prior two LPs, the Airplane responded to the social circumstances with defiant, assured, and cohesive songs shot through with driving psychedelia, crunchy acid-rock, and rustic country. From start to finish, it's the aural equivalent of a demonstration march.

Having drawn attention for the inclusion of profanities in multiple tunes, the Top 20 LP also ran up against the nonprofit Volunteers of America after the sextet wanted to title the record Volunteers of Amerika in order to express further dissatisfaction with the country. While Grace Slick and Co. gave into the charity's desires to switch the name, there's nothing compromising about Volunteers. Kaukonen's leads cut searing swaths through urgent fare like "Eskimo Blue Day" and anthemic "We Can Be Together," which boldly speaks out against convention and in favor of chaos and anarchy.

Indeed, in organizing a pseudo summit of many of the counterculture's leading musical figures to participate on Volunteers, the Airplane treats the album as an orchestrated stance against the establishment. Stills and Crosby assist in rocking the boat on a turbulent cover of "Wooden Ships" lined with Slick and Marty Balin's overlapping lead vocals. Hopkins gooses the call-to-arms title track with frisky boogie-woogie lines. Garcia lends "The Farm" a suitable rustic vibe, and on his final appearance with the Airplane, drummer Spencer Dryden helms the pastoral sing-a-long "A Song for All Seasons."

Side One
1. We Can Be Together
2. Good Shepherd

Side Two
1. The Farm
2. Hey Fredrick

Side Three
1. Turn My Life Down
2. Wooden Ships

Side Four
1. Eskimo Blue Day
2. A Song For All Seasons
3. Meadowlands
4. Volunteers


DOUBLE LP  
Recording Artist Jefferson Airplane
Product Title Volunteers - Original Master Recording 180 Gram 45RPM - Sealed
Product Information Jefferson Airplane Volunteers - Original Master Recording 180 Gram 45RPM - Sealed USA 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Craig Chaquico, David Freiberg, Grace Slick, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jorma Kaukonen, KBC, Marty Balin, Mickey Thomas, Papa John Creach, Paul Kantner, Pete Sears, Peter Kaukonen, Starship, The Great Society
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