JEFFERSON AIRPLANE After Bathing at Baxter's MONO Orig.1967 Acid Fuzz Psych LP ?

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Hundreds of Psych, Garage & '60's rock vinyl LPs over next few weeks.
Many 1st Pressings, Promos, Rarities and Imports included. 
Most are EX+ to NM+ condition.

Both AUCTIONS and a few Fixed-Price BUY IT NOW listings and  in this series
Each listing features several full edge-to-edge, High Resolution Photos.

All opening bids in the auction series begin at only 98¢
Being the middle of summer, I know that many of these will sell way too low, as so many bidders are away now.
So everybody here has a good shot at taking some of these beauties home! GOOD LUCK ALL!!

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This auction is for:
Jefferson Airplane
After Bathing at Baxter's
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RCA VICTOR Records LOP 1511
Original 1967 issue • MONO LP
Original "Acid Tweaker Art" INNER SLEEVE included

VINYL is VG+
Very glossy vinyl, showing very minor surface marks in hard bright light that are almost entirely inaudible. LP plays a high EX+ to NM throughout .
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COVER is VG+
Very clean, bright vivid gatefold is very close to EX (VG++), showing some mild ring rub crescent. No creases, writing, soil or other marks. Inner gatefold also very nice. Superb flat, smooth spine; couple spots of wear to bottom seam. NO splits. Sharp cornered and straight edged all around.

STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

Great Psych 3rd Airplane LP!! 
West Coast Acid Psych Masterpiece!

SUPERB BRIGHT, BOLD FIDELITY on this very early MONO pressing
...Very different mix and bolder sound than the stereo issue.

MATRIX NUMBERS
?Side One: UPRM-5522- - 4S
?Side Two: UPRM-5523- - 4S
"H" also stamped in Dead Wax, both sides, indicating
WEST COAST (Hollywood plant) PRESSING

HEAR FOR YOURSELF!

Recorded directly from the LP on auction

Sound is mp3 Quality only. Actual LP sound is much better!

THICK, SOLID VINYL and THICK CARBOARD GATEFOLD SLEEVE, USA Original?.?
The rare double sided Acid Art drawings inner sleeve is crisp /clean with no creases.

True ACID-FOLK-PSYCH TOUR DE FORCE from San Francisco's finest in their prime!

Disc inside separate poly inner sleeve to protect both the original inner & the vinyl
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve
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The Jefferson Airplane’s second release, Surrealistic Pillow was a huge commercial success and catapulted the group to superstar status.

So what do you do for an encore? The answer is you take a creative chance and move in a different direction. The  pristine folk/rock leanings were left behind, as the group put the guitars out front and embraced a harder edged psychedelic sound. Reports from the time were that much of the album was recorded with the band tripping on acid in the studio.

After Bathing At Baxter’s is immediately noticeable for the fact that Marty Balin, who wrote the majority of the songs on the group’s first two releases is only credited with being the co-author of one track. Paul Kantner with six tracks, and Grace Slick with two, would move to the forefront in determining the Airplane’s musical vision and destiny.

The creative approach was unique as the album was divided into five surreal suites of two and three songs each that hauntingly weave their unique Flower-Psych-Folk with some of the most uncompromising true Acid Rock to yet come out of San Francisco - or anywhere, for that matter. The music is deeply textured, and lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady step forward, front and center, to become recognized as one of the best combinations of the 1960’s.

“The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil” was unlike most everything that was being produced in the late sixties. I’m not even sure what the song was about, but that seemed fine at the time. Paul Kantner had a vision that only he and possibly the other members of the group could see. I was amazed that they released this track as a single. That Kantner could write this song and the beautiful “Martha” on one album is remarkable. Wonderful poetry is enhanced by the voices of the group. Grace Slick’s vocal, in a back-up role, is one of the best of her career.

Grace Slick would write two tracks for which she provided the lead vocals. “Two Heads” finds her cranking up her powerful vocal instrument but it is “rejoice” (with a smalle r in the title), that is one of the best creations of her career. Based on James Joyce’s Ulysses, it would feature some powerful fuzz bass guitar by Casady. Just play this track and “White Rabbit” from Surrealistic Pillow back to back and you have a working definition of psychedelic music.

Marty Balin’s “Young Girl Sunday Blues” is the only close to "normal" song on the album. His superb tenor voice carries the song along and would increasingly make one wish that he would have been more active in the studio.

The group attacks to the very end. “Won’t You Try/Saturday Afternoon” combines an early use of guitar feedback and harmonies by the group. Slick, Balin, and Kantner have always been underrated in their ability to weave their voices together into an intricate sound.

After Bathing At Baxter’s is a unique album as it will take you on a trip of the ear and mind.
No matter what state of mind you may be in or out of; it still remains a fascinating listen well over four decades later!

Side One
Streetmasse - 9:41
"The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" (Paul Kantner)
"A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly" (Spencer Dryden)
"Young Girl Sunday Blues" (Marty Balin, Kantner)

The War Is Over - 6:34
"Martha" (Kantner)
"Wild Tyme" (Kantner)

Hymn to an Older Generation - 6:41
"The Last Wall of the Castle" (Jorma Kaukonen)
"Rejoyce" (Grace Slick)

Side Two
How Suite It Is - 12:23
"Watch Her Ride" (Kantner)
"Spare Chaynge" (Jack Casady, Dryden, Kaukonen)

Schizoforest Love Suite - 8:19
"Two Heads" (Slick)
"Won't You Try" (Kantner)
"Saturday Afternoon" (Kantner)

Please see my other auctions for more JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
and other Collectible, Vintage 1960's / Psych LPs.
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