JEFFERSON AIRPLANE VOLUNTEERS ORIG'69 RCA LP w/BIZARRELY RARE 'REVOLTING' INSERT

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·       JEFFERSON AIRPLANE – VOLUNTEERS - ORIGINAL 1969 RCA STEREO LP LSP-4238

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING.

·       INSANELY RARE COVER VARIATION IN WHICH THE FOLDOUT INSERT (TOP ARTICLE IN THE PARODY NEWSPAPER) IS TITLED "REVOLTING" (WHICH PRESUMABLY WAS THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TITLE OF THE ALBUM), WHICH WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY REPLACED BY THE "VOLUNTEERS" INSERT. WE ESTIMATE THAT LESS THAN 1% OF ALL SURVIVING COPIES COME WITH THE "REVOLTING" INSERT. THE MOST LIKELY REASON FOR THE GROUP'S MANAGEMENT'S DECISION TO SCRAP THE "REVOLTING" INSERT IS THAT THE TITLE "REVOLTING" APPEARS RIGHT NEXT TO A PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED DEROGATORY REFERENCE TO RICHARD NIXON, WHICH COULD EITHER BE MISCONSTRUED AS A CALL TO REVOLUTION AGAINST THE SITTING PRESIDENT = OR = AN OFFENSIVE REFERENCE TO THE (THEN) NEWLY ELECTED TRICKY DICK (ONE OF MANY SUCH TRICKSTERS TO OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE IN IN THE DECADES TO COME)

·       PLEASE NOTE: DISCOGS.COM CLAIMS THAT THIS INSERT ONLY CAME WITH ROCKAWAY, NJ PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM. WE COULD NOT CONFIRM THIS INFORMATION AND OUR COPY DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A ROCKAWAY PRESSING; THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 'REVOLTING' INSERT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE PRESSING PLANT.  IN ADDITION,  DISCOGS.COM MAKES ANOTHER WILDLY MISLEADING CLAIM, SUCH AS THAT SOME PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE CAME WITH THE COVER SHOWING A PERSON ON THE BACK COVER  WEARING A BLACK & WHITE AMERICAN FLAG HAT. THIS IS ONLY TECHNICALLY CORRECT: NAMELY, ONLY THE QUADRAPHONIC PRESSINGS HAD BLACK & WHITE HATS. ALL KNOWN REGULAR (STEREO) COVERS HAD 3-COLORED HATS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.

·       ORIGINAL ORANGE RCA VICTOR LABEL

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       INCLUDES ORIGINAL “REVOLTING” FOLDOUT INSERT

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-6S/-6S'

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Controversial at the time, delayed because of fights with the record company over lyrical content and the original title (Volunteers of America), Volunteers was a powerful release that neatly closed out and wrapped up the '60s. Here, the Jefferson Airplane presents itself in full revolutionary rhetoric, issuing a call to "tear down the walls" and "get it on together." "We Can Be Together" and "Volunteers" bookend the album, offering musical variations on the same chord progression and lyrical variations on the same theme. Between these politically charged rock anthems, the band offers a mix of words and music that reflect the competing ideals of simplicity and getting "back to the earth," and overthrowing greed and exploitation through political activism, adding a healthy dollop of psychedelic sci-fi for texture. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen's beautiful arrangement of the traditional "Good Shepherd" is a standout here, and Jerry Garcia's pedal steel guitar gives "The Farm" an appropriately rural feel. The band's version of "Wooden Ships" is much more eerie than that released earlier in the year by Crosby, Stills & Nash. Oblique psychedelia is offered here via Grace Slick's "Hey Frederick" and ecologically tinged "Eskimo Blue Day." Drummer Spencer Dryden gives an inside look at the state of the band in the country singalong "A Song for All Seasons."

The musical arrangements here are quite potent. Nicky Hopkins' distinctive piano highlights a number of tracks, and Kaukonen's razor-toned lead guitar is the recording's unifying force, blazing through the mix, giving the album its distinctive sound. Although the political bent of the lyrics may seem dated to some, listening to Volunteers is like opening a time capsule on the end of an era, a time when young people still believed music had the power to change the world.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JIM NEWSOM, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

This, the group's sixth album, captures Jefferson Airplane at their politically most subversive and musically creative peak. Three out of 10 of these songs have been performed by the Band at Woodstock Festival, and the hilarious cover clearly and unambiguously shows what the band thought of the Vietnam war and Nixon administration. This is the final "real" Jefferson Airplane album - it will be all downhill from here. The band never really managed (or attempted to) regain the level of musicianship, vision and integrity that it enjoyed in the mid-to-late 1970's. Track listing: We can be together - Good shepherd - The farm - Hey Fredrick - Turn my life down - Wooden Ships - Eskimo Blue Day - A song for all seasons - Meadowlands - Volunteers.  

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The album comes with the original 'REVOLTING' insert still intact.

(c)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ?SHRINK WRAP  (SEPARATED ON TOP SIDE, BUT WHOLE)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.  (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (BARELY VISIBLE)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the top seam (nothing significant)

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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