JEFFERSON AIRPLANE+GRATEFUL DEAD+QUICKSILVER PAPA JOHN CREACH SEALED ORIG LP

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·       PAPA JOHN CREACH (OF THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE FAME) WITH MEMBERS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE AND THE CHARLATANS  - THE SAME-TITLED FIRST ALBUM ("PAPA JOHN CREACH") - ORIGINAL 1971 GRUNT RECORDS STEREO LP FTR-1003

PAPA JOHN CREACH

GRUNT FTR 1003

 

At the time this album was recorded, Jefferson Airplane had expanded from a rock group into something of a San Francisco collective of musicians and launched its own record label, Grunt, necessitating a flow of product. As a result, there was a flurry of releases by the Airplane itself and several offshoots, with each of these records featuring several members of the loose aggregation informally dubbed PERRO (the Planet Earth Rock 'N' Roll Orchestra). Papa John Creach, violinist for the Airplane and its spin-off group, Hot Tuna, was the leader on this set, which featured members of the Airplane (Grace Slick, for example, duets with Creach on the lead-off track, "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"), Quicksilver Messenger Service, and the Grateful Dead. The result sounds like the Airplane records of the period, with a bit more of Creach's electric violin soaring over the proceedings

 

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

 

Personnel

 

Papa John Creach – electric violin, vocals

Greg Adams – trumpet on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"

Rufus Anderson – guitar on "Human Spring"

Jack Bonus – saxophone on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac" and "St. Louis Blues"

Nick Buck – piano on "Papa John's Down Home Blues"

Dave Brown – bass on "Soul Fever"

Jack Casady – bass on "Plunk a Little Funk", "String Jet Rock", and "Every Time I Hear Her Name"

John Cipollina – guitar on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"

Bruce Conte – guitar on "Papa John's Down Home Blues"

Joey Covington – drums on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac" and "Soul Fever", congas on "Plunk a Little Funk"

Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Soul Fever"

Mic Gillette – trombone on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"

Bobby Haynes – bass on "Danny Boy" and "Human Spring"

Art Hillery – piano on "Over the Rainbow" and "Human Spring", organ on "Danny Boy"

Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar on "String Jet Rock"

Jorma Kaukonen – guitar on "Plunk a Little Funk", "String Jet Rock", and "Every Time I Hear Her Name"

Mike Lipskin – organ on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac", piano on "St. Louis Blues"

Stan Monteiro – clarinet on "St. Louis Blues"

Skip Olsen – bass on "St. Louis Blues"

Sammy Piazza – drums on "St. Louis Blues", "Plunk a Little Funk", "String Jet Rock", and "Every Time I Hear Her Name"

Douglas Rauch – bass on "Papa John's Down Home Blues"

Gregg Rolie – organ on "Soul Fever"

Carlos Santana – guitar on "Papa John's Down Home Blues"

Peter Sears – bass on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"

Grace Slick – vocals on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"

Tony Smith – drums on "Papa John's Down Home Blues"

Bob Wilson – guitar on "St. Louis Blues"

Los Angeles String Section – strings on "Over the Rainbow"

Los Angeles Brass Section – brass on "Human Spring" and "Every Time I Hear Her Name"

 

RECORD CONDITION:SEALED SLEEVE CONDITION:SEALED, cut out mark on the spine, small tear to plastic around this area, minor corner wear
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