Surrealistic Pillow

Surrealistic Pillow
Surrealistic Pillow
Studio album by Jefferson Airplane
Released February 1967 (1967-02)[1]
Recorded October 31 – November 22, 1966 in RCA Victor's Music Center, Hollywood, California
Genre Psychedelic rock, folk rock
Length 34:48
Label RCA Victor LSP 3766
Producer Rick Jarrard[2]
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
(September 1966)
Surrealistic Pillow
(February 1967)
After Bathing at Baxter's
(December 1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars [3]

Surrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967.[1]

Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden, a nephew of Charlie Chaplin. New lead vocalist Grace Slick, formerly of the Great Society, joined the band in 1966. Both Slick and Dryden debuted with the band on records with this album and its attendant singles, thus completing the best-known line-up of the group, which would remain stable until Dryden's departure in early 1970. It is also considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the 1960s counterculture movement.

Contents

Album overview

Jefferson Airplane's fusion of folk rock and psychedelia was original at the time, in line with musical developments pioneered by The Byrds, The Mamas & the Papas, and Bob Dylan. Surrealistic Pillow was the first blockbuster psychedelic album by a band from San Francisco, announcing to the world the active bohemian scene that had developed there starting with The Beats during the 1950s, extending and changing through the 1960s into the Haight-Ashbury counterculture. Subsequently, the exposure generated by the Airplane and others wrought great changes to that counterculture, and by 1968 the ensuing national media attention had precipitated a very different San Francisco scene than had existed in 1966. San Francisco photographer Herb Greene photographed the band for the album's cover art.[4]

Some controversy exists as to the role of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia in the making of the album. His reputed presence on several tracks is denied by producer Rick Jarrard,[5] but he is credited on the RCA label copy,[5] as well as receiving credits on the Flight Log compilation[6] and the Jefferson Airplane Loves You box set.[7]

Surrealistic Pillow was originally released as RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3766, and peaked at #3 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart, driven by "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love," which peaked at #8 and #5 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album was mixed in both mono and stereo, and both mixes are available on a rare RCA Gold CD edition, a November 2001 reissue, and as part of the Ignition box set. The mono version is actually preferred by some collectors as it has a more powerful sound and significantly less echo and reverb than the stereo mix. Another stereo reissue appeared on August 19, 2003, with seven bonus tracks, including the mono A-sides of "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit." The 2003 reissue was produced by Bob Irwin.

The United Kingdom version of the LP is a mish-mash of the United States version and their first LP, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off".

In the 2003 reissue, "Track 17. White Rabbit(Mono Single Version)" contains an instrumental version of "D.C.B.A. -25" on the end.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 146 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[8]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "She Has Funny Cars" (Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin) – 3:14
  2. "Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 3:00
  3. "My Best Friend" (Skip Spence) – 3:04
  4. "Today" (Balin, Paul Kantner) – 3:03
  5. "Comin' Back to Me" (Balin) – 5:23

Side two

  1. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (Balin) – 3:45
  2. "D.C.B.A. -25" (Kantner) – 2:39
  3. "How Do You Feel" (Tom Mastin) – 3:34
  4. "Embryonic Journey" (Kaukonen) – 1:55
  5. "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 2:32
  6. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (Balin) – 2:39

2003 Bonus Tracks

  1. "In the Morning" (Kaukonen) - 6:21
  2. "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues" (Alex Spence) - 2:37
  3. "Go to Her (Version Two)" (Kantner, Irving Estes) - 4:02
  4. "Come Back Baby" (Traditional, Arr. Kaukonen) - 2:56
  5. "Somebody to Love (Mono Single Version)" (Darby Slick) - 2:58
  6. "White Rabbit (Mono Single Version)" (Grace Slick) - 5:21

Personnel

Personnel and instruments from original LP notes[4]

Production

  • Jerry Garcia – musical and spiritual adviser, guitar on "Today",[5][7] "Comin' Back to Me",[5][6] "Plastic Fantastic Lover",[5] "In the Morning",[5][9] and "J. P. P. McStep B. Blues"[5][9]
  • Rick Jarrard – producer
  • David Hassinger – engineer
  • Recorded in RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood California
  • Marty Balin – album design
  • Herb Greene – album photography

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard 200 3

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1967 "My Best Friend" Billboard Pop Singles 103
1967 "Somebody to Love" Billboard Pop Singles 5
1967 "White Rabbit" Billboard Pop Singles 8

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold July 24, 1967

Notes

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Studio". jeffersonairplane.com. http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/studio/. Retrieved 1 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b (1967) Album notes for Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane [Vinyl back]. New York City: RCA (LSP-3766).
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Tamarakin, Jeff (2003). Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671034030. 
  5. ^ a b (1977) Album notes for Flight Log by Jefferson Airplane [Vinyl booklet]. San Francisco: Grunt Records (CYL2-1255).
  6. ^ a b (1992) Album notes for Jefferson Airplane Loves You by Jefferson Airplane [booklet]. New York City: RCA (61110).
  7. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone: 2. Archived from the original on 14 December 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061214090141/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/2. 
  8. ^ a b (1974) Album notes for Early Flight by Jefferson Airplane [Vinyl gatefold]. New York City: RCA (CYL1-0437).

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