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SURREALISTIC PILLOW 1967

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 1, 2019…ON THIS DATE 52 YEARS AGO ANOTHER BAY AREA BAND RELEASED A MEGA ALBUM. ‘SURREALISTIC PILLOW’ WAS THE 2ND ALBUM FROM JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, BUT THEIR FIRST RECORD TO FEATURE GRACE SLICK. THIS ALBUM IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE IMITABLE EXAMPLE OF EARLY PSYCHEDELIC ROCK. IT WAS THE FIRST BLOCKBUSTER PSYCHEDELIC ALBUM OF ITS TIME AND WENT GOLD FOR THE GROUP. THE RECORD ALSO BOASTED 2 HIT SINGLES , ‘SOMEBODY TO LOVE’ WHICH WAS ALSO CERTIFIED GOLD, AND ‘WHITE RABBIT’ WHICH WAS CERTIFIED PLATINUM. THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING TRIVIA. THE ALBUM WAS MIXED IN BOTH MONO AND STEREO VERSIONS. THE STEREO VERSION INCLUDES HEAVIER ECHO EFFECTS, NOT FOUND ON THE MONO VERSION.

HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF ‘WHITE RABBIT’ RECORDED AT WINTERLAND IN SF CIRCA 1975. BTW THAT’S A 21 YEAR OLD CRAIG CHAQUICO PLAYING LEAD GUITAR FOR THE BAND