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This newly remastered 2003 deluxe edition contains bonus tracks.

Originally released on RCA Victor (3766). Includes liner notes by Jeff Tamarkin and Bill Thompson.

From the opening, hard-edged chords of "She Has Funny Cars," it's apparent that SURREALISTIC PILLOW, Jefferson Airplane's sophomore effort, is a far more spiky beast than the band's debut. It became not only San Francisco's soundtrack to the Summer Of Love, but all of America's. It spawned two Top Ten classics ("Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit") and established the Airplane as one of the main pop voices of the cultural revolution.

Some of the newfound dynamism can be attributed to personnel changes. Singer-keyboardist Grace Slick, who joined the Airplane following a stint in the mildly successful Great Society, had a unique artistic gleam her predecessor, Signe Anderson, never possessed--both of the aforementioned hits were songs she'd written for her former band. And new drummer Spencer Dryden could make the music shake with heretofore-unheard polyrhythms, or walk a straight line with militaristic precision. SURREALISTIC PILLOW's other strengths lay in the band's boldly diverse sound. Effortlessly gliding from twisted Motown (the electrified "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds"), to Dylanesque rock (Balin's "Plastic Fantastic Lover") to an acoustic, psychedelic bluegrass instrumental (Kaukonen's "Embryonic Journey"), the Airplane proved themselves able to at once interpret the cultural tide and make it radio-friendly.

Until the release of this disc in the summer of 2003, the CD history of Surrealistic Pillow had been a study in confusion and frustration. The original 1980s CD was an abomination, the mid-'90s high-priced audiophile version an improvement (offering both the stereo and mono mixes of the album), the 2000 European reissue a slight improvement over that, and the 2001 remastering a sharper and louder version of the stereo/mono mixes. And then came this 2003 remastering, which skips the mono mixed version of the album but offers superior fidelity on the stereo mix, with better balance and a more solid center (especially for the voices) between the two stereo channels than any prior version. It's still not perfect, betraying some slight distortion, but it hits this listener as at least the equal of the 2001 version, with the added bonus of a quartet of chronologically related single sides: the superb Jorma Kaukonen-authored slow blues "In the Morning" (worth the price of the new disc), featuring John Hammond, (allegedly) Jerry Garcia, and future Steppenwolf keyboard wizard Goldy McJohn; founding member Skip Spence's more folky and spirited "J.P.P. McStep B. Blues" (which would have been a great B-side, but lay in the vaults until 1974's Early Flight); the slashing, guitar-driven rocker "Go to Her" in its harder, more developed second version -- the Paul Kantner co-authored song had been in the band's repertoire from the beginning, and gets its more powerful of two treatments here, with a killer solo verse by Grace Slick and great ensemble singing; and Kaukonen's searing psychedelic rearrangement of Lightnin' Hopkins' "Come Back Baby," a late-winter 1967 track sandwiched midway between this album and the sessions for After Bathing at Baxter's. Also included are the mono singl

Originally released in 1967, this RCA/BMG Heritage remastered reissue adds 6 bonus tracks 'In The Morning', 'J.P.P. Me Stop B. Blues', 'Go To Her', 'Come Back Baby', 'Somebody To Love' (mono single version) & 'White Rabbit' (mono single version). This groundbreaking piece of folk-rock-based psychedelia includes a 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes, detailed track listing & rare photos. Voted one of Rolling Stone's Essential 200 albums. 2003.

Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California.

Jefferson Airplane: Grace Slick (vocals, recorder, piano, organ); Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin (vocals, guitar); Jack Casady (guitar, bass); SRolling Stone (10/31/02, p.136) - Ranked # 39 in Rolling Stone's "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" - "...A hard-hitting - yet tuneful - call to arms..."
Q (8/99) - Included in Q's "Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time."
Q (12/03, p.153) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their music stands among the psychedelic era's most powerful and enduring..."
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List Price $7.99 (You save $1.90)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Folk Rock, Psychedelic
Label BMG Heritage
Orig Year 1967
All Time Sales Rank   425    Top 500
CD Universe Part number 6079071
Catalog number 50351
Discs 1
Release Date Aug 19, 2003
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Matthew Katz; Rick Jarrard; Tommy Oliver; Bob Irwin (Reissue)
Engineer Dave Hassinger
Personnel Nicky Hopkins
David Crosby
Stephen Stills
Jack Casady - guitar, bass
Paul Kantner
Grace Slick - vocals, recorder, piano, organ
Jorma Kaukonen
Marty Balin - vocals, guitar
Tim Davis
Spencer Dryden
Sammy Piazza
Charles Cockey
Alex "Skip" Spence
Signe Toly Anderson
Additional Info Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow Songs


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Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds  $0.99
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13.J.P.P. McStep B. Blues
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Windows MediaRealAudio Media16.Somebody to Love - (mono, single version)  $1.29
Windows MediaRealAudio Media17.White Rabbit - (mono, single version)  $1.29

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Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

4 stars Wonderful!
A wonderful remastering job with great bonus tracks. The heavy echo effect is more noticeable than in the 'un-remastered' CD, but it remains a great album, no matter the time period.
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5 stars Absolute Class
This album first came out in 1967 and anybody that listens to it will say that it was simply way ahead of its time.
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5 stars Fantastic!
This is even better than the origional album which I baught eons ago. The "bonus songs" really add to the value of this product. I really like having two versions of White Rabbit on one CD.
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4 stars Psychedelic 60's
From the band that brought the psychedelic sound of The Bay Area to the forefront of American music, this album is a must have for anyone with an interest in the music of the 60's. It might even help you old timers refocus on the lost memories from the exciting moment in time that was "The Sixties"
Submitted by Mr Dave (Memphis, TN , USA)
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4 stars the fourth remastering of pillow
I read that bob irwin was going to remaster this album,I was very excited , being the sam bob irwin that did those wounderful remastering of the byrds albums,for sony. unfortunately I guess the master tapes just wheren't as in good a shape as the byrds.this is the fourth surrealistic pillow cd I have, there last time they did it in 2001 actually doesn't have the tape hiss this latest one has. but the bonus tracks are very nice specially J.P.P.McStep B. blues by Alex Spence,
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