Bless It's Pointed Little Head

The Other Side of this Life is a "fade in" as opposed to a fade out as was frequently how top forty tunes ended. Get the whole album but the bass playing on The Other Side of this Life is sublime.

When I was a kid this was the one album I couldn't wait to get home, slit the shrink wrap, and get on the turntable. Hit the volume up to the max. Put on the headphones and float away. I saw the Airplane so many times, every time they played NYC, even the 1989 reunion tour when they STILL tore the roof off. They never. Ever. Got it right on a studio album. All of them are audio history of American pop culture from 1966 to 1972, good bad & ugly. None of them are perfect. All of them interesting, sometimes brilliant. But Bless Its Pointed Little Head is perfect. The 'Plane at they were meant to be heard.Live they were breathtaking. Sometimes transcendental. Sometimes god awful. Sometimes all in the same gig. They took risks. They gambled and took chances. Sometimes they won - like the tracks on Bless Its Pointed Little Head. Remember, back in the day, they couldn't HEAR themselves. The equipment wasn't what we know today. They had to cross their fingers and GO!Consider, if you will, what they attempted live - three part harmonies, guitar improvisation, rhythm guitar keeping form, and that primeval rumble that is Jack Casady, with a drummer making up his mind where to go next to fill in the gaps. And they can't really hear one another. Risks. Chances. NOBODY does THAT anymore. Such a sanitized, safe, gargantuan industry rock music is now. The Airplane may have been a lot of things, but SAFE was NEVER one of them!Give Spencer Dryden his props. Finally. Yeah, Jorma and Jack rule. Blistering mastery of guitar and bass. But Spencer was the perfect drummer for the Airplane. Listen to all his fills around Jorma and Jack. His jazz background, and probably playing in strip clubs when he was 15, really added to the live chemistry of the Airplane. Joey Covington? Really?Anyway, 1969 was the last stand year for the 'Plane - everyone was fully engaged. Marty and Grace went mano-o-mano for vocal dominance. The best male/female vocal contest in rock - ever - before the dissipation truly set in.This is the one to get. Sweeping Up the Spotlight is great; Live at the Fillmore East badly needs digital love to bring it up to greatness (that's the really interesting one as it's 1968 post-Baxters pre-Crown.)Like the little girl with the curl - when they were good, they were very good. When they were bad, they were awful. On BILPH they were GOOD.

Still one of the best examples of the Airplane at the peak of their live performances. The astonishing bass of Jack Casady drives the whole thing with excellent solos from Jorma Kaukonen, perfect rhythm guitar from Paul Kantner, and tasty drum fills. The combination of vocals of Marty Balin and Grace Slick are as good or better than any from this time. Marty Balin in particular really lets it rip on "Plastic Fantastic Lover." Highly recommended.

I remember buying this LP when I was in 9th grade like 50 years ago. My favorite song on this LP was "Plastic Fantastic Lover and Rock Me Baby." I remember The LP being on one of those dynaflex RCA records and the sound was low, muffled, and distorted. I always thought it was the performance. When I got this on disk it sounded fantastic. I couldn't believe the difference. It's a great concert, and the bonus tracks make it even better. 5 stars.

Sound quality is good. Unlike the first pressings of VOUNTEERS. RCA or which other label put this out did a fine job, but if memory is correct the back of the recording isn't the same as the original. Who cares? The music is what counts and it is Monster ! I love it so, GET IT!!!

This is one of my favorite live albums ever. The energy, musicianship, and musical uniqueness are astounding. The thing takes off with Dryden's drums and Casady's pounding, driving bass line on "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" and never lets up!Others live favorites of mine are Waiting for Columbus (Little Feat), Live at the Fillmore (Band of Gypsies), Live at Leeds (The Who), Live Dead, and, of course, Live at Fillmore East (The Allman Brothers).

This album is a true classic of the so-called acid-rock genre. Along with "After Bathing at Baxter's", "Bless It's Pointed Little Head" is probably the best of the Jefferson Airplane's recordings. The fact that "Pointed Little Head" was recorded at the Fillmore live, captures elements of the concert scene sure to make some nostalgic about a time when optimism abounded that the world could be made a better place. The opening of the concert as the audience views a King Kong movie is dynamic, the Donovan tune "Fat Angel" being a particularly strong point in the show. I saw the Airplane at the University of Iowa field house in 1970. The strangeness of a "hippie" rock group performing in the "Bible-belt" in 1970 was part of the thrill of the event, and the times. Change was in deed in the making and we were a part of it. The music scene helped create a sense of community and empowerment that undoubtedly helped power anti-war and discrimination protests that led to significant social change. I think this album captures some of the excitement of that era. This was a group with some very talented members, though it could be argued that they could have reached greater heights. Of course Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy later formed Hot Tuna which has had a long run, their first album another true classic.

I'm a long time fan of the Airplane but I've never been sure why this album was so lauded. The sound is somewhat dull and colourless, and the playing a bit rushed perfunctory. Fat Angel is better, but only on Bear Melt do they stretch out and sound like they are in the groove. I thought the new remaster might have improved things, but I can't say it is better than the old vinyl.

A great live album , catching the band at their peak .The bands' favourite album .

Always a favourite album and I love this repressing in heavy vinyl. It's so much better than my original version.

Very quick service and an excellent Jefferson Airplane record. A must buy for any Airplane Fan and its live.

JA never did a 'bad' album. This is in addition to the vinyl I already own but is worn somewhat. JA never date in my opinion.

brilliant

great cd,case cracked as usual.

Certainly the greatest live album from the psychedelic era (sorry Dead Heads, but it's true), brilliant performances well recorded, carefully sequenced, and mixed and mastered to perfection. That's the original album I'm talking about, the one that rounds out with Grace's 'Uh, you can move your rear ends now, right? Thank you, good night'.If only... because this CD has 3 'bonus' tracks appended. The notes say that they were intended for inclusion in 1968, but frankly I don't believe it. They're from different concerts to the originals, and although they're good performances well recorded, the sound quality is simply not up to the standard of the earlier tracks, which leaves the disc playing out on a very flat note. It's a dilemma. We all want to have bonus tracks, and these are definitely worth having, but the price is a diminished impact for the disc as a whole.As good as this is, I prefer listening to 'Sweeping Up the Spotlight' for its consistent sound quality. My five stars here is for the original set; the bonus tracks just about manage three.

Album rock fondamentale dei sixties. Le esibizioni live dei Jefferson sono preferibili alle registrazioni in studio.

Habe ich schon lange zeit als vynil,Wollte wieder horen, immer so gut wie damals. Eine Rock klassiker.

Un cd ep registrato discretamernte ottimo da ascoltare,ed i pezzi che sono tutti buoni da sentire,ottimo valore di testimonianza.soldi ben spesi vento.consigliato

SE VI PIACE QUESTO GRUPPO,QUESTO DISCO,LIVE,NON FATEVELO SCAPPARE. HO DATO QUATTRO STELLE PERCHE' PURTROPPO L'INCISIONE NON E' DELLE MIGLIORI,MA LA MUSICA E' OTTIMA

Wer auf frühen Psychodelic Rock steht findet hier das Richtige und diese Band gehört in jede halbwegs durchdachte Sammlung !

Eine CD mit dem typischen Material von Jefferson Airplane.Wer diese Art von Musik mag,kommt nicht dran vorbei.sich diesen Part ins Archiv zu stellen.Ich bevorzuge lieber Studioaufnahmen,aber auch live lassen sie sich gut anhören.

belle image de jeunesse mille chose du son et des pluriels imaginaire une volonté culturel à Marchal le bloc du son du décibel murement partagé