With Volunteers, the Airplane reached their peak in the wake of Altamont, Vietnam and capitalist pig police brutality. Indeed, the much-lampooned clichés of the era crumble against the sheer force and vitality of this music. Repackaged with five extra live tracks recorded at the Fillmore East weeks before the album's release, it still creates inspirational heat. From the crazed rebellion posited in the opening "We Can Be Together"to the definitive cosmic escape on the Stills/Crosby-assisted "Wooden Ships", the LP revels in facing down the apocalyptic maelstrom.
The newly extended BIPLH (recorded autumn 1968) captures the multi-coloured JA attack in the ascendant. There's Grace Slick's declamatory glee, Kaukonen's country blues and Balin's psych-folk visions—just some of the elements that would make Volunteers so unforgettable.
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The newly extended BIPLH (recorded autumn 1968) captures the multi-coloured JA attack in the ascendant. There's Grace Slick's declamatory glee, Kaukonen's country blues and Balin's psych-folk visions—just some of the elements that would make Volunteers so unforgettable.
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