Jefferson Airplane * BLESS ITS POINTED LITTLE HEAD * Original LP Album 1969 in Mint Like New Condition. LP in Original Inner Sleeve and includes Artwork insert ( see pics ) . LP Jacket is in absolutely Mint Condition. The LP Vinyl is Pristine Like New. This Original LP is a US First Pressing issued 1969 RCA Records : LSP-4133- Stereo. Jefferson Airplane's * Bless its Pointed Little Head * featuring Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady of Hot Tuna fame. Bless Its Pointed Little Head is a live album by Jefferson Airplane recorded at both the Fillmore East and West in the fall of 1968 and released in 1969. Four of the songs on the album do not appear on studio recordings. The studio songs that are performed, however, are now completely transformed into much heavier versions. Highlights of the album include Jack Casady's walking line bass playing which dominates the entire set and the blues number "Rock Me Baby" which is a harbinger of Casady's and Kaukonen's later band "Hot Tuna".Of particular interest is the musician lineup on the Donovan cover "Fat Angel", which demonstrates the versatility of the band. Marty Balin plays bass, Casady is the rhythm guitarist while Kaukonen and Kanter share the lead guitar duties. The album closes with the eleven minute improvised jam "Bear Melt", notable for the exceptional rhythm understanding between drummer Spencer Dryden and bassist Casady.Jefferson Airplane's first live album demonstrated the group's development as concert performers, taking a number of songs that had been performed in concise, pop-oriented versions on their early albums ~ "3/5's of a Mile in 10 Seconds," "Somebody to Love," "It's No Secret," "Plastic Fantastic Lover" -- and rendering them in arrangements that were longer, harder rocking, and more densely textured, especially in terms of the guitar and basslines constructed by Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. The group's three-part vocal harmonizing and dueling was on display during such songs as a nearly seven-minute version of Fred Neil's folk-blues standard "The Other Side of This Life," here transformed into a swirling rocker. The album emphasized the talents of Kaukonen and singer Marty Balin over the team of Paul Kantner and Grace Slick, who had tended to dominate recent records: the blues song "Rock Me Baby" was a dry run for Hot Tuna, the band Kaukonen and Casady would form in two years, and Balin turned in powerful vocal performances on several of his own compositions, notably "It's No Secret." Jefferson Airplane was still at its best in concise, driving numbers, rather than in the jams on Donovan's "Fat Angel" (running 7:35) or the group improv "Bear Melt" (11:21); they were just too intense to stretch out comfortably. But Bless Its Pointed Little Head served an important function in the group's discography, demonstrating that their live work had an amazing and distinctly different focus and flavor from their studio recordings. Visit this site for info on the impact and background of this legendary LP : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_Its_Pointed_Little_Head . Excellent Mint Collectible of this ground-breaking San Francisco Psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane and the music they created in the late 1960s. The LP Jacket artwork showcases amazing B&W photographs. LP Vinyl , Original LP Jacket and insert sleeve ( and included artwork ) are all in Pristine Like New Mint Condition. Email with any questions before purchasing if you are unsure about something. We ONLY accept Money Orders , Cashiers Checks or U.S. Cash as payment ( we do NOT accept personal checks or online payment at all). Please email about local pick-up , we are located in NYC in Times Square. All International Customers MUST email us before purchasing this item.
