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This is really an excellent album: it is not heavy duty rock, nor heavy duty adult oriented rock à la Fleetwood Mac, nor is it the experimental stuff that the original Airplane produced. It is a very 70s album, somehow, up there when "The Rockford Files" and "Cannon" were big on TV. Leaving this aside though every song is different and (I hesitate to say it) a good tune (how unfashionable!). Marty Balin does his thing, Grace Slick does her thing, and so does Paul Kantner and they all have a different style. Then there are the instrumental numbers with Papa John Creach and David Frieberg. The playing is good - sometimes exquisite - Craig Chaquico's guitar solo on Al Garimasu comes to mind and the rhythm section are superb - always loved Pete Sears' John Entwistle-like bass lines! It has everything - lounge lizard songs (Miracles) rockers (I want to see another world) instrumentals (Sandalphon) and middle of the road numbers. As a result I think it has something for everyone. This may make this album uncool, but it makes it successful - and they can really play very nicely together. Well recorded too -- it deserved its success in 1975-76 and it stands up well today. 

Product Details
Audio CD (January 28, 1997) 
Original Release Date: 1975 
Number of Discs: 1 
Format: Original recording remastered 
Label: RCA 
ASIN: B000002WY0 

Poster: Franke Carlino