Friday, July 20, 2012

One of My Favorite Albums of All Time

Blows Against the Empire is a concept album by Paul Kantner and Grace Slick, released under the name Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship, the first album to use the "Starship" name, although the personnel line-up was not the same as would appear on the first actual Jefferson Starship album.

Blows by Puck Smith on Grooveshark
Personnel

  • Paul Kantner – vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, banjo, bass machine
  • Grace Slick – piano, vocals
  • Jerry Garcia – banjo on "Let's Go Together", pedal steel guitar on "Have You Seen the Stars Tonite", sound effects and vocals on "XM", lead guitar on "Starship"
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums on "Let's Go Together"
  • Mickey Hart – percussion on "Have You Seen the Stars Tonite", sound effects and vocals on "XM"
  • Joey Covington – drums and vocals on "Mau Mau", congas on "Hijack"
  • Jack Casady – bass on "A Child Is Coming" and "Sunrise"
  • David Crosby – vocals and guitar on "A Child Is Coming" and "Have You Seen the Stars Tonite", background vocals on "Starship"
  • Graham Nash – congas on "Hijack", sound effects on "Home", background vocals on "Starship"
  • David Freiberg – background vocals on "Starship"
  • Harvey Brooks – bass on "Starship"
  • Peter Kaukonen – lead guitar on "Mau Mau"
  • Phill Sawyer[9] – sound effects on "Home" and "XM"


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mau Mau (Amerikon)"  Paul KantnerGrace SlickJoey Covington6:33
2."The Baby Tree"  Rosalie Sorrels1:42
3."Let's Go TogetherA"  Kantner4:11
4."A Child Is Coming"  Kantner, Slick, David Crosby6:15
Side two: Blows Against the Empire
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunrise"  Slick1:54
2."Hijack"  Kantner, Slick, Marty Balin, Gary Blackman8:18
3."Home"  Kantner, Phill Sawyer, Graham Nash0:37
4."Have You Seen the Stars Tonite?"  Kantner, Crosby3:42
5."XM"  Kantner, Sawyer, Jerry GarciaMickey Hart1:22
6."Starship"  Kantner, Slick, Balin, Blackman7:07


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