Conspicuous Only in Its Absence
| Conspicuous Only in Its Absence | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | March 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Venue | The Matrix, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, raga rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Peter Abram | |||
| The Great Society chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Conspicuous Only in Its Absence is a live album by the American psychedelic rock band the Great Society, released in 1968 by Columbia Records.[1] It was their first album released and consists of recordings made during a live concert performance by the band at The Matrix club in San Francisco in 1966.[2] Additional recordings from the same concert were released later in 1968 on the album How It Was.[3] These two albums were repackaged in 1971 as a double album called Collector's Item.[1]
Upon its initial release in 1968, Conspicuous Only in Its Absence reached No. 166 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.[4] A single featuring "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" and "Didn't Think So" was released in conjunction with the album by Columbia Records but it failed to chart.[5]
Singer Grace Slick took her song "White Rabbit" and Darby Slick's song "Somebody to Love" to her next band, Jefferson Airplane.
Track listing
[edit]- "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) – 6:32
- "Didn't Think So" (Grace Slick) – 3:23
- "Grimly Forming" (Peter van Gelder) – 3:53
- "Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 4:27
- "Father Bruce" (Darby Slick, Grace Slick, Jerry Slick, David Miner) – 3:31
- "Outlaw Blues" (Bob Dylan) – 2:27
- "Often as I May" (Grace Slick) – 3:43
- "Arbitration" (Peter van Gelder) – 3:58
- "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 6:15
Personnel
[edit]- The Great Society
- Grace Slick – piano, vocals, bass guitar
- Darby Slick – guitar
- David Miner – guitar
- Jerry Slick – drums
- Peter van Gelder – bass guitar, flute, saxophone
- Technical
- Herb Greene - photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Conspicuous Only in its Absence review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ "The Great Society Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ "How It Was review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ "Conspicuous Only in its Absence – Billboard chart placing". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ "Conspicuous Only in its Absence". Deaddisc.com. Retrieved January 27, 2010.