JEFFERSON STARSHIP (AIRPLANE) RED OCTOPUS RARE STILL SEALED (ORIG?) '75 GRUNT LP

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·      JEFFERSON STARSHIP – RED OCTOPUS -  1974 GRUNT RECORDS STEREO LP AYL-1-3660

·      (NOTE: THE COVER HAS TWO DIFFERENT CATALOG NUMBERS: THE ORIGINAL CATALOG NUMBER BXL-1-0999 ON THE FRONT AND BACK PANEL AND THE REVISED CATALOG NUMBER  AYL-1-3660  ON THE CORRECTION STICKER PASTED OVER THE ORIGINAL CATALOG NUMBER ON THE SPINE THE SPINE; WE ARE NOT SURE WHICH OF THE TWO PRESSINGS THE BUYER WILL FIND INSIDE; BUT THE BUYERS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE DISCOGS WEB SITE DOES NOT HAVE THE ENTRY FOR CATALOG NUMBER AYL-1-3660, WHICH PROBABLY MEANS THAT ONLY THE COVER HAS A REVISED CATALOG NUMBER, WHEREAS THE DISC INSIDE IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST PRESSING BXL-1-0999

·      GENUINE  U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GRUNT PRESSING ***

·      BELIEVED TO BE A VERY EARLY PRESSING CIRCA 1976 ON BLACK GRUNT LABELS (SAME AS THE ORIGINAL, BUT WITH A CORRECTION STICKER ON THE SPINE)

·      TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·      THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (REISSUES USE THICK CARDBOARD STOCK)

·      ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (GOLD LEAF) COVER.

·      FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Technically speaking, Red Octopus was the first album credited to Jefferson Starship, though practically the same lineup made Dragon Fly, credited to Grace Slick/Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship. The difference, however, was crucial: Marty Balin was once again a fully integrated bandmember, writing or co-writing five of the ten tracks. And there can be little doubt that it was Balin's irresistible ballad "Miracles," the biggest hit single in the Jefferson Whatever catalog, that propelled Red Octopus to the top of the charts, the only Jefferson album to chart that high and the best-selling album in their collective lives. This must have been sweet vindication for Balin, who founded Jefferson Airplane but then drifted away from the group as it veered away from his musical vision. Now, the collective was incorporating his taste without quite integrating it -- "Miracles," with its strings and sax solo by nonband member Irv Cox, was hardly a characteristic Airplane/Starship track. But then, neither exactly was Papa John Creach's showcase, "Git Fiddler," or bassist Pete Sears' instrumental "Sandalphon," which sounded like something from an early Procol Harum album. Slick has three strong songs, among them the second single "Play on Love." Like Dragon Fly, Red Octopus reflected a multiplicity of musical tastes; there were ten credited songwriters, seven of whom were in the band. If there is any consistency in this material, it is in subject matter (love songs). The album is more ballad-heavy and melodic than the Airplane albums, which made it more accessible to the broader audience it reached, though "Sweeter Than Honey" is as tough a rocker as the band ever played.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY WILLIAM RUHLMANN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·      CONDITION:

·      THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)         THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is  apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                          THE COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has a small gold leaf "Best Buy" budget stamp.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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