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Sgt. Pepper -- No! Piper at the Gates of -- No! Are You Experienced -- um . . . what day of the week is it?

@@troubadour723 it’s SO hard to choose, 67 was a stacked year

So weird, Mazzy just made a video that included this lp also: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5iUmJaFuteqgps.html

@@jetnova3788 yep 🤠

that's magical! are you sure it wasn't a member of the airplane driving? they were known to drag race through san fran

@@abigaildevoe The quiet Chicago neighborhood was a long way from San Francisco but the Airplane came to us at that moment... I cannot visualize the driver, it's like I saw the sound flying by...

I've listened to the others, they have some good songs but don't come close in my opinion. Their others albums are less unique for the time, they're more bluesy, and to me surrealistic pillow's best moments are folky, and has this difficult to describe nocturnal vibe.

All of their albums from the sixties are as good or even better than Surrealistic Pillow. Jefferson Airplane are my favorite band ever, so don´t misunderstand me. Checking out Volonteers, Crown of Creation and Takes Off is definately worth doing.

yes i LOVE seeing love for the monkees and strawberry alarm clock! and thanks!

thanks so much! it's not every day i get to break out the alice dress

thanks, it's good to be back

One of the greatest albums ever! I like you.

Workingman's Dead too

We heard enough about the grateful dead

@@Dave__f Never!!! THE GREATEST AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL BAND EVER... DON'T LIKE IT, KEEP SCROLLING!

I'm sure I know the grateful dead better than most on this channel. They eat the underground music scene and turn you into them. Didn't they quit again for the 10th time and Bobby booked another huge tour under a different name before the lat one even ended.

I offend large groups of Marty fans since I just plain don't really like it, or a least as 60s Air Plane. Maybe it's the order in which you heard em, since of their stuff I mostly heard Jefferson Starship first, where it seems to fit better with his voice. I come for Grace of course, plus kinda won't ever forgive em for the first album only having one Signe track. He's not as horrible as Dino Valenti but I don't warm to The Club Matrix Guy until total-70s fare like Light The Sky on Fire, Count On Me and Miracles

agreed. my stereo mix of this album is muddy, like someone put a wet towel over all the songs

The drum sound is much better on the mono mix. I always liked She Has Funny Cars but the mono mix made me LOVE it.

It's far better in mono. A lot of rock, then current pop, R&B, etc. music in the 1960's was mixed better in mono.

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i really wish i could talk about every song here in-depth, but if i did, the video would be longer than the album itself!

Agreed. Comin' Back is the real MVP song on this album, and my favorite along with Today.

agreed!

aw that’s so sweet!

it's good to be back to this stuff!

this album and jimi hendrix started out my psych journey too!

It's No Secret now.

a perfect example of “i don’t understand this choice but i do respect it”

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i've been eyeing either the OG mono rockaway press or the pink vinyl reissue from 2015. maybe both!

I have the sundazed mono reissue and it’s very good.

@@abigaildevoeBoth of those are good; I think you’d be happy with either, but if you were to hear the MoFi, you’d instantly be blown away when compared to those other two options. The MoFi is obviously pretty expensive but it’s absolutely worth it! Ultimately though, obviously these things are pretty personal decisions based on numerous factors so whatever works best for you! But if you one day find a friend who owns the MoFi, definitely have them spin it up for you so you can at least hear the stereo mix properly presented in all its glory. 😊

I'm a huge JA fan, even have their ultra rare uncensored takes off stereo. I have a whopping 7 pressings of Surrealistic Pillow and this is how I'd rate them....(BTW you said mofi was stereo but it's the mono mix, which is why it sounds so good. It's just got a great Soundstage where it's easy not to notice it's mono. The dcc is the only audiophile stereo pressing).... 1. Mofi mono 2. 1st US mono 3. 1st UK mono(different track list) 4. Sundazed mono 5. Dcc stereo 6. Japan stereo 7. 1st US stereo The mofi for me is the best pressing, however the original is extremely close. They're just different. The original has a more lively high end, more air between the instruments, while too bright at points. While the mofi has higher resolution, wider Soundstage, more detail, way more bass, and having white rabbit on one side without groove distortion at 45rpm is fricken amazing. The sundazed is extremely good too, but due to price hikes it's not worth it over an original for the same price, or a bit more for the mofi. If I could only pick one id pick the mofi, however if I didn't own a mono original I'd be more likely to get a 1st pressing, because the mofi does sound different and it's nice to have the historical artifact. Even though I prefer the mofi, I feel it's a tad bit overrated due to most never having heard the mono before owning it. Like it's still an improvement, but not as vast as some may state. However it'd completely blow away anyone who only owns the stereo. For example, on a site that compares dynamics, the original had a slightly better dynamic high. But the mofi makes it more balanced with alot more bass so it feels more dynamic and is alot clearer. The best this album sounds is by far in mono due to not having all that reverb. Any version is good to have. Considering the mofi is so expensive, if you're not a huge fan, I'd probably get an original because it's still an amazing experience. However, if you love the album I'd definitely get the mofi, or atleast backorder at music direct for $60.There are rumors that it may go out of print soon, so the next time it gets repressed may be the last. On musicdirect it's worth placing a backorder since it doesn't charge until shipped. Also don't get the colored one(MOV) over an OG. It's stereo and not nearly as good as the mono. Its decent for a stereo pressing though, but not much better than the 1st stereo and may even be worse. It's expensive purely due to the color vinyl gimmick. The 2017 "we are vinyl" pressing uses the same plates, so has the same sound, and is only like $20 shipped. So don't waste on the pink one, go with the 1st if not the mofi. Also the volunteers mofi is awesome as well. It's quite an improvement on the original as well. It's an extremely underrated album amongst today due to having no singles due to its political content. It has some of their best songs. We can be together is amazing and aged extremely well where it'd message is still very impactful. Wooden ships is also beautiful, along with the amazing good Shephard. Its a shame its lost alot of recognition over time along with their other non pillow albums. Anyway, JA and surrealistic pillow are awesome, and even with MOFI's hit or miss nature and the DSD scandal, their JA albums are the best they've ever sounded and we'll worth backordering for $60.

i've considered doing a tally hall video on the series. i now own both marvin's and good & evil, and now that i think of it i should have a preorder of hawaii part 2 coming soon... if joe hawley joe hawley ever gets a vinyl run, god help us all (and my wallet)

oh man that must've been a great time to be a collector! it's harder now that people know what they have and what it's worth but hey, it makes the grails all the more of wins

The mono version has less echo. Or verb... You never know... Stereo is still kind of fresh back at this time, and sometimes stereo receivers and turn tables had a habit of phase cancelling... Which would cause things that were in mono to disappear. And things that were and stereo to be enhanced... For instance, in a song that has vocals in the center and then music instruments off to the left or right, and also a stereo reverb, this would cause the vocals to get quieter, And the reverb to get louder...

He's right, at least as far as the stereo mix goes. The mono is fine. All the echo on "The Boxer" works there. It's not a matter of a standard amount of echo for anything...it's, like everything which goes into a recording, whatever serves the music best that you do.

you'd be surprised - my college friends got me into david bowie and i got them into joni mitchell

@@abigaildevoe your friends deff did u fav..bowie is awesome...so many different kinds of songs and characters from 1 man.. Now sharing Mitchell...well 🤔..hey at least u got introduced to bowie 😊

man i wouldn't have had a clue about frank and the apostles, thanks for tipping me off to them. their story sounds like so many other groups at the time. between love, the doors, and the 5, i'm inclined to think elektra records was cursed! the airplane were still figuring out their live chemistry at the time of your show, so i don't doubt your claim of the airplane being anticlimactic

@@abigaildevoe Yes, and it’s still that way. Seems like every city or town of any size had one or more local act of substance, who for a sundry of possible reasons, were but a talented big fish in a small town/pond. Many here, and many throughout the states. It’s fun when someone turns you onto to one. Unfortunately these guys never issued an album or singles of what they could do. Their lead guitarist, Mike McKenna, subsequently joined another local band of merit for awhile, called “The Ugly Ducklings” ( not the rappers of the same name) but that band had previously only released one album called “Somewhere Outside” in 1966. Very good blues based garage rock with one or two songs verging on psychedelia. Only a small number were pressed, befitting a regionally popular band. All in all, one of my most favourite albums. One powerful single from it was called “Nothing”. Over the years it became a massive collectors item with garage/psych collectors and copies became outrageously expensive, and “Then Came The Dawn”. Oh sorry that was a prunes’ lyric slip. I meant to say, and then came the counterfeiters from all around. Eventually legitimate releases have occurred around the world, including by “Sundazed” in New York. Back in the day I actually liked the “Ducklings” a little more than “ Luke and The Apostles”. McKenna and Garcia apparently really hit it off, and there are some stories there. You probably know this already but my prunes slip above is quoted from an extremely massive psychedelic hit in 1966 by, “The Electric Prunes”, entitled “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night”. Probably my most favourite psych song ever. By the way, may you keep doing what you do, because you do it very well.

it's not every day i get to break out the alice outfit, this episode was the perfect excuse

@@abigaildevoe Indeed it was. Another perfect excuse would be on a Southern Accents by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers review, but I don't know if 80's music is also your thing.

Early casualties of the Year the Music Died 2016. Hard to believe, but it looks like the musical death tally of 2023 is even greater.

you're not far off! this dress is vintage from the 60s, my best guess is it was either a costume or uniform!

@@abigaildevoe No wonder! I was afraid you'd take offense.

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