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Arpana posted an update in the group Caravanserai 4 years ago
@ Swami Shanti.
Here’s a bit of egregious namedropping for you.
I first heard Jefferson Aeroplane, ”White Rabbit”, one evening at a house off the Fulham Road, in the 60s, and the record was supplied by a guy called Nick who was known as ”Nick one-stop” because he worked at the first One-stop records in London; and I was in that house because a friend of mine lived at the place, and he worked for the Rolling Stones; then on another occasion I was at the house and Mick Jagger came round and he didn’t even notice me.
I also heard the first Pink Floyd at that place, supplied again by Nick one stop, and played on a turntable hooked up to a vox guitar amp. Loudest music I had ever heard.
The first Floyd I listened to was probably Arnold Lanyne- but first listened properly was ‘Meddle’ , and ‘Dark side of the moon’ . That was deep stuff.
Later , someone who was really into them played me ‘Wish you were here’ and I was blown away .
I was listening to ‘ wish you were here ‘ , on cd last week actually.
I was also first introduced to Jefferson Airplane when I watched a video of them playing at Monterey Pop Festival.
When I was fifteen , I think, I asked for the record of ‘Volunteers ‘ , for my birthday , which I thought was an excellent album, and I listened to ‘Eskimo blue day’ in the morning before I went to school.
After that I got into Bark, and then someone also introduced me to Blows Against the Empire .
I enjoy the way Grace Slick uses her voice and her piano skills together. I think I wrote this before perhaps but the whole group consists of talented individuals. Bass, guitars , lyrics etc.
In the last ten years or so I have purchased their albums on cd, and there are often bonus tracks , demos and previously unreleased material, just them messing around in the studio. Especially on the Crown of Creation cd.
This is a recording made around ‘71 with David Crosby, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, and Jerry Garcia from the Perro sessions. I have looking to buy this but it is hard to find at the moment.
https://youtu.be/GXMNyNcMbKs
Grace had the most amazingly, unforced powerful voice.
Yeah, I bought her solo album Manhole, Sunfighter , and Baron Von Tolbooth and the Chrome Nun.
Something wierd has happened. I’ve just got to Hereford and …its not quiet at all anymore. The blue skies are here but there are loads of people wondering around.