Jefferson Starship "Red Octopus" CD-4, Q8, QR

[attachmentid=10783] Q8 (DVD-Audio): DVD-Audio 96/24 4.0 Personnel Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "Ai Garimasu" Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar Marty Balin – vocals John Barbata – drums, percussion, vocals Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, vocals Papa John Creach – electric violin Pete Sears – bass on all tracks except "Git Fiddler", "Play On Love", and "Sandalphon", electric piano on "Miracles", keyboards on "Git Fiddler" and "Sweeter Than Honey", piano on "Play On Love", "I Want to See Another World", "Sandalphon", and "There Will Be Love", organ on "Play On Love", "I Want to See Another World", and "Sandalphon", clavinet on "Play On Love", Arp on "Sandalphon", vocals David Freiberg – vocals, bass on "Git Fiddler", "Play On Love", and "Sandalphon", organ on "Miracles" and "I Want to See Another World", Arp on "Ai Garimasu" and "There Will Be Love", keyboards on "Tumblin'" Additional personnel Bobbye Hall – percussion, congas Irv Cox – saxophone

Side 1: Fast Buck Freddie (Chaquico, Slick) - 3:31 Miracles (Balin) - 6:53 Git Fiddler (Instrumental) (Creach, Moore, Parker) - 3:12 Ai Garimasu (There Is Love) (Slick) - 4:17 Sweeter Than Honey (Balin, Chaquico, Sears) - 03:22 Side 2: Play On Love (Sears, Slick) - 3:46 Tumblin' (Balin, Freiberg, Hunter) - 3:29 I Want To See Another World (Balin, Kantner, Slick) - 4:37 Sandalphon (instrumental) (Sears) - 4:11 There Will Be Love (Balin, Chaquico, Kantner) - 5:04 Miracles (Quad Single Edit)

Production
Jefferson Starship – producer
Larry Cox – producer, engineer
Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
Steve Mantoani, Jeffrey Husband – recordists
Paul Dowell – amp consultant
Dave Roberts – string and horn arrangement
Recorded and Mixed at Wally Heiders, San Francisco
Mastered by Kent Duncan, Kendun Recorders, Burbank
Live tracks recorded at Winterland, November 7, 1975
Bill Thompson – manager
Frank Mulvey – art director
Jim Marshall – liner photograph
Gribbitt! – graphics

Grunt (BFT1-0999 (Q8), BFD1-0999 (СD-4)), 1975

Альбом мне не понравился. Совсем простой, как Fleetwood Mac тех времён.
Замечены два сингла:



Интересным показался инструментал
9. Sandalphon (instrumental) (Sears) - 4:11

и как-то выделяется
10. There Will Be Love (Balin, Chaquico, Kantner) - 5:04

Микс тоже не удивил. Первую половину альбома это бонги и крякающая гитара в тылах, тихо, по чуть-чуть.
На второй стороне в роли "выпирающих" едва-едва инструментов добавились электроорган и скрипка. Безыдейно. 5 баллов.

Звук на диске слегка перегружен басами (т.е. их многовато), общее впечатление - вуаль от бас-гитары и нечёткая "бочка".

На красном экране видим эмблему альбома и названия треков под ней.

Даже если будет подработанное переиздание, я хорошо подумаю, стоит покупать...