Long John Silver

Very nice vinyl with a good cover showing 3 sticker removal tears on front cover. --foldout cover complete. Includes inner sleeve.

Long John Silver is the seventh studio album by Jefferson Airplane, and their last album of all new material until 1989. It was recorded and released in 1972 as Grunt FTR-1007, and peaked at No. 20 in America.

After several solo projects for Grunt Records, the members of Jefferson Airplane finally came together again in March 1972 for the first time since the Bark album was released. Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Joey Covington, and Papa John Creach all returned. Sessions at Wally Heider Studios continued for three months, but tensions were high and several songs were recorded by each member recording their own part separately.^[3] Joey Covington left the band during the sessions; reflecting the balkanized milieu, both veteran drummer John Barbata (formerly of The Turtles and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) and Hot Tuna percussionist Sammy Piazza deputized for the rest of the recording process. The album was completed in May and scheduled for release in July, but not before RCA forced the band to scrub a line from the song "The Son of Jesus" electronically, which referred to a "bastard son of Jesus".^[4] Live versions of the song were performed with the offending line intact.