Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
Occupation
- Grace Slick: Vocals
- Paul Kantner: vocals, electric guitar
- Papa John Creach: Electric violin
- Jorma Kaukonen: Lead guitar, vocals
- Jack Casady: Bass,
- John barbata: Drums, Percussion
- David Freiberg: Gesang
Thirty Seconds Over Winterland by Bless Its Pointed Little is Head the second live album of the American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. It was recorded in Chicago and in September at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco in August 1972 at the Auditorium Theatre. The album was released in April 1973 and reached number 52 in the U.S. charts.
Formation
In June 1972, Hot Tuna, the band of musicians Airplane Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Papa John Creach had their second album, First Pull Up, Then Pull Down released. A month later published Jefferson Airplane Long John Silver, and went in the summer U.S. tour. At the last concert of the tour at the Winterland in San Francisco was the singer Marty Balin, who left the band in 1971 for two songs on stage. It was also the last concert as Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship in 1974 the name was used for the then umbesetzte band, he already circulated in the earlier solo projects, Paul Kant agent such Blows Against the Empire and Dragon Fly.
For Thirty Seconds Over Winterland recordings of this tour were used from the Auditorium Building in Chicago and the eponymous Winterland. Although known songs of the band like Somebody to Love, Wooden Ships, and volunteers were played on the tour, the band only Crown of Creation was selected for the album from the psychedelic time. The song Have You Seen the Saucers, which was published in 1970 as a single should appear only on the compilation Early Flight in 1974 as a studio recording on an album.
Reception
For Stephen Davis of the music magazine Rolling Stone, the album shows the strengths and weaknesses of the late Airplane. He misses the Marty Balin and Spencer stepped out Dryden, Grace Slick holds presentation for not as good as usual. but praises Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady and Papa John Creach, especially when eleven-minute jam piece Feel So Good. Feel So Good is the jewel in a rather thorny rock & roll crown for Lindsay planners from allmusic. Overall, the album shows the harder side of Jefferson Airplane. He gave the album four out of five stars. The German music magazine called Sounds Thirty Seconds Over Winterland a " solid rock and roll album ," which let think longingly of the significantly better, but underrated first live album Bless Its Pointed Little Head.
Title and Cover
The album's title quotes the American war film Thirty Seconds over Tokyo from 1944, as evidenced by, designed by Bruce Steinberg cover artwork - is an ironic twist - instead of the aircraft of the United States Air Force seven flying toasters. In the 1990s, the Flying Toasters one of the most modules of the screensaver After Dark of Berkeley Systems were. 1994 lawyers sued the band Berkeley Systems, claiming the Flying Toasters are a copy of the album cover. The action was dismissed because Jefferson Airplane did not let protect the toaster as a trademark.