Surrealistic Pillow

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studio album
First released:
Feb 1967

Overview Edit

Surrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967.

Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden. New lead vocalist Grace Slick joined the band in 1966. Both Slick and Dryden debuted with the band on records with this album and its attendant singles, thus completing the best-known line-up of the group, which would remain stable until Dryden's departure in 1970. It is also considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the 1960s counterculture movement.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
LPM-3766
Release dates:
  • Feb 1967 in United States

Genres

Classic Rock, Psychedelic, Rock, Folk-Rock, Progressive Rock, Folk. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Surrealistic critques from tripped out reviewers...
This latest CD incarnation of Jefferson Airplane's second album, Surrealistic Pillow, is the third U.S. version to be issued by RCA/BMG. I have owned all three versions. The first CD version was in the mid-80's when CD technology was in its infancy. Many of us were abused by the major labels as they exploited us by charging premium prices for CDs of classic albums mastered from very bad (as in worn out) LP masters that were never intended nor engineered for the dynamic range capability of the co…
Written by J. Wade
1 stars Remastered????
This "remastered" CD (the domestic CD with 4 bonus tracks and the 2 mono tracks) still does not sound very good! Let me first state that I own three different CD reissues of Surrealistic Pillow as well as the '73 stereo LP, the DCC reissue stereo LP, AND the Sundazed mono LP. Out of all of these versions only the Sundazed LP and the 1973 Stereo LP sound decent. I even transfered those LPs to CDR to listen to in my car rather than suffer through any of those official CDs. I have the first reissue…
Written by Mr. Get Real

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Credits Edit

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    1. Jerry Garcia [advisor]

Other versions Edit

Surrealistic Pillow 22 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: RCA Victor
catalog number: LPM-3766
release dates: Aug 19 2003
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Surrealistic Pillow 17 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: RCA Victor
catalog number: LPM-3766
release dates: 2003 in Germany
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Surrealistic Pillow 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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Surrealistic Pillow 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: BMG Japan
release dates: Nov 22 2006
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