Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic PillowRolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rated 471 500! Jefferson Airplane formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay area during the summit of the counter culture sweeping the country, and soon became became a household name with appearances on radio, television, and top selling albums. Jefferson Airplane's debut show was on August 13, 1965 at the Matrix nightclub in San Francisco, then went on with several successful tours including performances

As well as this Muro is widely known for producing

an album as delicate and diaphanous as it's namesake creature

But theirs is a special

hence much harder to come across

McIlwee hunkered down in the Western Catskills and Abington Township in Pennsylvania

Luminous and peaceful psych pop melodies meet exotic and ritual percussions recalling a strange surfers tribe on the beach around a campfire

Sky' (featuring the first ever licensed Grateful Dead sample)

(The album has an etching on side 4)

Yet ambient music had yet to establish itself as a genre at the time despite the early e

The album features several of the band's most well-known songs

Featuring Shoulders’ signature yodel-infused vocals and rich storytelling

Into the Blue was written by lead singer/guitarist Ritzy Bryan and her bandmates in North Wales and later completed at their homes in Utah