released tapes of live performances by The Great Society on the 1968 albums Conspicuous Only in Its Absence and How It Was. All of those performances were recorded at The Matrix, a small nightclub in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco, and its house band was the Airplane. These two albums were repackaged as a double LP titled Collector's Item in 1971. This double album has been issued twice on CD, once by Edsel Records in 1989 (under the title Live at the Matrix) and in 2008 by Columbia under its original title. In 1995, Sundazed Records released the Born to Be Burned compilation, featuring both sides of the band's debut single along with a number of previously unreleased studio recordings. (There is an error on the Sundazed CD; Track 1 is listed as being the issued take of "Free Advice" on the Northbeach single. This is wrong; the issued take is in fact track 16, with a slight edit at the end.) "The Great Society" was a popular name for musical groups in the 1960s due to the popularity of the term as used by Lyndon B. Johnson's administration for his Great Society. On one occasion, in Fort Worth, Texas, The Great Society (with Grace Slick) and a similarly named four-man group performed on opposite sides of the city on the same evening. Members Darby Slick - guitar, backing vocals (1965-1966) Grace Slick - vocals, piano, recorder, organ, guitar, bass (1965-1966) Jerry Slick - drums (1965-1966, died 2020) Peter van Gelder - bass, flute, saxophone (1965-1966) David Miner - vocals, guitar (1965-1966) Bard Dupont - bass, harmonica (1965-1966) Oscar Daniels - guitar (1965) Jean Piersol - vocals (1965) Discography Albums 1A live concert version of "Somebody to Love" from this album was included on the 1968 Columbia Records' sampler, Rock Machine - I Love You. Singles "Someone to Love"/"Free Advice" (Northbeach No. 1001) February 1966 "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses"/"Didn't Think So" (CBS 44583) 1968 References Notes Sources External links Bay-area-bands.com Entry for Jerry Slick Acid rock music groups Musical groups from San Francisco Psychedelic rock music groups from California Autumn Records artists