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Title: AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE
Review: I had just done a review of "Sunfighter" and was gloating over having this on CD, thinking it was no more. Guess I didn't scroll down enough the first time. While it's not quite up to snuff with "Sunfighter" it succeeds on another level by not really sounding stuck so much in an era. Sure, there's plenty of political and religious tomfoolery, but it's more general here than on Sunfighter. In a sense, it's much more of a Jefferson Starship album than Airplane. "Across The Board" is Grace's all out best rocker, bar none! There are a couple of weak tracks and the vocal mixes are muddy. Also, David Frieberg was no substitute for Marty Balin's vocal ability, but when Marty did return later on, the shmaltz factor was too much for this listener. At any rate, Frieberg sounds great at the end of "Sketches of China", where you really get to hear him. "Sketches of China" remains one of my favorite Kantner/Slick pieces. Something I'll always return to.
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