After Bathing at Baxter’s

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After Bathing at Baxter’s · After Bathing at Baxter's is the third album by Jefferson Airplane, released on 27 November 1967 by RCA Victor. The band had just come out of the success of Surrealistic Pillow and the single Somebody to Love. After hearing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, they rejected earlier recordings and opted for more experiment. The recording took five months and cost ten times as much as that of the previous record.

The sound is heavier than on its predecessor, with more fuzz and feedback in Jorma Kaukonen's guitar playing. Rejoyce is jazz-like and refers to Ulysses by James Joyce. Spare Chaynge was cut from a 24-minute recording. Commercially the record was a disappointment: it got no further than number 17 on the Billboard chart. Jann Wenner wrote in Rolling Stone that it was probably the best rock album an American group had made up to that point.

Listening

Track list

1. 1The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil4:35Apple Music ↗
2. 2A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly1:34Apple Music ↗
3. 3Young Girl Sunday Blues3:33Apple Music ↗
4. 4Martha3:26Apple Music ↗
5. 5Wild Tyme3:09Apple Music ↗
6. 6The Last Wall of the Castle2:41Apple Music ↗
7. 7Rejoyce4:01Apple Music ↗
8. 8Watch Her Ride3:11Apple Music ↗
9. 9Spare Chaynge9:12Apple Music ↗
10. 10Two Heads3:13Apple Music ↗
11. 11Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon5:02Apple Music ↗
12. 12The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil (alternate version)11:05Apple Music ↗
13. 13Martha (single version)3:27Apple Music ↗
14. 14Two Heads (previously unissued alternate version)3:16Apple Music ↗
15. 15Things Are Better In The East (Marty's acoustic demo)6:41Apple Music ↗

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