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Released
  
June 13, 1975

Red Octopus (1975)
  
Spitfire (1976)

Release date
  
13 June 1975

Length
  
42:00

Artist
  
Jefferson Starship

Label
  
RCA Records

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Recorded
  
February, 1975 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, CA

Producer
  
Jefferson Starship / Larry Cox

Genres
  
Rock music, Album-oriented rock

Similar
  
Jefferson Starship albums, Album-oriented rock albums, Other albums

Red Octopus is a 1975 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the best-selling album by any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off groups, and the single "Miracles" hit #3 on the Billboard chart, being the highest-charting single any permutation of the band (including Jefferson Airplane) had until that point. This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. The album itself reached #1 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Marty Balin, the founder of Jefferson Airplane, returned as a fully integrated member and either wrote or co-wrote five of the ten tracks, including "Miracles". The album paved the music direction of the band for their next two albums. The group attempted to create a commercialized sound which was a total contrast to their past works.

Personnel

  • Grace Slick – lead and backing vocals, piano (4)
  • Paul Kantner – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Marty Balin – lead and backing vocals
  • Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Papa John Creach – electric violin
  • David Freiberg – organ (2, 8), lead and backing vocals, ARP synthesizer (4, 10), keyboards (7), bass (3, 6, 9)
  • Pete Sears – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-15), keyboards (3, 5) electric (2, 11) and acoustic (6, 8-10) pianos, organ (6, 8, 9), clavinet (6), ARP synthesizer (9), backing vocals
  • John Barbata – drums, percussion, backing vocals

    • Additional personnel

  • Bobbye Hall – percussion, congas
  • Irv Cox – saxophone

    • Production

  • Jefferson Starship – producer
  • Larry Cox – producer, engineer
  • Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
  • Steve Mantoani, Jeffrey Husband – recordists
  • Paul Dowell – amp consultant
  • Dave Roberts – string and horn arrangement
  • Recorded and Mixed at Wally Heiders, San Francisco
  • Mastered by Kent Duncan, Kendun Recorders, Burbank
  • Live tracks recorded at Winterland, November 7, 1975
  • Bill Thompson – manager
  • Frank Mulvey – art director
  • Jim Marshall – liner photograph
  • Gribbitt! – graphics

    • Singles

  • "Miracles" (August 23, 1975) #3 US (Billboard Hot 100)
  • "Play On Love" (December 13, 1975) #49 US

    • Songs

    1Fast Buck Freddie3:31
    2Miracles6:54
    3Git Fiddler3:12

    References

    Red Octopus Wikipedia
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