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Up Against The Wall

Label Rubber Dubber
Number JA-9999
Year 1970
Comments Rare first Rubber Dubber pressing of this classic boot (later re-pressed by TMOQ). The bootleg came out sometime around June 1970 with slipsheet and full printed green&black labels.
The material has pretty nice sound quality and is from two PBS Television shows: A Night at the Family Dog and Go Ride The Music, both produced by music critic and Rolling Stone co-founder Ralph J Gleason. This LP collects all Jefferson Airplane songs from both TV specials.

In We Can Be Together, Paul Kantner included the line, Up against the wall, motherfucker (note the spelling Up Against THE WALL MOTHER F... on the cover) which led to a long struggle betweeen the band and RCA over its inclusion. The company finally backed down and the band played the song on the Dick Cavett Show on August 19, 1969. The phrase referred to the Dada-influenced anarchist affinity group of the same name based in New York City.

Tracks Title Time Comments
Side 1
Track 01 We Can Be Together From TV show Go Ride The Music, 1970
Track 02 Volunteers (listed as "Volunteers of Amer.")
Track 03 Eskimo Blue Day From TV show A Night At The Family Dog, February 1970
Track 04 Mexico From TV show Go Ride The Music, 1970
Track 05 Somebody To Love (not listed on the cover)
Side 2
Track 01 Wooden Ships
Track 02 Plastic Fantastic Lover
Track 03 Emergency
Track 04 Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil From TV show A Night At The Family Dog, February 1970

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