After Bathing at Baxter's

After Bathing at Baxter's
Studio album by Jefferson Airplane
Released November 27, 1967
Recorded June–October, 1967 at RCA, Hollywood
Genre Acid rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length 43:38 (original)
67:53 (2003 reissue)
Label RCA Victor
Producer Al Schmitt
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Surrealistic Pillow
(1967)		 After Bathing at Baxter's
(1967)		 Crown of Creation
(1968)
Singles from After Bathing at Baxter's
  1. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
    Released: August 1967
  2. "Watch Her Ride"
    Released: 1967
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stonepositive [2]

After Bathing at Baxter's, the third album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, was released in 1967 as RCA Victor LSO-1511 (stereo) & LOP-1511 (mono). The cover art is by artist Ron Cobb.

The album peaked at #17. Paul Kantner's composition "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" was released as a single in August 1967, with him as lead singer and Grace Slick and Marty Balin harmonizing, and reached number 42 on the Billboard charts.[3] However the band's singles never again crossed the halfway mark in the Hot 100.[3] The band's next album, Crown of Creation, would reach number 6 on the album charts and was eventually certified gold.

John Hartford referenced the cover art from "After Bathing at Baxter's" as the inspiration for his song "Steam Powered Aereo Plane" from his album Aereo-Plain.

Origin of title

According to Jeff Tamarkin's history of the Airplane, "baxter" was the band's code for "LSD" aka "acid", and the title as a whole translates as "After Tripping On Acid".[4]

Track listing

Side one

Streetmasse
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"  Paul Kantner 4:29
2. "A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly"  Spencer Dryden, Gary Blackman, Bill Thompson 1:39
3. "Young Girl Sunday Blues"  Marty Balin, Kantner 3:33
The War Is Over
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
4. "Martha"  Kantner 3:26
5. "Wild Tyme (H)"  Kantner 3:08
Hymn to an Older Generation
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "The Last Wall of the Castle"  Jorma Kaukonen 2:40
7. "Rejoyce" ([n 1])Grace Slick 4:01

Side two

How Suite It Is
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
8. "Watch Her Ride"  Kantner 3:11
9. "Spare Chaynge" (instrumental)Jack Casady, Dryden, Kaukonen 9:12
Shizoforest Love Suite
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
10. "Two Heads"  Slick 3:10
11. "Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon"  Kantner 5:09
2003 CD reissue Bonus Tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
12. "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" (long version from Jefferson Airplane Loves You)Kantner 11:04
13. "Martha" (single version B-side RCA #9389)Kantner 3:26
14. "Two Heads" (alternate version)Slick 3:15
15. "Things Are Better in the East" (demo version)Balin 2:31
16. "Young Girl Sunday Blues" (instrumental; hidden track)Balin, Kantner 3:59

Notes

  1. ↑ All lower-case information according to album notes.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard Pop Albums 17

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1967 "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" Cash Box Top 100 24
1967 "Watch Her Ride" Cash Box Top 100 37
1967 "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" Billboard Pop Singles 42
1967 "Two Heads" Billboard Pop Singles 124
1967 "Watch Her Ride" Billboard Pop Singles 61

References

  1. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing at Baxter's > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing at Baxter's". Rolling Stone. 20 January 1968.
  3. 1 2 Jefferson Airplane biography, Rolling Stone
  4. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff: Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane, p.155; Atria Books; reprint July 19, 2005; ISBN 978-0671034047
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