Paul Kantner Rock and Roll Orchestra

Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra

 

 

this is a very good, very under-rated little record from paul kantner, grace slick, and friends. it is the sequel to the 1970 release, "blows against the empire", and it picks up the story where all the hippies have finally found a way to leave this planet (and its war-mongering ways). it turns out that high-jacking a starship as they originally planned - would not work. so here they've enlisted the help of a telepathic woman, who will teach her ways to all the others in the group. they will then use their powers ....... really though, it's a great story and after having listened to the 1970 release a half million times, i recall being quite happy to hear the sequel 10 years later. i wish it were available on cd, as some of the cuts are really hot (jerry garcia on "mountain song" is one exceptionally hot little number).

 

 

Paul Kantner's "Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra" (1983), is a great album that has never seen the light of day on CD. (This has to be a lapse of judgement at the label?!). The title track is so mesmerizing, other great songs are, "(She's Is A) Telepath", "The Mountain Song", with the late Jerry Garcia, "Circle Of Fire", and "Let's Go".
Grace Slick, Ronnie Montrose and most of Jefferson Airplane/Starship members appear here. This would be Paul's last solo album, before forming the KBC Band in 1986. I plea to someone, please release this, it's a very good album.