The Phosphorescent Rat [Black Swirl Vinyl]

by Hot Tuna

Overview

Hot Tuna's first album made after the breakup of Jefferson Airplane found Jorma Kaukonen taking a firm hand: he's the author of nine out of 10 songs. The walking tempos and familiar soaring, psychedelic guitar solos are in place, but much of the music is given over to Kaukonen's reflective lyrics, sung in his matter-of-fact voice, and there are strings on a couple of tracks. Although the approach would produce Kaukonen's most impressive record the following year when he made the acoustic solo album, and although critics have pointed to The Phosphorescent Rat as among Hot Tuna's better efforts, the group's fans, devoted as they were to its extended versions of blues standards, seem to have been unimpressed: the album was Hot Tuna's lowest charting among those released during its 1970-1978 heyday. Probably a lack of enthusiasm at RCA, due to the demise of Jefferson Airplane, didn't help in the album's promotion, either. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/14/2017
Label:	Culture Factory
UPC:	0850703003996
Rank:	34484

Tracks

1. I See the Light
2. Letter to the North Star [also recorded as "Lord Have Mercy" for Quah] [Bonus Track]
3. Easy Now [later re-recorded as "Easy Now Revisited" for Steady as She Goes]
4. Corners Without Exits
5. Day to Day Out the Window Blues
6. In the Kingdom
7. Seeweed Strut [Instrumental]
8. Living Just for You
9. Soliloquy for 2
10. Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hot Tuna   Primary Artist
Andy Narell   Drums (Steel)
Tom Salisbury   Conductor,String Conductor
Jack Casady   Bass (Electric)
Jorma Kaukonen   Guitar,Vocals
Sammy Piazza   Drums,Spoons,Percussion

Technical Credits

Tom Salisbury   String Arrangements,Woodwind Arrangement
Jorma Kaukonen   Composer
Rev. Gary Davis   Composer
Mallory Earl   Mixing,Engineer
Marek Majewski   Cover Design
Steve Mantoani   Assistant Engineer
Pat Ieraci   Production Coordination