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| Released | November 1969 | |||
| Recorded | March 28–June 12, 1969[1] | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider (San Francisco) | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock[2] | |||
| Length | 44:19 69:36 (2004 reissue) | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Al Schmitt | |||
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Volunteers is the fifth studio album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in 1969 on RCA Records. The album was controversial because of its revolutionary and anti-war lyrics, along with the use of profanity.
This was the last album with the group for both founder Marty Balin and drummer Spencer Dryden (although they did both appear on the June 1970 single "Mexico" and its B-side "Have You Seen the Saucers?"), signifying the end of the "classic" lineup. It also turned out to be the group's last all-new LP for two years as Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen devoted more of their energy to their embryonic blues group Hot Tuna, while Paul Kantner and Grace Slick released Blows Against the Empire and Sunfighter with various guest musicians and celebrated the birth of their daughter China in January 1971.
- ^ "Jefferson Airplane--Volunteers". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
Recording dates for each track are given in liner notes of CD release--see 14th image.
- ^ Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Jefferson Airplane". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. p. 148.