Manhole is Grace Slick's first solo album credited solely to her (she had previously recorded Sunfighter with Paul Kantner and Baron von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun with Kantner and David Freiberg, both of whom co-produced Manhole). The album was recorded in 1973, when Jefferson Airplane had stopped touring, and Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were making the Hot Tuna album, The Phosphorescent Rat. All the members who would form Jefferson Starship in 1974 performed on this album, except for Papa John Creach. The album was conceived as a soundtrack to a movie, (noted by the title of the second track, "Theme from the Movie Manhole"), although there was no such movie made. Grace drew all of the artwork for the album, and wrote on the cover "Child Type Odd Art by Grace." The album only reached #127 on the Billboard charts.
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Thank You from Germany and a happy new year
Love that pic of Grace, she was one sexy lady back then.
I gave this a spin and loved the silent build up......the songs came over to me as a cross between alien tongues whispering at the base of Nebukanedzar's Tower of Babel and Klaatu's pantheon for peace......Grace comes to life in these lesser songs....this rich rubicon is full of the waste within the Love Generation....
Grace went on to make piles of money but I'm sure her true heart is to be found somewhere within these grooves?
Thanks for posting this.....
Cy from Pck.
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