DESCRIPTION:
Hot Tuna
RCA Records
LSP-4353
Released May 1970

Side One
1. Hesitation Blues 0:10
2. How Long Blues 5:38
3. Uncle Sam Blues 9:11
4. Don't You Leave Me Here 14:05
5. Death Don't Have No Mercy 17:07

Side Two
1. Know You Rider 23:29
2. Oh Lord, Search My Heart 27:36
3. Winin' Boy Blues 31:29
4. New Song (for the Morning) 36:56
5. Mann's Fate" (instrumental) 42:00


The debut album, recorded live in Berkeley in 1969.

HT started out as something for Jorma and Jack to do during breaks in the Jefferson Airplane's schedule.

RCA clearly through this album together as an afterthought: cheapo packaging, etc. They didn't realize, or care, perhaps, that they had a diamond in a burlap sack.

Jorma Kaukonen, whatever accolades he's received, deserves more. While his work on the Airplane albums really defined that 60's hard rock guitar sound, he shows here that he's a master of various acoustic styles as well.

Casady's metallic-tinged bass works perfectly with Jorma's guitar, and the harmonica, while for me feels most of the time like and intrusion, in the end, doesn't hurt anything.

This is a great listen.

The visuals are about . . . tuna. Specifically the giant blue fin tuna, magnificent creatures that hopefully we can manage to not make extinct.

Made with the usual:
Sansui P-D10 analog turntable
Audacity
Paint.net
Audials 2016
BBE preamp
Corel VideoStudio X9 Ultimate