Red Octopus

Red Octopus
Studio album by Jefferson Starship
Released	June 13, 1975
Recorded	February, 1975 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre	Rock
Length	42:00
Label	Grunt/RCA
Producer	Jefferson Starship / Larry Cox
Jefferson Starship chronology
Dragon Fly (1974) Red Octopus (1975) Spitfire (1976)
Alternative cover
Cover art of original LP release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B− [2]

Red Octopus is a 1975 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the best-selling album by any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off groups, and the single "Miracles" hit #3 on the Billboard chart, being the highest-charting single the band had until that point. This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. The album itself reached #1 on the Billboard 200.

Marty Balin, the founder of Jefferson Airplane, returned as a fully integrated member and either wrote or co-wrote five of the ten tracks, including the hit "Miracles".^[3] The album paved the music direction of the band for their next two albums. The group attempted to create a commercialized sound which was a total contrast to their past works.^[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Fast Buck Freddie"	Grace Slick	Craig Chaquico	3:28
2.	"Miracles"	Marty Balin	Balin	6:52
3.	"Git Fiddler" (instrumental)		Papa John Creach, Kevin Moore, John Parker	3:08
4.	"Ai Garimasũ (There Is Love)"	Slick	Slick	4:15
5.	"Sweeter Than Honey"	Balin, Craig Chaquico	Chaquico, Pete Sears	3:20

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"Play On Love"	Slick	Sears	3:44
7.	"Tumblin'"	Balin, Robert Hunter	David Freiberg	3:27
8.	"I Want To See Another World"	Paul Kantner, Slick, Balin	Kantner	4:34
9.	"Sandalphon" (instrumental)		Sears	4:08
10.	"There Will Be Love"	Kantner, Balin	Kantner, Chaquico	5:04

2005 CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Miracles" (single version)	Balin	Balin	3:29
12.	"Band Introduction" (live, November 7, 1975 at Winterland)			1:14
13.	"Fast Buck Freddie" (live, November 7, 1975 at Winterland)	Slick	Chaquico	3:34
14.	"There Will Be Love" (live, November 7, 1975 at Winterland)	Kantner, Balin	Kantner, Chaquico	4:57
15.	"You're Driving Me Crazy" (live, November 7, 1975 at Winterland)	Vic Smith	Smith	6:44

Personnel

• Grace Slick – lead and backing vocals, piano (4)
• Paul Kantner – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Balin – lead and backing vocals
• Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Papa John Creach – electric violin
• David Freiberg – organ (2, 8), lead and backing vocals, ARP synthesizer (4, 10), keyboards (7), bass (3, 6, 9)
• Pete Sears – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-15), keyboards (3, 5) electric (2, 11) and acoustic (6, 8-10) pianos, organ (6, 8, 9), clavinet (6), ARP synthesizer (9), backing vocals
• John Barbata – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Bobbye Hall – percussion, congas
• Irv Cox – saxophone

Production

• Jefferson Starship – producer
• Larry Cox – producer, engineer
• Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
• Steve Mantoani, Jeffrey Husband – recordists
• Paul Dowell – amp consultant
• Dave Roberts – string and horn arrangement
• Recorded and Mixed at Wally Heiders, San Francisco
• Mastered by Kent Duncan, Kendun Recorders, Burbank
• Live tracks recorded at Winterland, November 7, 1975
• Bill Thompson – manager
• Frank Mulvey – art director
• Jim Marshall – liner photograph
• Gribbitt! – graphics

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard 200	#1

Singles

• "Miracles" (August 23, 1975) #3 US (Billboard Hot 100)
• "Play On Love" (December 13, 1975) #49 US

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. Red Octopus at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
2. "CG: Jefferson Starship". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
3. "Red Octopus - Review". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
4. "Jefferson Starship - Biography". billboard.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.

External links

• Snyder, Patrick (January 1, 1976). "Jefferson Starship: The Miracle Rockers". Rolling Stone.