This recording is a historical document of a band and time. It was two shows in 1966 at the Matrix in San Francisco recorded live. The music returns us to a simpler time when music was easy to understand and marvel at and the amps did not destroy our eardrums. It sounds alive and new as it was then - really good remastering of original audio tapes with and informative booklet.
(amazon.com) Review by Joseph G.
This is the first time I have seen this classic on cd. It is, ,admittedly, more expensive than my vinyl copy was at 12s6d but is definitely worth it.
It contains many great tracks in their earliest versions, ,notably "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" , but also "Sally Go Round the Roses" which is a favourite of mine, plus "Grimly Forming" ,"Arbitration" and a few others with an extra seven bonus tracks tacked on the end.
This was the first recording Grace made with her husband Darby Slick on lead guitar, his brother Jerry on drums, David Minor on rhythm guitar and Peter Vandergelder performing as the Great Society. (The " Grace Slick and the ..." tag was only added after the Great Society disbanded in early 1967 and she went on to find fame with Jefferson Airplane.)
The first ten tracks on this were originally released on vinyl titled "Conspicuous Only In Its Absence" from live recordings made at various San Francisco clubs between 1965 and I967 and have the authentic dreamy, spaced out feeling of that era. Long, dramatic raga-like guitar solos building back into razor sharp bursts of vocals characterise these tracks, matching the rainbow coloured light shows and psychedelic nature of these events. These tracks are very different from the tighter, more disciplined Jefferson Airplane ones but have a place in my heart.
(amazon.com) Review by limner

Personnel:
Grace Slick (Other names: Gracie, The Chrome Nun, The Acid Queen) - vocals, guitar, recorder, piano
Darby Slick - lead guitar, backing vocals
David Miner - rhythm guitar, vocals
Peter Vandergelder - bass
Jerry Slick - drums