Bark

I purchased Bark and Long John Silver as they were noted as "Remastered" and this album had so many great songs such as Crazy Miranda, When the Earth Moves Again, Pretty As You Feel, Lawman (Never Argue with a German if You're Tired has been a loser since the album was released) and I wanted to replace an early version CD and my original vinyl copy. With the added thrill that I saw the Airplane perform some of these in a concert, it was exciting. What I don't like about the album is the lousy job they did "remastering". My original vinyl sounds much better. But if you're into the Airplane, just discovering them or need to replace a badly worn piece of vinyl, you'll appreciate this album (disc)....mike

I've been listening to this album since I first heard it on 8track tape. Even though Marty Balin had left the band, I think they did a great job without him. War Movie in particular is an outstanding song. When the Earth Movies Again and Rock N' Roll Island also are top notch.It was great recording then and it sounds even better now on cd.I almost forgot about the great package.They have made every effort to make it like the original on lp. It has the paper bag cover with the inserts that we saw on the old package. Of course it is cd size but it is a great little bonus.

Several great song on this last JA album, and the reproduction of the packaging from the vinyl is great! Third week at the Chelsea and Lawman are worth the price of the disc alone. You can see that the band was going in two different direction from those two songs, and When the Earth Moves Again is really the first Starship song. I forgot how old the music was! I thought early 80's, but it's 1971.

Bark was a pretty good Jefferson Airplane album, and yes, that's despite missing Marty Balin's vocals which would have made many of the tracks better. Strong material like "When The Earth Moves Again," "Crazy Miranda", and especially "Feel So Good" still sound great today. Good performances from Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and drumming by Joey Covington. On the other hand, there are a few wretched songs like "Thunk" and Joey Covington really wasn't a very good lead vocalist (as I say though, I really liked his drumming), plus a lot of Airplane fans never cared much for a violinist being added to the band in its final years. Nothing against Papa John who was a good musician, but it just never seemed to fit in to me. I was also baffled in 1971 that "Pretty As You Feel" was released as a single, and am still baffled in 2014. It didn't sound like Airplane music.I bought the original LP release on Grunt in 1971 which had very good sound quality at the time and played it a lot in late summer and fall 1971. I wish Collector's Choice had included "Bark" along with their Jefferson Airplane reissues a decade ago, but those stopped after "Volunteers". I bought the CD release on Evangeline around 5 years ago after it became apparent there would be no Collector's Choice issue. I thought the Evangeline release was really good sound quality but it was in a 2-disc set with Long John Silver, and did not have the original cover photo of either album, rather a picture of a fish emerging from a cigar box, combining the two covers for Bark and Long John Silver.Along comes Culture Factory in 2013 to remaster and reissue the original Jefferson Airplane albums replicating the original vinyl packaging. I read the company's description of the remastering and packaging and decided to order.Sorry to say, their new remastering is awful. The first thing I thought when listening to the 2013 Culture Factory release was, "where is the bass?" The treble is boosted and this CD sounds like instruments and vocals colliding with a shrill edge, compressed, distorted and harsh. I got out my Evangeline CD issue of the same tracks and their mastering is far more balanced and smooth.I would recommend if you want "Bark" on CD, seek out the Evangeline release rather than selecting this one. I'm glad I didn't order the other Jefferson Airplane Culture Factory remasters based on how bad they made Bark sound, and have since read some comments from buyers of the other Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna albums about the Culture Factory releases who were likewise unhappy with the bad remastering.Avoid the Culture Factory releases.

A lot of people are complaining about the Culture Factory remasters and I completely agree: this "Bark" remaster is atrocious. No bass, tinny treble. It's louder, but it's louder rubbish.BUT---if you're a Jefferson Airplane fan I recommend purchasing the Culture Factory version for the packaging only. It's actually very well done, complete with the paper bag. Stick some other version of "Bark" in there and use the CD as a coaster.

Everything on this perfect, details etc...Thank you!

Excelent art replica! The sound is more than great for an album that blew my mind 40 years ago!

Pretty good album. No where near Baxter's or Crown of Creation though. Pretty as you Feel is a nice tune I guess, ehh.

In her autobiography, Somebody to Love?, Grace Slick said of the last couple of years of Jefferson Airplane, "It was a dark time for us." And, she tells us that the last records suffered as a consequence, their best work being saved for the various, not quite solo, activities.Bark was released in 1971, contemporary to Blows Against the Empire and Sunfighter. According to Grace, "Even the studio in San Francisco that we used for Bark and Long John Silver was depressing". Nevertheless, Jefferson Airplane comprised great players and writers, so even their less exciting work eclipses many bands' best.Bark introduces Papa John Creach on violin and Joey Covington on drums, contributing to a significantly heavier and denser sound.By this time in their career it becomes easy to guess who wrote what. Pretty As You Feel is a wonderful piece of co-writing, whilst most of Kantner's work is reflective of his sci-if/revolution stance in these times. Kaukonen contributes beautiful finger-picking acoustic and heavy wah-wah, his Third Week In The Chelsea reflecting the gradual disintegration of the band.Not at all bad for a band that had realised it was losing its mojo and having far more creative fun with its side-projects.

what a blast from the past, even better than I remembered. Wonderful recording.

Gran trabajo de los Airplane en la fase poco conocida de su transformación a Starship. Es un album que nació con desgracia: Balin ya se había marchado de la banda y el dúo Kakkonen/Cassidy estaban a punto de imitarle. No hubo gira ni directo que incluyera los temas y eso, en la época, pesaba mucho. De todas maneras trabajo es excelente con grandes temas como When The Earth moves again, Crazy Miranda, Feels So Good ( cantada por Kaukonen) y Third Week In The Chelsea.Un trabajo para descubrir. Totalmente recomendable

6ème album du Jefferson Airplane et le plus abouti.Jorma Kaukonen nous donne son meilleur : compos fabuleuses (third week in the chelsea), solos inspirés (wild turkey).Des climats envoûtants (pretty as you feel).C'est varié du début à la fin.

Excellent cd reçu en parfait état.