Jefferson Starship – Red Octopus

This German pressing sounds quite good, and very bass heavy on quiet vinyl. It's ultimately still beaten by a Kendun-B US pressing, which is more about midrange as most Kendun cuts are.

Online needledrops of this pressing and consensus from Hoffman himself shows a damaged tape during Fast Buck Freddie, particularly noticeable on the cymbals, which are covered in dropouts. Apparently, this was the last known use of the master tape, and the thing was literally thrown away after.

This is album is like a time machine, love the long rock jams and also the folksy instrumental interludes! Both singers have such pipes and so interesting to witness the aftermath of Jefferson Airplane; much more commercial and generally appealing than Airplane - but I might be in the minority on that one..

This is certainly better than what followed...Slick and Balin both sound fantastic. The songs are all over the place. "Fast Buck Freddie" is a nice rockin' intro, "Miracles" is a lovely ballad, and Paul Kantner's "I Want To See Another World" recalls the Airplane era of the band. As others have mentioned, this pressing sounds really good - dynamic, clear, well balanced, and very full bodied. My copy plays nice, a trace of light surface noise here and there, but mostly clean.

Very nice quad mix. Well balanced. Every instrument has its space. If you are a fan of the album this is the way to hear it.

Not completely horrible sounding, just a bit bland and boring. Get an original.

Beautifully produced album, all the vocal and string arrangements really come out of the woodwork in the quad mix. If you like this album, you'll be very impressed with the classy 4.0 quad mix - makes everything sound more alive and "there."

Y'know this album sucks pretty badly but the mastering on this record sounds pretty solid. The bass is cut loud and there's great instrument separation with nice, straight forward vocals. Basically a pile of shit with ice cream sprinkles.

This sounds fantastic. Nice flat, quiet pressing but I would have preferred the previous year's translucent red vinyl instead of this lime/lemon pukey yellow one.

Actually a pretty decent and enjoyable mid 70s piece, the original LP also sounds mostly great, though the vocals are a bit on the hot-side, particularly during Fast Buck Freddie and Sweeter Than Honey.

Edit: I managed to find a pressing with KENDUN-B in the runouts, and it absolutely smokes the KENDUN-A cut sound wise. It's a lot cleaner and more open, whilst also keeping the punch of the A-cut. The vocals are also much less prone to distortion on said cut as well.