''Conspicuous Only in Its Absence'' is a live album by the American

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band the Great Society, released in 1968 by

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. It was their first album released and consists of recordings made during a live concert performance by the band at The Matrix club in San Francisco in 1966. Additional recordings from the same concert were released later in 1968 on the album ''How It Was''. These two albums were repackaged in 1971 as a

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called ''Collector's Item''. Upon its initial release in 1968, ''Conspicuous Only in Its Absence'' reached No. 166 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. A

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featuring "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" and "Didn't Think So" was released in conjunction with the album by Columbia Records but it failed to chart.

Track listing

#" Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) – 6:32 #"Didn't Think So" ( Grace Slick) – 3:23 #"Grimly Forming" (Peter Vandergelder) – 3:53 #" Somebody to Love" (

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) – 4:27 #"Father Bruce" (Darby Slick, Grace Slick, Jerry Slick, David Miner) – 3:31 #" Outlaw Blues" ( Bob Dylan) – 2:27 #"Often as I May" (Grace Slick) – 3:43 #"Arbitration" (Peter Vandergelder) – 3:58 #" White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 6:15

Personnel

;The Great Society * Grace Slick – piano, vocals, bass guitar *

– guitar * David Miner – guitar *Jerry Slick –

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*Peter Vandergelder (van Gelder) – bass guitar,

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, saxophone ;Technical * Herb Greene - photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conspicuous Only In Its Absence The Great Society (band) albums 1968 debut albums 1968 live albums Columbia Records live albums