Conspicuous Only in Its Absence

Conspicuous Only in Its Absence is an album by the American psychedelic rock band The Great Society and was released in 1968 by Columbia Records.^[1] The album consists of recordings made during a live concert performance by the band at The Matrix club in San Francisco in 1966.^[2] Additional recordings from the same concert were released later in 1968 on the album How It Was.^[3] These two albums were repackaged in 1971 as a double album called Collector's Item.^[1]

Upon its initial release in 1968, Conspicuous Only in Its Absence reached #166 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.^[4] A single 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.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" (Lona Stevens, Zell Sanders) – 6:32
2. "Didn't Think So" (Grace Slick) – 3:23
3. "Grimly Forming" (Peter Vandergelder) – 3:53
4. "Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 4:27
5. "Father Bruce" (Darby Slick, Grace Slick, Jerry Slick, David Miner) – 3:31
6. "Outlaw Blues" (Bob Dylan) – 2:27
7. "Often as I May" (Grace Slick) – 3:43
8. "Arbitration" (Peter Vandergelder) – 3:58
9. "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick) – 6:15

Personnel

• Grace Slick – piano, vocals
• Darby Slick – guitar
• David Miner – guitar
• Jerry Slick – drums
• Peter Vandergelder (van Gelder) – bass, flute, saxophone

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