JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/SURREALISTIC PILLOW LSP-3766 (-67) GERMAN STEREO

 Many moons ago I had a US stereo version of this classic album, but had a hard time reconciling with it because of the overuse of reverb. Locating a US mono back then fitting my wallet seemed impossible, but I did find an Australian one, liked what I heard and decided that was the one for me. Then when this showed up a while ago at a very good price I thought - why not, I'll give it another try. I've seen band fans who actually prefer this version as it comes more "spaced out" and therefore better fitting for the psych numbers, so who am I to just discard it. Now I've tried hard to like, but still can't get 100% on board. It's a fantastic collection of songs, though I get the feeling that the drier mono was closer to the band's intentions and the added reverb on the stereo made as an afterthought by some studio worker. I may be wrong about that and my lukewarm feelings for this may have to do with that I'm a monoman and almost always prefer sixties monos over the stereos, no matter what. That was my two cents on this matter. If You think different - please tell. Premiere German had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover. (JÄF*) (GÖXÄ*)