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''Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra'' is an album by Paul Kantner, and his last solo studio album. The title comes from an unofficial name for San Francisco artists who recorded on various albums in 1970–1973, also known as PERRO. The song "Mountain Song" is dedicated "to David C, Jerry G, Graham N, Grace S, David F, Billy K and Mickey H and to one summer when all of our schedules almost didn't conflict," and was written during the 70's recording sessions by Kantner and Jerry Garcia. The album collects various Starship/Airplane alumni to front an extended trip musically similar to his then recent, Starship efforts. One track, "Circle of Fire" was recorded originally for the Jefferson Starship album, Winds of Change. ==Novel== Kantner had intended this record to be a soundtrack to a novel he was writing at the time. The album is the sequel to Kantner's Hugo Award nominated 1970 album ''Blows Against the Empire,'' and carries the sub-title "The Empire Blows Back." At the time of the album's release, the novel had not yet been completed but included with the album was an insert which explained the story. The insert describes a San Francisco band that develops telepathic amplification technology, which attracts the attention of various governments. The group attempts to escape to the safety of the Australian Outback, and joins a self-sufficient settlement of over 1500 people. The US government agents track the band down and attempt to take the technology for use in the Cold War. The telepathic children assist in creating a shield around the settlement that then escapes into space. Also included on the album insert were descriptions of what each song meant in the overall story. The full-length novel was later published by Kantner's own company, Little Dragon Press.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to PERRO — Chapter One From the novel "Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra * by Paul Kantner )〕 The novel includes notations for a full soundtrack which would have included (in the order indicated in the novel) : # "America" (from "KBC Band") # "The Planet Earth Rock'n'Roll Orchestra" # "She's a Telepath" # "Teddy Bear's Picnic" (Bratton / Kennedy song, also covered by Jerry Garcia) # "Circle Of Fire" # "I'm An Asshole" (never written song, set of lyrics only in the novel, Kantner's notes indicate a Ramones-like punk song) # "Teaching The Computers To Dream" (never recorded, played live by Jefferson Starship in 2000-2004, later recycled as "On The Threshold Of Fire" on "Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty") # "I Am Machine" (never written song, set of lyrics only in the novel) # "Girl With The Hungry Eyes" (from Jefferson Starship's "Freedom At Point Zero") # "Mount Shasta" # "Lilith's Song" # "The Three Oddest Words" (poem by Wislawa Szymborska) # "Wooden Ships" (from Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers") # "Transsubstantiation" # "The Mountain Song" # "Declaration Of Independence" # "Underground" # "I Came Back From The Jaws Of The Dragon" (from Jefferson Starship's "Winds Of Change") # "Good Shepherd" (from Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers") # "Fireball Chant" (never written experimental instrumental in the style of "Underground") # "The Sky Is No Limit" # "Planes" (from Jefferson Airplane's "Jefferson Airplane") # "Let's Go" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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