Hot Tuna's first album made after the breakup of Jefferson Airplane found Jorma Kaukonen taking a firm hand: he's the author of nine out of 10 songs.
The walking tempos and familiar soaring, psychedelic guitar solos are in place, but much of the music is given over to Kaukonen's reflective lyrics, sung in his matter-of-fact voice, and there are strings on a couple of tracks.
Although the approach would produce Kaukonen's most impressive record the following year when he made the acoustic solo album, and although critics have pointed to The Phosphorescent Rat as among Hot Tuna's better efforts, the group's fans, devoted as they were to its extended versions of blues standards, seem to have been unimpressed: the album was Hot Tuna's lowest charting among those released during its 1970-1978 heyday.
Probably a lack of enthusiasm at RCA, due to the demise of Jefferson Airplane, didn't help in the album's promotion, either.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I See the LightJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Letter to the North StarJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | Easy NowJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 05:11 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 4 | Corners Without ExitsJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | In the KingdomJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 05:26 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 6 | Seeweed StrutJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Living Just for YouJorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | Soliloquy for 2Jorma Kaukonen | Hot Tuna | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | Day To Day Out The Window Blues | Hot Tuna | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 10 | Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From | Hot Tuna | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 37 mins | 86 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 228 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Casady | Bass (Electric), Bass Balalaika |
| 2 | Rev. Gary Davis | Composer |
| 3 | Mallory Earl | Engineer, Mixing |
| 4 | Hot Tuna | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Pat Ieraci | Production Coordination |
| 6 | Jorma Kaukonen | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 7 | Marek Majewski | Cover Design |
| 8 | Steve Mantoani | Assistant Engineer |
| 9 | Andy Narell | Drums (Steel) |
| 10 | Sammy Piazza | Drums, Percussion, Spoons |
| 11 | Tom Salisbury | Conductor, String Arrangements, String Conductor, Woodwind Arrangement |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |