Conspicuous Only In Its Absence  by The Great Society

Conspicuous Only In Its Absence is the first album release by Great Society, the band in which Grace Slick sang shortly before joining Jefferson Airplane. In fact, they are live recordings from 1966, which were released as an album in March 1968—obviously due to the popularity that Jefferson Airplane's group had achieved.

This album contains covers of songs by Bob Dylan (Outlaw Blues), the Jaynetts (Sally Go 'Round The Roses), and seven more compositions created by Great Society. Two of the album's songs would become the tracks with which Jefferson Airplane built their career. These are White Rabbit and Somebody To Love in their original performances, different from the versions that became well-known.

Due to their short-lived existence, Great Society did not manage to become what they could have been for the specific music scene. Conspicuous Only In Its Absence is an audio document of the psychedelic scene of San Francisco in the mid-1960s.