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Release Blows Against the Empire
Year 1970–1971
Label RCA Victor # LSP 4448
Format LP · Album
Country USA
Language English
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship, Blows Against the Empire; cite each song by its SongID

Blows Against the Empire

1970 · Album · RCA Victor # LSP 4448 · USA
2 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Anti-War.
Annotation
The song "Mau Mau (Amerikon)" (RCA Victor # LSP 4448), a collaboration between Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship (pretty much an extended line-up of Jefferson Airplane with other San Francisco musicians), makes a clear reference to Richard Nixon and his war - "so drop your fuckin' bombs...hey Dick, whatever you think of us is totally irrelevant" - probably a response to Nixon calling demonstrators "bums" on 30 April 1970. Is a "grade-B movie star governor" an early reference to Ronald Reagan? The entire album deals with counter-culture issues. The song "A Child Is Coming" has a possible reference to the draft: "what are we gonna do when Uncle Samuel comes around, askin' for the young one's name" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 2 curated collections.
The songs
1.
1971 · Album · RCA Victor # LSP 4448 · New York City, New York · Blows Against the Empire

collaboration between Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship (pretty much an extended line-up of Jefferson Airplane with other San Francisco musicians)

2.
1970 · Album · RCA Victor # LSP 4448 · New York City, New York · Blows Against the Empire

collaboration between Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship (pretty much an extended line-up of Jefferson Airplane with other San Francisco musicians)