Easy now (Hot Tuna) (LP 773 - 776)

Hot Tuna  The Phosphorescent Rat (Vinyl, Grunt Records, 1973) **** 

Hot Tuna  America's Choice (Vinyl and CD, Grunt Records, 1975/1996) ****

Hot Tuna  Yellow Fever (Vinyl, Grunt Records, 1975) *** 

Hot Tuna  Hoppkorv (Vinyl and CD, Grunt Records, 1976/1996) **** 

Genre: Grunt Records 

Places I remember: Marbecks Records (America's Choice, Hoppkorv and the Hot Tuna In A Can CD collection); Amoeba Records (San Francisco) - Yellow Fever; Real Groovy Records - The Phosphorescent Rat.

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bowlegged Woman Knock-Kneed Man (Hoppkorv)

Gear costume: Living Just For You (TPR), Hit Single #1 (AC); Invitation (America's Choice); Baby, What You Want Me To Do (YF)

Active compensatory factors: Hot Tuna in the seventies evolved into a more hard rocking outfit than it had been when Jorma and Jack were concurrent members to parent band - The Jefferson Airplane.

The Phosphorescent Rat is something of a transitional record - still featuring a great acoustic number (Seeweed Strut) and some strings on a few tunes, as well as the big and beaty stuff.

America's Choice is a great album - it's high quality musicianship (Hot Tuna was now a trio) and songs are consistent throughout the album. Tough to find a standout as they all stand out for me.

Yellow Fever was a tough one for me to find - I eventually tracked one down in Amoeba Records in San Francisco. I'm not sure what to make of the cover - hopefully the band had a good reason to approve it, but still - not cool dudes.

This was their second album of 1975! Although quality remains high, this set isn't as strong as America's Choice. 

Hoppkorv is another awesome Hot Tuna album. The star here is Jorma Kaukonen - his singing and guitar playing is next level! 

Where do they all belong? Some live albums yet to come on vinyl and some studio albums to come on CD.