Paul Kantner - Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (1983)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side A: America
1. "The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra" 4:07
2. "(She Is A) Telepath" 2:51
3. "Circle of Fire" 3:47
4. "Mount Shasta" (instrumental) 2:44
5. "Lilith's Song" 6:42
Side B: Australia...OZ & Beyond
1. "Transubstantiation: Part I: Esperanto / Part II: Science Friction" 2:04
2. "The Mountain Song" 5:02
3. "Declaration of Independence" 1:38
4. "Underground (the Laboratories)" 2:13
5. "The Sky Is No Limit" 2:51
6. "Let's Go" 5:02
Paul Kantner Band Members / Musicians
Paul Kantner – vocals, guitars, banjo, glass harmonica, synthesizers on "Circle of Fire", lead guitar on "Underground"
Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Mountain Song" and "The Sky Is No Limit"
Jack Casady – bass
China Kantner – vocals on "Declaration of Independence" and "The Sky Is No Limit"
Alexander Kantner – vocals on "Underground"
Craig Chaquico – lead guitar
Pete Sears – piano on "The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra", "Lilith's Song", and "Science Friction", bass on "Circle of Fire"
Aynsley Dunbar – drums
Scott Mathews – guitar, percussion, pedal steel guitar, Linn drums, glass harmonica, vocoder, synthesizers on "Circle of Fire", saxophones on "Circle of Fire" and "The Sky Is No Limit", vocals on "Esperanto", mandolin on "Esperanto", harmonica on "Esperanto", piano on "Esperanto", organ on "Esperanto", bass drum on "Esperanto"
Ron Nagle – piano on "Esperanto", vocals on "Esperanto"
The Dūrocs – sound effects on "The Mountain Song"
Ronnie Montrose – lead guitar on "(She Is A) Telepath"
Flo & Eddie – vocals
Mickey Thomas – vocals on "Circle of Fire"
David Freiberg – synthesizers and vocals on "Circle of Fire"
John Blakeley – 2nd rhythm guitar on "Let's Go"
Production
Proud Pork Productions (Scott Mathews, Ron Nagle) – producer, engineer, additional production on "Circle of Fire", construction of "Crowded Village" central section on "Mount Shasta"
Paul Kantner – director, additional production on "Circle of Fire"
Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
Vicky Ieraci – assistant production coordinator
Ken Kessie – mixing, remixing on "Circle of Fire"
Maureen Droney – engineer, assistant mixing
David Frazer – engineer
Wayne Lewis – engineer
Steve Fontana – engineer
Artists & Friends, Inc. (Jim Welch) – art direction
Bud Thon – illustration
Bill Thompson – management
Recorded at The Automatt in San Francisco
Additional music and sound effects recorded at The Pen, San Francisco
Mastered by Jeff Sanders (sound recording) and Lindy Griffin at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra is the final solo album by Paul Kantner and the only Kantner solo release to be solely credited to the singer-songwriter. The title comes from an unofficial name for San Francisco artists who recorded on various albums in 1970–1973, also known as PERRO. "The 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 1970s recording sessions by Kantner and Jerry Garcia. On the album, Kantner utilizes many of his collaborators and family members to front an extended musical trip similar to his then-recent Jefferson Starship efforts.
