Release and Promotion
The album was released on Grunt Records, and climbed the Billboard charts to #20. The band geared up for a tour of the United States, their first major tour since 1970. It started in July, and the lineup was Kantner, Slick, Kaukonen, Casady, Creach, Barbata, and David Freiberg. Freiberg joined the tour to take over Marty Balin's harmony vocals, but also played tambourine and "tried to keep the band together." The tour ended in September at Winterland, with Balin joining for an encore. Live performances from the tour at the Chicago Auditorium and Winterland were released as the live album, Thirty Seconds Over Winterland.
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