First Pull Up, Then Pull Down was the second album by Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna is an American blues-rock band formed by bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen as a spin-off of Jefferson Airplane. It plays acoustic and electric versions of original and traditional blues songs.- Jefferson Airplane side project :...

. The album was recorded live with electric instruments, instead of the acoustic instruments used on the previous album, Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna (album)

Hot Tuna is the self-titled debut album by the blues-rock band Hot Tuna, released in 1970 on RCA Records, catalogue LSP 4550. It was recorded live at the New Orleans House in Berkeley, California in September of 1969. It peaked at #30 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

. The album rose to #43 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 charts. In 1996, RCA released the CD box set Hot Tuna in a Can which included a remastered version of this album, along with remasters of the albums Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna (album)

Hot Tuna is the self-titled debut album by the blues-rock band Hot Tuna, released in 1970 on RCA Records, catalogue LSP 4550. It was recorded live at the New Orleans House in Berkeley, California in September of 1969. It peaked at #30 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

, Burgers

Burgers (album)

-Personnel:*Jorma Kaukonen – guitars, lead vocals*Jack Casady – bass, vocals, eyebrow*Papa John Creach – violin, vocals*Sammy Piazza – drums, tympani, other percussion, vocals-Additional personnel:...

, America's Choice

America's Choice

America's Choice was the fifth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, recorded in 1974 and released the following year. The first of the "Rampage" trilogy albums recorded by the now power trio, it marked a major shift in musical direction by the group...

and Hoppkorv

Hoppkorv

-Personnel:*Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitar*Jack Casady – bass*Bob Steeler – drums, percussion-Additional Personnel:*Nick Buck – keyboards*John Sherman – 2nd guitar on "Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man"*Karen Tobin – background vocals-Production:...

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Track listing

Personnel

• Jack Casady
  Jack Casady
  Jack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
  
   – bass
• Jorma Kaukonen
  Jorma Kaukonen
  Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Papa John Creach
  Papa John Creach
  Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
  
   – electric violin
• Sammy Piazza – drums
• Will Scarlett – harmonica

Production

• Pat "Maurice" Ieraci – master of the machines
• Allen Zentz – engineer
• Margareta Kaukonen – drawings
• Mike Frankel – interior photograph
• Jack Casady – pin-up photo
• RCA – cage
• Recorded at the Chateau Liberte (deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains
  Santa Cruz Mountains
  The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central California, United States. They form a ridge along the San Francisco Peninsula, south of San Francisco, separating the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley, and continuing south,...
  
  ), Los Gatos, CA
• Mixed down at Wally Heider Studios
  Wally Heider Studios
  Wally Heider Studios was a recording studio in San Francisco, California between 1969 and 1980, started by recording engineer and studio owner Wally Heider.-History:...
  
  , San Francisco
• A Fishobaby Production