In September 1971, "Bark" was released. With cover art depicting a dead fish wrapped in an A&P-style grocery bag, it was both the final album owed to RCA under the band's existing contract and the inaugural release on the band's Grunt Records vanity label. Manager Bill Thompson had struck a deal with RCA to allow Jefferson Airplane to run Grunt Records as they saw fit while retaining RCA's distribution. The single "Pretty As You Feel", excerpted from a longer jam with members of Santana and featuring lead vocals by Joey Covington, its principal composer, was the last Jefferson Airplane chart hit, peaking at No. 60 in "Billboard" and No. 35 in "Cashbox". The album rose to No. 11 in "Billboard", higher than "Volunteers", "Blows Against the Empire" and Hot Tuna's second album, "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down", released three months before "Bark" in June.