Conspicuous Only in Its Absence is a live album by the American psychedelic rock band the Great Society, released in 1968 by Columbia Records.

[1] It was their first album released and consists of recordings made during a live concert performance by the band at The Matrix club in San Francisco in 1966.

[2] Additional recordings from the same concert were released later in 1968 on the album How It Was.

[1] Upon its initial release in 1968, Conspicuous Only in Its Absence reached No.

[4] A single featuring "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" and "Didn't Think So" was released in conjunction with the album by Columbia Records but it failed to chart.