Jefferson Airplane - The Woodstock Experience (2CD Remaster)

Jefferson Airplane - The Woodstock Experience (2CD Remaster)

Jefferson Airplane: The Woodstock Experience contains 24 tracks (10 from album Volunteers, 14 from Woodstock). In 1969, Jefferson Airplane was the band to book at a major festival. The first act to be confirmed for Woodstock, they set the precedent for all that followed. Their performance early Sunday morning was the perfect greeting to a rising sun, and the material from their forthcoming album, Volunteers, awakened the Woodstock generation to a new day.

Sony/BMG's Legacy imprint decided to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock by issuing a slew of double-disc deluxe packages by catalog artists who played the festival. Each slipcase contains the featured artist's entire performance at Woodstock and as a bonus, an LP sleeve reproduction of a classic album issued near the time the festival occurred, as well as fine, individually designed 16" X 24" double-sided posters. Of the five volumes in the Woodstock Experience series, the Jefferson Airplane's volumes is simultaneously one of the most compelling and frustrating. Musically, this is one of, if not the greatest live performances we have on tape of the band at the peak of their ability and creativity, prefacing the release of their Volunteers album (included here as well) three months after this gig. There are five previously unissued tracks in this set -- six if you include the introduction. They include Fred Neil's "The Other Side of This Life,"(that kicks off the set), "3/5 of A Mile in 10 Seconds" "Wooden Ships," "The Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil," the traditional blues "Come Back Baby," and the Airplane's set closer "The House at Pooneil Corners." The Airplane's set is a long one, the longest in the Woodstock Experience series, clocking in at over 90 minutes, but it's enthralling throughout. Whether it's the electrified versions of the tunes from Surrealistic Pillow -- "Plastic Fantastic Lover," "White Rabbit," and "Somebody to Love," or the 14-minute space rock in "The Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil," from After Bathing at Baxter's with its massive bass solo by Jack Casady, or the ragged but righteous "House at Pooneil Corners" from Crown of Creation, the Airplane prove here that they could rock with the best of them. Their set as a whole is explosive and full of surprises, with excellent vocal work from Grace Slick and Marty Balin, and very sophisticated interplay between Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner, Casady, guest pianist Nicky Hopkins, and drummer Spencer Dryden.

That's the good news. The bad news is the package itself: Sony Legacy blew it by following a format rather than considering the music first. The other volumes in the series also include a catalog album. And it's always the first disc. This presented a problem because the Airplane's set was so long. The label's design department chose to follow format rather than serve the music properly. They sequenced the band's concert performance to begin after the last track of Volunteers on disc one -- it can be a complete buzzkill unless you just begin disc one at track 11. What would have made more sense would have been to either issue these CDs by themselves, or to begin Volunteers after the last song of the Woodstock gig to better preserve the integrity of the gig itself. It's true that the concert would still have been broken up on two discs, but the break would have come at the beginning of the long encore. Marks off for this, but the music itself is simply stellar throughout...T. Jurek

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Line-up

* Grace Slick - vocals
* Marty Balin - vocals
* Paul Kantner - guitar
* Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
* Jack Casady - bass
* Spencer Dryden - drums
*Nicky Hopkins - piano

Tracklist:

CD 1

01 We Can Be Together 5:47
02 Good Shepherd 4:22
03 The Farm 3:13
04 Hey Frederick 8:33
05 Turn My Life Down 2:56
06 Wooden Ships 6:27
07 Eskimo Blue Day 6:35
08 A Song for All Seasons 3:29
09 Meadowlands 1:04
10 Volunteers 2:08
11 Introduction prev. unreleased 0:23
12 The Other Side of This Life prev. unreleased 8:17
13 Somebody to Love 4:31
14 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds prev. unreleased 5:30
15 Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon 5:06
16 Eskimo Blue Day 6:55

CD 2

01 Plastic Fantastic Lover 4:35
02 Wooden Ships prev. unreleased 21:25
03 Uncle Sam Blues 6:12
04 Volunteers 3:16
05 The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil prev. unreleased 15:29
06 Come Back Baby prev. unreleased 6:05
07 White Rabbit 2:27
08 The House at Pooneil Corners prev. unreleased 9:17

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967) (Japan 17-track Mini LP 2008)

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967) (Japan 17-track Mini LP 2008)

Limited Japanese Vinyl Replica Edition Of Jefferson Airplanes Famous LP feat. Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead.

Because Surrealistic Pillow was the first album by a San Francisco band to go gold, and because it also spawned two Top Ten singles (the emblematic-of-their-era "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit"), it's tempting to think of Jefferson Airplane as merely hippies with hits. Actually, the band's musical roots were considerably earthier than that might suggest. True, there was a folk-music contingent in the Airplane, at least on the guitar end, but a good half of the group (singer Marty Balin, bassist Jack Casady, and drummer Spencer Dreyden) were seasoned bar-band and studio vets with long experience in R&B and jazz. Which probably explains why these so-called hippies were such a ferocious live act and why this record, against the odds, has dated very little. Chock-full of first-rate songs, the album ranges from exquisite ballads ("Today") to rustic acoustic guitar interludes ("Embryonic Journey") to careening psychedelic apocalypses (the aptly titled "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds"). Make sure you get the 1996 reissue, which features remastered mono and stereo versions; the mono, out of print for years, is by far the best sound the band ever got on record...S. Simels

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Tracklist:

01 She Has Funny Cars 3:10
02 Somebody to Love 2:58
03 My Best Friend 3:01
04 Today 2:59
05 Comin' Back to Me 5:18
06 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds 3:41
07 D.C.B.A. -25 2:37
08 How Do You Feel 3:31
09 Embryonic Journey 1:53
10 White Rabbit 2:30
11 Plastic Fantastic Lover 2:37
12 In the Morning Bonus 6:21
13 J.P.P. McStep B. Blues Bonus 2:37
14 Go to Her Bonus / Version Two 4:02
15 Come Back Baby Bonus 2:56
16 Somebody to Love Bonus / Mono Version / Version 2:58
17 White Rabbit Bonus / Mono Version / Version 5:20

Jefferson Airplane - Flight Box (3CD Live-Set 2009)

Jefferson Airplane - Flight Box (3CD Live-Set 2009)
Flight Box: at Golden Gate Park/Last Flight I & II

The legendary concerts featured in this 3-CD box set were recorded at famous venues in their hometown and capture the group at the peak of their powers. The 1st concert, recorded at Golden Gate Park on 5th July 1969 featured the group's classic line-up; as well as four numbers from their then-latest & most radically political album, 'Volunteers', it featured live favourites from the start of their career, includingtheir two biggest hit singles, 'White Rabbit' & 'Somebody To Love' alongside rarities in the form of one of their trademark improvised jams and the non-album & rarely-heard number, 'Uncle Sam Blues'. The 2nd concert was the group's last-ever performance which took place at the Winterland Arena on 22nd September 1972; the songs featured were drawn mainly from the group's last two studio albums, 'Bark' & 'Long John Silver', with a sprinkling of old favourites, the rarely-performed 'The Son Of Jesus' and more.. Each CD is presented in a card picture sleeve and comes housed in a clamshell style picture box complete with a 20-page picture booklet chronicling the events and circumstances of the two concerts.)...M. Mandel

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Genre : West Coast psychedelia

Tracklist:

CD 1 – Golden Gate Park 1969

01.TThe Other Side Of This Life [06:37]
02.Somebody To Love [04:18]
03.Farm [03:20]
04.Greasy Heart [03:44]
05.Good Shepherd [05:36]
06.Plastic Fantastic Lover [03:46]
07.Uncle Sam Blues [08:38]
08.Volunteers [04:23]
09.White Rabbit [02:27]
10.Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon [05:09]
11.Jam [10:09]
12.We Can Be Together [06:58]
13.3/5 Of a Mile In 10 Seconds [05:40]

CD 2 – Last Flight I (Winterland Arena 1972)

01.Introduction by Bill Graham [01:14]
02.Somebody to Love [04:39]
03.Twilight Double Leader [04:30]
04.Wooden Ships [06:18]
05.Milk Train [04:10]
06.Blind John [04:27]
07.Come Back Baby [07:01]
08.The Son Of Jesus [05:13]
09.Long John Silver [05:16]
10.When The Earth Moves Again [03:56]
11.Papa John's Down Home Blues [05:26]
12.Eat Starch Mom [05:36]

CD 3 – Last Flight II (Winterland Arena 1972)

01.John's Other [06:09]
02.Trial By Fire [04:25]
03.Law Man [02:40]
04.Have You Seen The Saucers [04:04]
05.Aerie (Gang Of Eagles) [03:31]
06.Feel So Good [11:00]
07.Crown Of Creation [03:24]
08.Walking The Tou Touh [05:12]
09.Medley Diana/Volunteers [05:21]