''Jefferson Airplane Loves You'' is a three-CD boxed set of recordings by the

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rock band

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with extensive liner notes by

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, author of the Jefferson Airplane history ''Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane''. Many of the tracks are previously unreleased live recordings or studio rehearsals, but several are lifted from prior Jefferson Airplane albums. A song by The Great Society,

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's original band, appears on the first CD. A

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version of the ''

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'' album was released, and a few of the songs are from this release, but have been remixed into conventional stereo. Because of the remix, any

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movements of instruments from front-to-back or side-to-side behind the listener that were present in the quadradisc version are lost. The Quadradisc album used the discrete CD-4 system jointly developed by

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and RCA. The songs are arranged in

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order beginning with a pre-Airplane solo by

Marty Balin Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin (), was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder/leader and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and ...

and ending with a 1972 live recording of the rarely heard "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short".

Track listing

Disc 1

#"I Specialize in Love" (Marty Balin, Harry Collis) – 1:56 (Marty Balin Challenge single #9156) #"Go To Her" (Paul Kantner, Irving Estes) – 4:05 (previously unreleased early version) #"Bringing Me Down" (Balin, Kantner) – 2:22 (from ''

Jefferson Airplane Takes Off ''Jefferson Airplane Takes Off'' is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on 15 August 1966 by RCA Victor. The personnel differs from the later "classic" lineup: Signe Toly Anderson was the female vocalist a ...

'') #"Let Me In" (Balin, Kantner) – 3:28 (previously unreleased alternate take)mixed December, 1991 by Pat Ieraci and Mark Linett #"Chauffeur Blues" (

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) – 2:28 (from ''Jefferson Airplane Takes Off'') #"Free Advice" (Darby Slick) – 2:29 (

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Northbeach single #1001) #" Somebody to Love" (D. Slick) – 2:58 (from ''

Surrealistic Pillow ''Surrealistic Pillow'' is the second album by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released by RCA Victor on February 1, 1967. It is the first album by the band with vocalist Grace Slick and drummer Spencer Dryden. The album peaked at numbe ...

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" (Balin, Kantner) – 3:00 (from ''Surrealistic Pillow'') #" Embryonic Journey" (Jorma Kaukonen) – 1:52 (from ''Surrealistic Pillow'') #"

White Rabbit The White Rabbit is a fictional and anthropomorphic character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! ...

" (Grace Slick) – 2:33 (from ''Surrealistic Pillow'') #"Come Back Baby" (traditional, arranged by Kaukonen) – 2:55 (previously unreleased)from an unreleased Jefferson Airplane compilation LP (LSP-3995) that was to include live and studio tracks in early 1968 #"The Other Side of This Life" (

Fred Neil Fred Neil (March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material&n ...

) – 8:03 (previously unreleased live)recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium in

, CA, May 1967mixed June, 1992 by Paul Williams and Pat Martin #"Runnin' 'Round this World" (Balin, Kantner) – 2:30 (previously unreleased live) #"She Has Funny Cars" (Kaukonen, Balin) – 3:37 (previously unreleased live) #"High Flyin' Bird" (

Billy Edd Wheeler Billy Edward "Edd" Wheeler (born December 9, 1932, Boone County, West Virginia, United States) is an American songwriter, performer, writer, and visual artist. His songs include "Jackson" (Grammy award winner for Johnny Cash and June Carter) ...

) – 4:03 (previously unreleased live) #"

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) – 3:57 (previously unreleased live) #"Let's Get Together" (

Chet Powers Chester William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwri ...

) – 4:05 (previously unreleased live) #"

" (G. Slick) – 2:23 (previously unreleased live) #"Comin' Back to Me" (Balin) – 7:38 (previously unreleased live) #"Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon" (Kantner) – 7:01 (previously unreleased live)

Disc 2

#"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" (Kantner) – 11:38 (previously unreleased alternate version) #"Things are Better in the East" (Balin) – 3:18 (previously unreleased) #"Watch Her Ride" (Kantner) – 3:15 (from ''

After Bathing at Baxter's ''After Bathing at Baxter's'' is the third studio album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in 1967 as RCA Victor LSO-1511 (stereo) and LOP-1511 (mono). The cover art is by artist Ron Cobb. Due to the lack of a ...

'') #"Two Heads" (G. Slick) – 3:14 (from ''After Bathing at Baxter's'') #"Martha" (Kantner) – 3:26 (single version) (RCA single #47-9389) #"Don't Let Me Down" (Balin,

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) – 2:54 (previously unreleased) #"Crown of Creation" (Kantner) – 2:53 (from ''

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'') #" Lather" (G. Slick) – 2:57 (from ''Crown of Creation'') #"In Time" (Kantner, Balin) – 4:14 (from ''Crown of Creation'') #"House at Pooneil Corners" (Kantner, Balin) – 5:51 (from ''Crown of Creation'') #"Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum" (Spencer Dryden,

Bill Goodwin William Nettles Goodwin (July 28, 1910 – May 9, 1958),Palm Spr ...

) – 1:32 (previously unreleased)from the master tape for ''Crown of Creation'' #"Would You Like a Snack?" (G. Slick,

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) – 2:38 (previously unreleased) #"3/5 Mile in 10 Seconds" (Balin) – 4:45 (live) (from ''

Bless Its Pointed Little Head ''Bless Its Pointed Little Head'' is a live album by Jefferson Airplane recorded at both the Fillmore East and West in the fall of 1968 and released in 1969 as RCA Victor LSP-4133. Five songs on the album had not appeared on any of the band's pre ...

'') #"It's No Secret" (Balin) – 3:28 (live) (from ''Bless Its Pointed Little Head'') #"Plastic Fantastic Lover" (Balin) – 4:24 (previously unreleased live)recorded at the

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at Bethel, NY, August 17, 1969 #"Uncle Sam Blues" (traditional, arranged by Kaukonen, Jack Casady) – 5:27 (previously unreleased live) #" Wooden Ships" (

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, Kantner,

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) – 5:52 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic ''

'')mixed down to stereo June, 1992 by Paul Williams and Pat Martin #"

" (Balin, Kantner) – 2:17 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic ''Volunteers'')

Disc 3

#"We Can Be Together" (Kantner) – 6:00 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic ''Volunteers'') #"Turn My Life Down" (Kaukonen) – 2:56 (from ''Volunteers'') #"

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" (traditional, arranged by Kaukonen) – 4:24 (from ''Volunteers'') #"Hey Fredrick" (G. Slick) – 9:04 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic ''Volunteers'') #"Emergency" (Balin) – 4:36 (from "Go Ride the Music" documentary) #"When the Earth Moves Again" (Kantner) – 3:55 (from ''

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'') #"Pretty as You Feel" (Casady, Joey Covington, Kaukonen) – 3:09 (single version) (Grunt single #65-0500) #"Law Man" (G. Slick) – 2:42 (from ''Bark'') #"Feel So Good" (Kaukonen) – 9:23 (previously unreleased extended version)from the master tape for ''Bark'' #"Twilight Double Leader" (Kantner) – 4:47 (from ''

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'') #"Aerie (Gang of Eagles)" (G. Slick) – 3:55 (from ''Long John Silver'') #"Trial by Fire" (Kaukonen) – 4:51 (live) (from ''

Thirty Seconds Over Winterland ''Thirty Seconds Over Winterland'' is an album by the American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. It was recorded live in August and September 1972, at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago and the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. It was r ...

'') #"Dress Rap" (G. Slick) – 1:25 (previously unreleased live)recorded at

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, CA, September 22, 1972 #"You Wear Your Dresses Too Short" (Balin) – 12:35 (previously unreleased live)

Notes

Personnel

Jefferson Airplane

– vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion *

– vocals, piano, organ, recorder *

Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He cont ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar *

Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist J ...

– lead guitar, vocals *

Jack Casady John William "Jack" Casady (born April 13, 1944) is an American bass guitarist, best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Jefferson Airplane became the first successful exponent of the San Francisco Sound. Singles including " So ...

– bass *

Spencer Dryden Spencer Charles Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes (later known as the Peanut Butt ...

– drums, percussion *

Signe Anderson Signe Toly Anderson ( ; born Signe Toly; September 15, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American singer who was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane. Early life Anderson was born Signe Toly in Seattle, Washi ...

– vocals on "Go to Her", "Bringing Me Down", and "Chauffeur Blues" *

Skip Spence Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence (April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only s ...

– drums on "Bringing Me Down", "Let Me In", and "Chauffeur Blues" *

Joey Covington Joseph Edward Covington (born Joseph Edward Michno; June 27, 1945 – June 4, 2013) was an American drummer, best known for his involvements with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship. Early life Though best known for his work w ...

– congas on "Turn My Life Down" and "Pretty as You Feel", drums on "Emergency", "When the Earth Moves Again", "Law Man", "Feel So Good", and "Twilight Double Leader", tambourine on "Twilight Double Leader", lead vocals on "Pretty as You Feel" *

Papa John Creach John Henry Creach (May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994), better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician wi ...

– electric violin on "When the Earth Moves Again", "Pretty as You Feel", "Twilight Double Leader", "Aerie", "Trial by Fire", and "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short" *

John Barbata John Barbata (born April 1, 1945) is an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata has served as the drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, ...

– drums on "Aerie", "Trial by Fire", and "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short" *

David Freiberg David Freiberg ( ; born August 24, 1938) is an American musician best known for contributing vocals, keyboards, electric bass, rhythm guitar, viola and percussion as a member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson S ...

– tambourine on "Trial by Fire"

Additional Personnel

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

– guitar on "Today" *Gary Blackman – nose solo on "Lather" *Gene Twombly – sound effects on "Lather" *Dan Woody – bongos on "Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum" *

Bill Goodwin William Nettles Goodwin (July 28, 1910 – May 9, 1958),Palm Spr ...

– drums on "Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum" * Tim Davis – congas on "Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum" *

Nicky Hopkins Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...

– piano on "Plastic Fantastic Lover", "Uncle Sam Blues", "Wooden Ships, "Volunteers", "We Can Be Together", and "Hey Fredrick" *

– Hammond organ on "Turn My Life Down" *Ace of Cups – vocals on "Turn My Life Down" *

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...

– guitar on "Pretty as You Feel" *

Michael Shrieve Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second youn ...

– drums on "Pretty as You Feel"

Marty Balin single

*Marty Balin – vocals *

Red Callender George Sylvester "Red" Callender (March 6, 1916 – March 8, 1992) was an American string bass and tuba player. He is perhaps best known as a jazz musician, but worked with an array of pop, rock and vocal acts as a member of The Wrecking Cre ...

– bass *

Barney Kessel Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups a ...

– guitar *

Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting ''The Glen Campbell Goodt ...

– guitar *

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...

– vibes *

The Blossoms The Blossoms are an American girl group that originated from California. During their height of success in the 1960s, the group's lineup most famously consisted of Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Jean King. Although the group had a recording ...

– background vocals

Great Society single

*Grace Slick – vocals *Darby Slick – lead guitar *David Minor – vocals, rhythm guitar *Bard Du Pont – bass *Jerry Slick – drums *

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

– drum overdubs

Frank Zappa track

*Grace Slick – vocals, keyboards *

– leader *Arthur Tripp, III – drums, percussion *

Ian Underwood Ian Robertson Underwood (born May 22, 1939) is a woodwind and keyboards player, known for his work with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Biography Underwood graduated from The Choate School in 1957 and Yale University with a bachelor' ...

– piano, woodwinds *

Don Preston Donald Ward Preston (born September 21, 1932) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist. He is known for working with Frank Zappa from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Biography Preston was born into a family of musicians in Detroit and began st ...

– keyboards *

Ruth Komanoff Ruth Underwood (born Ruth Komanoff; May 23, 1946) is an American musician best known for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, and other percussion instruments in Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. She collaborated with the Mothers of In ...

– xylophone

Production

*Paul Williams – compilation producer, project supervision, tape research *Bill Thompson – executive producer, repertoire selection *Bruce Scavuzzo – project supervision, repertoire selection *Frankie Pezzella – project coordinator *David Cohen – repertoire selection, creative consultant, tape research *Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – creative consultant, tape research, vault research *Jeff Tamarkin – creative consultant, essay *Bill Lacey – digital remastering, audio restoration *Dick Baxter – transfer from analog masters *James Agren – tape research *Bruce Hailstalk, Mike Henney, Roger Fish – vault research *Ria Lewerke – creative director *DesignArt, Inc, (Norman Moore, Chris Moore) – art direction, design, book layout *Mike Frankel, Herb Greene, Jim Marshall – photography *Jim Smircich – RCA label archives

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jefferson Airplane Loves You Jefferson Airplane compilation albums 1992 compilation albums