''Last Flight'' is an authorized recording released in the
United Kingdom
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, taken from the last live performance of the
San Francisco
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rock group
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...
prior to the band's dissolution in 1972. The concert was held at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, and selected tracks were released on the 1973 album ''
Thirty Seconds Over Winterland''. ''Last Flight'' consists of the entire concert with the exception of the encore,
Marty Balin's "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short", previously released on the ''
Jefferson Airplane Loves You
''Jefferson Airplane Loves You'' is a three-CD boxed set of recordings by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane with extensive liner notes by Jeff Tamarkin, author of the Jefferson Airplane history ''Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Fligh ...
'' box-set. Balin sings lead vocals on "
Volunteers
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" much to the surprise of the audience since he left the band in late 1970.
Track listing
#Introduction by
Bill Graham – 1:14
#"
Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 4:39
#"Twilight Double Leader" (
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 ...
) – 4:30
#"
Wooden Ships" (
David Crosby, Kantner,
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. As both a solo act and member of two successful bands, Stills has com ...
) – 6:17
#"Milk Train" (
Grace Slick
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, and painter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music career spanning four decades, s ...
,
Papa John Creach, Roger Spotts) – 4:09
#"Blind John" (CJ Stetson, Peter Monk) – 4:27
#"Come Back Baby" (traditional, arranged by
Jorma Kaukonen) – 7:01
#"The Son of Jesus" (Kantner) – 5:13
#"Long John Silver" (
Jack Casady, Slick) – 5:15
#"When the Earth Moves Again" (Kantner) – 3:55
#"Papa John's Down Home Blues" (Creach, Spotts) – 5:26
#"Eat Starch Mom" (Kaukonen, Slick) – 5:35
#"John's Other" (Creach) – 6:08
#"Trial by Fire" (Kaukonen) – 4:24
#"Law Man" (Slick) – 2:40
#"Have You Seen the Saucers?" (Kantner) – 4:04
#"Aerie (Gang of Eagles)" (Slick) – 3:30
#"Feel So Good" (Kaukonen) – 11:00
#"Crown of Creation" (Kantner) – 3:23
#"Walking the Tou Tou" (Kaukonen) – 5:11
#"Diana / Volunteers" (Kantner, Slick / Balin, Kantner) – 5:21
Personnel
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Grace Slick
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, artist, and painter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music career spanning four decades, s ...
– vocals
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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
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Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals
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Jack Casady – bass
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John Barbata – drums, percussion
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Papa John Creach – electric violin, vocals on "Papa John's Down Home Blues"
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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 ...
– vocals, tambourine, guitar on "Blind John"
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Marty Balin - vocals on "Volunteers"
Notes
Jefferson Airplane live albums
2000 live albums
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