''Live at the Fillmore East'' is an album by the rock band

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 ...

. It was recorded on May 3 and 4, 1968, at the Fillmore East in New York City. It was released on April 28, 1998. It is not to be confused with the similarly named Jefferson Airplane album '' Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East 1969''. The song "Thing" is an experimental freeform instrumental that later morphed into "Bear Melt", which appears on ''

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 ...

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Track listing

Personnel

;Jefferson Airplane * Marty Balin - vocals, guitar, bass on "Fat Angel" *

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, piano * Jorma Kaukonen - lead guitar, vocals *

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 ...

- rhythm guitar, vocals * Jack Casady - bass, rhythm guitar on "Fat Angel" *

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 Production *Produced by Paul Williams *Compiled by Bill Thompson, Paul Williams *Recording: John Chester *Mixing: Mike Hartry *Audio restoration: Bill Lacey *Essay: Jeff Tamarkin

References

{{Authority control Live at the Fillmore East albums Jefferson Airplane live albums 1998 live albums RCA Records live albums