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Jefferson Airplane Loves You

Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane Loves You Audio CD

A fair review of the Jefferson Airplane "Jefferson Airplane Loves You" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Jefferson Airplane reviews here, or go back to the Jefferson Airplane tabs.

Band: Jefferson Airplane
Title: Jefferson Airplane Loves You
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Release Date: 1992-10-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Specialize in Love - Marty Balin 2: Go to Her [#] 3: Bringing Me Down 4: Let Me In [Alternate Take][#] 5: Chauffeur Blues 6: Free Advice - The Great Society 7: Somebody to Love 8: Today 9: Embryonic Journey 10: White Rabbit 11: Come Back Baby [#] 12: Other Side of This Life [Live][#] 13: Runnin' 'Round This World [Live][#] 14: She Has Funny Cars [Live][#] 15: High Flyin' Bird [Live][#] 16: Tobacco Road [Live][#] 17: Let's Get Together [Live][#] 18: White Rabbit [Live][#] 19: Comin' Back to Me [Live][#] 20: Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon [Live][#] 21: Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil [Alternate Version][#] 22: Things Are Better in the East [#] 23: Watch Her Ride 24: Two Heads 25: Martha [Single Version] 26: Don't Let Me Down [#] 27: Crown of Creation 28: Lather 29: In Time 30: House at Pooneil Corners 31: Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum [#] 32: Would You Like a Snack? [#] 33: 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds 34: It's No Secret 35: Plastic Fantastic Lover [Live][#] 36: Uncle Sam Blues [Live][#] 37: Wooden Ships [Alternate Mix] 38: Volunteers [Alternate Take] 39: We Can Be Together [Alternate Take] 40: Turn My Life Down 41: Good Shepherd 42: Hey Fredrick [Alternate Take] 43: Emergency [#] 44: When the Earth Moves Again 45: Pretty as You Feel 46: Lawman 47: Feel So Good [Extended Version][#] 48: Twilight Double Leader 49: Aerie (Gang of Eagles) 50: Trial by Fire 51: Dress Rap/You Wear Your Dresses Too Short [Live][#]

For the true Jefferson Airplane fan
If you want to hear what the San Francisco sound was like back in the day, you will want this CD. I got this three-disk set at a nice price, and I have enjoyed listening to it. It's like a live concert back in the day. And you do get some rarities here. The thing is many of these cuts are excessively long.

If you love JA and you want it all and you have the studio recordings this is it. If you are just starting with JA or want a good collection of the definitive versions, I'd suggest "The Essential Jefferson Airplane" instead.

Rebecca Kyle, September 2008.

Look out for the Tour Buses!
The Whole San Francisco Scene {"Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair"},Exploded in force. Back in Early 1967 when AM Radio {KYA & KFRC} Started adding "Somebody To Love" to their Playlists. Well, it did for the rest of The Planet, BUT the real "Summers of Love" were 65-66, when the Town still belonged to the Local Kid's, Hipsters and even some of The Beats, that were Still around. If you wanted to find out about the Music Happenings, you had to read Ralph's Column in The Chronicle (This is Pre-"Rolling Stone").

Well, Marty Balin had started a Band in 65 called: "The Jefferson Airplane", and his band was gaining popularity over Time, and by January 67, with Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady & Spencer Dryden the Time was Now & The Airplane was IT!

Over the course of Three Compact Discs, this Box Set tells the story of San Francisco's biggest Band of The Sixties. Starting in 1962 with the obscure Single: "I Specialize in Love" by Marty, thro to the Encore at the Final Winterland Show of: "You Wear your Dresses Too Short", in September 72, It was a long Ten Years & It was a Short Life Span.

The First CD covers The Folk-Rock of; "Takes Off" Thro to the Free-Form Freak-Out of: "Baxters". By the end of this first CD, The Band had taken Quite a Journey from Hometown Favorites to The Cosmic Messengers of The Mind-Altering Mushrooms. By Mid 1967, Times had changed and The Jefferson Airplane was a BIG reason for this Change. Songs like "Today","White Rabbit" and "Let's Get Together" set the Tone and Started a Movement where a lot of Music {Good & Bad} followed.

Disc No. 2. . . This is The "Cruising Altitude" Period, for The Band. The Airplane was Flying High, in more ways than One. The Music became more Experimental and Free-Form. The Great songs: "Lather", "Pooneil Corners", "Martha", "Crown of Creation" and "Plastic Fantastic Lover" are featured here and it's Quite a Flyte, most of this is Essential, some of it was indeed Strange, But, if you keep your Seat-Belt Fastened you will enjoy some Real,[Or, are they?} Colors.

Disc Three, The Final Years of The Airplane, had "Highs" {Woodstock} and "Lows" [Altamont}. The Loss of Marty Balin in The Early 70's changed things Greatly. Jorma & Jack, were bringing "Hot Tuna" to life and Papa John and his Amazing Fiddle were needed to Spark some Life back into Band. By September 1972 after two so-so Albums The Airplane was ready to close-up shop at Winterland.

The San Francisco Explosion of 1967 COULD have happened without The Jefferson Airplane, Maybe. . . But this is the Proof that it DID happen BECAUSE of The Jefferson Airplane. This is their Story, in Words & Music, and it's a great place to find out just what the Fuss was all about. . . FOUR STARS!!!.

Worth every penny especially for the different recordings.
THIS SET ROCKS! Especially interesting to me are the completely different recordings made just for the quadraphonic edition of Volunteers. I bought this box set not exactly expecting much since I already own every JA album as well as numberous "greatest hits" albums and compilations. These are NOT remixes of the originals and provide a whole new feel to the songs. Yes, they were remixed from the quad recordings, but are totally different takes. I actually prefer JA LOVES YOU to 2400 Fulton Street and consider it one of the gems of my entire collection.

Sixties Psychedelia & Songsmithery
Buy the remastered "Essential Jefferson Airplane" collection instead or even the sonically inferior "2400 Fulton Street". If you are looking for a representative, portable overview of Jefferson Airplane, this collection ain't it. If you already know the band well, this is for you. It's crammed full of sloppy excesses, historical snippets & rarities - like "I Specialize in Love," "Go To Her," "Runnin' Round This World," the elongated feedbacky live "Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil. " I have their full catalog on vinyl, cassette, CDs. But when I want to settle in for an afternoon of San Francisco psychedelia, I choose this collection to relive the many times I saw them live in my youth. Back in the day, the Airplane stood alone - inventive improvisational jams that lasted just long enough (Kaukonen, Cassady, Dryden)and stellar other-worldly harmonies (Balin, Kantner, Slick. ) Grace Slick was the original rrrriot grrrl. Women vocalists are all in her debt. No victimized "my man done left me" BS for her! .

Jefferson Airplane - 'Jefferson Airplane Loves You' (RCA) 3-CD
Total of 51 tracks that EVEN the 'deep album cuts' that I vaguely happen to remember is just as good if not better than the more familiar. An absolute must-have 3-CD box set that covers the Airplane's period before they had become Jefferson Starship. Face it,so few bands can actually match up to these San Francisco psychedelic merchants. Tunes that I enjoyed more than I had expected were "Great Society","White Rabbit","Tobacco Road","Let's Get Together","Crown Of Creation","3/5 Mile In 10 Seconds","Volunteers","We Can Be Together","When The Earth Moves Again" and JUST too many to list here. Comes with an oblong full color booklet. Most highly recommended.

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