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Jefferson Airplane - The Essential Jefferson Airplane Audio CD

A fair review of the Jefferson Airplane "The Essential Jefferson Airplane" 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.

Jefferson Airplane Band: Jefferson Airplane
Title: The Essential Jefferson Airplane
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Release Date: 2005-04-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Blues From An Airplane 2: It's No Secret 3: Come Up The Years 4: She Has Funny Cars 5: Somebody To Love 6: Comin' Back to Me 7: Embryonic Journey 8: White Rabbit 9: Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil, The 10: Martha - (single version) 11: Last Wall Of The Castle, The 12: Watch Her Ride 13: Lather 14: Crown Of Creation 15: Greasy Heart 16: Share A Little Joke - (single version) 17: 3/5 Of A Mile In Ten Seconds 18: Plastic Fantastic Lover 19: We Can Be Together 20: Good Shepherd 21: Wooden Ships 22: Eskimo Bllue Day 23: Volunteers 24: Have You Seen The Saucers - (single version) 25: Mexico - (single version) 26: When The Earth Moves Again 27: Pretty As You Feel 28: Third Week In Chelsea 29: Long John Silver 30: Twilight Double Leader 31: Feel So Good 32: Milk Train

Great Compilation, yes, Essential? debatable.
Also, where is "Today". They never include "Young Girl Sunday Blues" in any of their compilations, which is one of Marty Balin's best songs.
The rest is typical Jefferson Airplane hits. I still believe 2400 Folsom Street is the best compilation.


How big an Airplane fan are you?
They recorded 6-10 all time great songs. Jefferson Airplane was one of the great groups of the era. Those songs appear on several albums. If you already have them, you probably dont want this album unless you are a big Airplane fan, in which case you do not need my review and probably already own this album. I was not a big fan of the remix versions. In my opinion the further Airplane got away from the sound of Grace Slick and the Great Society the more lost their edge. This album suffers from what went wrong with the group. But it includes those great songs that made the group so if you have no Airplane albums this is not a bad one to own. But do yourself a favor if you like the sound buy the Grace Slick and the Great Society album instead or in addition to.


How come "Today" is not included?
In general, it contains the milestones of the JA career plus a few hard to find songs, the sound quality is very good, and for new Airplane fans is maybe the best budget package available. This would be the definite compilation if tracks so vital like "Today" (from Surrealistic Pillow) or "Won't you try / Saturday afternoon" (from After Bathing at Baxter's) were included. .


Totally Phycadelic and Totally Groovy!!!
Don't you want sombody to love? Yes, and it's this album! If you want to go back in time, Go Ask Alice!!! Bravo to Jefforson Airplane!. I bought this album and Alice answered.


Some non-album tracks
The mono single mixes of Martha and Share A Little Joke are also included, though these are also to be found as bonus tracks on their parent albums, After Bathing At Baxter's and Crown Of Creation. This may be the most inexpensive way to acquire their non-album single Have You Seen The Saucers?/Mexico, released during a transitional period between Volunteers and Bark. Unfortunately for collectors the opportunity to include the mono single version of The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil has again been passed over.
The rest of the two discs is taken up with a fairly sensibly chosen selection from their albums Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing At Baxter's, Crown Of Creation, Bless It's Pointed Little Head, Volunteers, Bark, Long John Silver, and finally two live tracks from 1972 that appeared on 30 Seconds Over Winterland, including the eleven minute Jorma Kaukonen epic Feel So Good. Tracks that were also A-sides or B-sides have been favoured and We Can Be Together, from Volunteers, is the edited B-side version.


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