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Title: Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969
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Release Date: 2007-05-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Volunteers [#] 2: Good Shepherd [#] 3: Plastic Fantastic Lover [#] 4: Uncle Sam Blues [#] 5: 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds [#] 6: You Wear Your Dresses Too Short [#] 7: Come Back Baby [#] 8: Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon [#] 9: Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil [#] 10: White Rabbit [#] 11: Crown of Creation [#] 12: Other Side of This Life [#]

I agree with those who love this one.
I don't get those who think this uninspired. This is a great show by JA, very trippy and jammin' hard. I think they're at their best as a band. Grace doesn't stand out very much in this one, but that's ok, the band makes up for it. .


The Airplane at their best!
This disk captures better than any other live recording their fervent passion, the remarkable playing of Jack, Jorma and Spencer, (Jorma particularly is white-hot here) the self-indulgent but heartfelt and exciting vocal interplay and the electricity that made this band so special. This is Jefferson Airplane in all their brilliant, noisy, glory. I've loved Bless It's Pointed Little Head for 40 years but that album pales in comparison to this collection. This version of Volunteers made me want to head to the barricades; Won't You Try made me want to ingest a cap of blue and sail on water as blue as air. There's certainly nostalgia here but there is also a righteous guitar din that links them directly to Sonic Youth. This is a beautiful expression of virtuosity, passion and pure, ecstatic sound. .


back when musicians played rock n roll- good stuff
But the Airplane was so much heavier than that. To a lot of uninformed people, the Airplane was 'that' group that had the pop radio hits of Someone to Love and White Rabbit and Grace Slick. They've always been overlooked and unrated in my book. Live, they could tear the place down. If you never saw them live you missed something special. Check out the DVD with them called A Night at the Family Dog 1970 (The Grateful Dead / Jefferson Airplane / Santana).
In the late 60's and early 70's Jack and Jorma were [and still are] probably the best American lead and bass guitarist in the business. Jack Casady was so far beyond a 'bass' player, he played a lead guitarist who played bass getting solo's! Don't forget that's Jack with Jimi Hendrix on Voodoo Child. And Jorma attacking his guitar. . . well just buy this CD and check it out yourself. Throw in Paul Kantner's rhythm guitar and great song writing, Spencer's jazz influenced drumming [which I appreciate more with every listening], and Grace and Marty trading vocal riffs, and y'all got a piece of RnR heaven. If you like psychedelic music, this is a must have. A time capsule of screaming guitars, great singers and cool tunes. They've been in my head for 40 + years and the music and era still holds up really well.


One Song Makes You Larger...
The recording is a mixed blessing - some songs are first rate an inspired and Jorma and Jack soar - inspired by their Hot Tuna collaboration. This is not "Bless Its Pointed Little Head," but I am so happy I purchased it. Very interesting to hear "Uncle Sam Blues (Live)" having owned it for years on the Hot Tuna live recording. The Other Side Of This Life (Live) is the best performance on the record and "Volunteers" and "Good Shepherd" are also solid. You Wear Your Dresses Too Short (Live) has vapid lyrics (what was Marty thinking), but there is a moment of frenzied perfection in it, so I will not delete it from my iPod. Four and a quarter stars. School of Rock album, honestly.


Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969
My grandoughter made this purchase as we both use the Account. We found It to be in very good condition and was very pleased with the transaction.
thank you bev nichols and brandy cooper.


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