Author: Jefferson Airplane

Format: Best of

Release Date: 2005-04-26

Details: Product Description Jefferson Airplane Amazon.ca Filling the double-disc void left by the excellent but sonically inferior and out-of-print 2400 Fulton Street: An Anthology, The Essential Jefferson Airplane digs deeper into the San Francisco band's catalog than the many single-disc collections available. Less expansive, but with better sound than the three-disc box set, Jefferson Airplane Loves You, this 32-track compilation covers the band's seven albums and two live offerings, giving nearly equal time to all. Not held in as high esteem as their Bay Area compatriots the , the Airplane successfully combined Marty Balin's expressive voice on such lovely folk-tinged love songs as "Comin' Back to Me," the apocalyptic visions of "Wooden Ships" (co-written by the Airplane's Paul Kantner with and ), the edgy, psychedelia of "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" and the politically charged rallying cry of "Volunteers." Singer provided a photogenic focal point and dynamic interplay that meshed perfectly with the band's three male vocalists. Disc one clocks in at a relatively anemic 50 minutes, leaving nearly an unused half hour that could have included such influential album tracks as the band's version of Donovan's "The Fat Angel," "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon," "Triad ," and "Wild Thyme." Regardless, this is a well-chosen selection (with first-rate liner notes from JA historian Jeff Tamarkin) that highlights the Airplane's diverse influences as it echoed and exemplified the turbulent end of the '60s/beginning of the '70s. --Hal Horowitz Recommended Jefferson Airplane Discography Surrealistic Pillow After Bathing at Baxter's Crown of Creation Volunteers Live at the Fillmore East Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

UPC: 828766791723

EAN: 0828766791723

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New