Jefferson Airplane: Original Album Classics (5 CD Box) 2008 + Jefferson Airplane: Original Album Classics (3 CD Box) 2011

American psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, CA. During the late 1960s, the band (along with The Grateful Dead) epitomized San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury culture.
                                                  

The band began in 1965 when singer Marty Balin met guitarist Paul Kantner. They began as a folk-rock

group, added lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, drummer Alexander Spence, singer Signe Anderson, and bassist Bob Harvey, who was soon replaced by Jack Casady. The group was signed by RCA Victor, and their debut album charted (#128), selling 10,000 copies in the San Francisco area. Anderson left to have a baby and was replaced by Grace Slick, Spence left to form Moby Grape and was replaced by Spencer Dryden, which began the group's definitive lineup.
                                       

The initial idea for the group that became Jefferson Airplane came from 23-year-old Marty Balin, a San Francisco-raised singer who had recorded unsuccessfully for Challenge Records in 1962 and been a

member of a folk group called the Town Criers in 1963-1964. His first recruit was rhythm guitarist/singer Paul Kantner, who in turn recommended lead guitarist/singer Jorma Kaukonen. Balin, who possessed a keening tenor, wanted a complementary powerful female voice for the group and found it in Signe Toly. The six-piece band was completed by bass player Bob Harvey and drummer Jerry Peloquin. Their unusual name was suggested by Kaukonen, who had once jokingly been dubbed "Blind Thomas Jefferson Airplane" by a friend in reference to the blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson.
                                 

On November 15, 1965, this lineup -- Balin, Kantner, Anderson, Kaukonen, Spence, and Casady --

signed to RCA Victor Records. They had their first recording session in Los Angeles on December 16, and RCA released their debut single, Balin's composition "It's No Secret," in February 1966; it didn't chart. Meanwhile, Jefferson Airplane began to appear at more prestigious venues in San Francisco and tour outside the Bay Area. In May 1966, Anderson gave birth to a daughter, and caring for the child while performing with the band became a challenge. Meanwhile, Spence became increasingly

unreliable as his appetite for drugs increased and was replaced in June by session drummer Spencer Dryden. Spence went on to form the band Moby Grape. Following a second non-charting single, Balin and Kantner's "Come Up the Years," in July, Jefferson Airplane released their debut LP, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, on August 15, 1966, just over a year after the band's debut.
                                      

Slick joined Jefferson Airplane in mid-October 1966, and by the end of the month, was with them in the

recording studio. She brought with her two songs from the Great Society repertoire: the rock tune "Somebody to Love," written by her brother-in-law Darby Slick, the Great Society's guitarist, and her own composition, the ballad "White Rabbit," set to a bolero tempo, which used imagery from Alice in Wonderland to discuss the impact of psychedelic drugs. Both songs were recorded for Jefferson Airplane's second album, Surrealistic Pillow.
                                        

The October 1966 to February 1970 lineup of Jefferson Airplane, consisting of Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals), Jack Casady

(bass), and Spencer Dryden (drums), was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.[3] Marty Balin left the band in 1971. After 1972, Jefferson Airplane effectively split into two groups. Kaukonen and Casady moved on full-time to their own band, Hot Tuna. Slick, Kantner, and the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane recruited new members and regrouped as Jefferson Starship in 1974, with Marty Balin eventually joining them. Jefferson Airplane was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
                                         

After Kantner's "Watch Her Ride," released as a single from After Bathing at Baxter's, stalled at number 61, RCA released a new Jefferson Airplane single written and sung by Slick in the spring of 1968. But radio was even more resistant, and "Greasy Heart" stopped at number 98. It was included on the band's

fourth album, Crown of Creation, released in August. The title track got to number 64 as a single, and the LP, which featured more concise, less experimental tracks than After Bathing at Baxter's, marked a resurgence in the group's commercial success, reaching the Top Ten and eventually going gold. Jefferson Airplane's live appeal was chronicled on the concert album Bless Its Pointed Little Head, released in February 1969.   
                                        

They performed at the Woodstock and Altamont festivals but then had its second major shakeup when

Dryden left in 1970 to join New Riders Of The Purple Sage (he was replaced by Joey Covington), and the band stopped touring when Slick became pregnant by Kantner. Kaukonen and Casady formed Hot Tuna In 1971, but remained members of the Airplane. The same year the group formed its own label, Grunt, distributed by RCA.
                                               

In February 1974 Slick and Kantner officially formed the Jefferson Starship, which brought the original

phase of the group to a close. The group was formed by former Jefferson Airplane members Kantner and Grace Slick, and evolved from several solo albums they had recorded and a business decision to connect the two bands. They were joined by David Freiberg, Craig Chaquico, John Barbata, Pete Sears, and Papa John Creach. Former Airplane frontman Marty Balin subsequently joined the group in 1975, and the following year's album Spitfire was a top five hit.
                                            

Slick and Balin both left the group in 1978, leaving the remaining members to recruit Mickey Thomas as their replacement. Slick rejoined the group in 1981, which continued with minor chart success.

Kantner quit in 1984 and took legal action towards using the name; the remaining members became Starship. Kantner reformed the group as Jefferson Starship: The Next Generation in 1992, which toured regularly throughout that decade and into the 21st century. After Kantner's death, the group continued with new members. Craig Chaquico filed a lawsuit against them in 2016 for continuing to use the name, and the suit was consequently settled.
                                       

The band was inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a Performer.
                                    

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - ORIGINAL ALBUM CLASSICS  2008

                                                                               

Jefferson Airplane –
Label: Sony BMG Music Entertainment – 88697313862, Legacy – 88697313862, RCA – 88697313862
Series:    Original Album Classics
Format: 5 CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set, Compilation
Country: Europe
Released: 2008
Genre: Rock
Style: Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

                                                                                 

DISC 1. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE TAKES OFF  1966

                                                                        

  
01. Blues From An Airplane    2:10
02. Let Me In    2:55
03. Bringing Me Down    2:22
04. It's No Secret    2:37
05. Tobacco Road    3:26
06. Come Up The Years    2:30
07. Run Around    2:35
08. Let's Get Together    3:32
09. Don't Slip Away    2:31
10. Chauffeur Blues    2:25
11. And I Like It    3:16

BONUS TRACKS

12. Runnin' 'Round This World    2:25
13. High Flying Bird    2:36
14. It's Alright    2:17
15. Go To Her    4:09
16. Let Me In (Original Uncensored Version)    3:31
17. Run Around (Original Uncensored Version)    2:35
18. Chauffeur Blues (Alternate Version)    2:50
19.1. And I Like It (Alternate Version)    8:16
19.2. (silence)    0:10
19.3. Blues From An Airplane (Instrumental)    2:10

MP3 @ 320 Size: 144 MB
Flac  Size: 349 MB

DISC 2. SURREALISTIC PILLOW  1967

                                                                       

  
01. She Has Funny Cars    3:10
02. Somebody To Love    2:58
03. My Best Friend    3:01
04. Today    2:59
05. Comin' Back To Me    5:18
06. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds    3:42
07. D.C.B.A.-25    2:37
08. How Do You Feel    3:31
09. Embryonic Journey    1:53
10. White Rabbit    2:30
11. Plastic Fantastic Lover    2:38

BONUS TRACKS

12. In The Morning    6:21
13. J.P.P. Mc Step B. Blues    2:38
14. Go To Her    4:03
15. Come Back Baby    2:56
16. Somebody To Love (Mono Single Version)    2:58
17.1. White Rabbit (Mono Single Version)    2:30
17.2. (silence)    0:11
17.3. D.C.B.A. - 25 (Instrumental)    2:40

MP3 @ 320 Size: 136 MB
Flac  Size: 335 MB

DISC 3. AFTER BATHING AT BAXTERS  1967

                                                             

  
01. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil    4:35
02. A Small Package Of Value Will Come To You, Shortly    1:34
03. Young Girl Sunday Blues    3:35
04. Martha    3:26
05. Wild Tyme    3:10
06. The Last Wall Of The Castle    2:41
07. Rejoyce    4:04
08. Watch Her Ride    3:11
09. Spare Chaynge    9:13
10. Two Heads    3:13
11. Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon    5:07

BONUS TRACKS

12. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil (Alternate Version)    11:08
13. Martha (Single Version)    3:29
14. Two Heads (Alternate Version)    3:18
15.1. Things Are Better In The East (Marty's Acoustic Demo)    2:32
15.2. (silence)    0:10
15.3. Young Girl Sunday Blues (Instrumental)    3:59

MP3 @ 320 Size: 160 MB
Flac  Size: 363 MB

DISC 4. CROWN OF CREATION  1968

                                                             

  
01. Lather    2:55
02. In Time    4:14
03. Triad    4:54
04. Star Track    3:09
05. Share A Little Joke    3:10
06. Chushingura    1:17
07. If You Feel    3:22
08. Crown Of Creation    2:52
09. Ice Cream Phoenix    2:59
10. Greasy Heart    3:25
11. The House At Pooneil Corners    5:55

BONUS TRACKS

12. Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum      1:32
13. Would You Like A Snack    2:40
14. Share A Little Joke (Mono Single Version)    3:09
15.1. The Saga Of Sydney Spacepig    7:56
15.2. (silence)    0:10
15.3. Candy Man    2:24

MP3 @ 320 Size: 131 MB
Flac  Size: 306 MB

DISC 5. BLESS ITS POINTED LITTLE HEAD  1969

                                                         

 

  

01. Clergy    1:32
02. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds    4:37
03. Somebody To Love    4:16
04. Fat Angel    7:36
05. Rock Me Baby    7:48
06. The Other Side Of This Life    6:45
07. It's No Secret    3:31
08. Plastic Fantastic Lover    3:53
09. Turn Out The Lights    1:25
10. Bear Melt    11:27

BONUS TRACKS

11. Today    3:45
12. Watch Her Ride    3:19
13. Won't You Try    5:30

MP3 @ 320 Size: 153 MB
Flac  Size: 399 MB

Notes

Tracks 1-15 to 1-19.3, 2-12 to 2-17.3, 3-12 to 3-15.3, 4-12 to 4-15.3 and 5-11 to 5-13: bonus tracks - not on original album.
Tracks 1-19.3, 2-17.3, 3-15.3 and 4-15.3 are not listed on the sleeve.
                                    

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - ORIGINAL ALBUM CLASSICS 2011

                                                                         

Jefferson Airplane – Original Album Classics
Label: RCA – 88697854312, Legacy – 88697854312, Sony Music – 88697854312
Series:    Original Album Classics
Format:    3 CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Box Set, Compilation, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: Jan 28, 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock

                                                                      

DISC 1. VOLUNTEERS 1969

                                                         

          
01. We Can Be Together    5:48
02. Good Shepherd    4:23
03. The Farm    3:14
04. Hey Fredrick    8:34
05. Turn My Life Down    2:57
06. Wooden Ships    6:28
07. Eskimo Blue Day    6:36
08. A Song For All Seasons    3:30
09. Meadowlands    1:04
10. Volunteers    2:08

BONUS TRACKS

11. Good Shepherd (Live)    7:20
12. Somebody To Love (Live)    4:11
13. Plastic Fantastic Lover (Live)    3:22
14. Wooden Ships (LIve)    7:00
15. Volunteers (Live)    3:27

MP3 @ 320 Size: 163 MB
Flac  Size: 424 MB

DISC 2. BARK  1971       

                                                     

  
01. When The Earth Moves Again    3:57
02. Feel So Good    4:40
03. Crazy Miranda    3:26
04. Pretty As You Feel    4:34
05. Wild Turkey    4:49
06. Law Man    2:45
07. Rock And Roll Island    3:47
08. Third Week In The Chelsea    4:37
09. Never Argue With A German If You're Tired Or European Song    4:35
10. Thunk    3:01
11. War Movie    4:42

MP3 @ 320 Size: 106 MB
Flac  Size: 245 MB

DISC 3. LONG JOHN SILVER  1972       

                                    

  
01. Long John Silver    4:26
02. Aerie (Gang Of Eagles)    3:57
03. Twilight Double Leader    4:45
04. Milk Train    3:22
05. The Son Of Jesus    5:31
06. Easter?    4:03
07. Trial By Fire    4:35
08. Alexander The Medium    6:40
09. Eat Starch Mom    4:35

MP3 @ 320 Size: 100 MB
Flac  Size: 275 MB

Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow 1975 (2016) + Wired 1976 (2001)

While he was as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success as any of those contemporaries, primarily because of the haphazard way he approached his career. After Rod Stewart left the Jeff Beck

Group in 1971, Beck never worked with a charismatic lead singer who could have helped sell his music to a wide audience. Furthermore, he was simply too idiosyncratic, moving from heavy metal to jazz fusion within a blink of an eye. As his career progressed, he became more fascinated by automobiles than guitars, releasing only one album during the course of the '90s. All the while, Beck retained the respect of fellow guitarists, who found his reclusiveness all the more alluring.
                                                         

Beck began his musical career following a short stint at London's Wimbledon Art College. He earned a

reputation by supporting Lord Sutch, which helped him land the job as the Yardbirds' lead guitarist following the departure of Eric Clapton. Beck stayed with the Yardbirds for nearly two years, leaving in late 1966 with the pretense that he was retiring from music. He returned several months later with "Love Is Blue," a single he played poorly because he detested the song. Later in 1967, he formed the Jeff Beck Group with vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ron Wood, and drummer Aynsley Dunbar, who was quickly replaced by Mickey Waller; keyboardist Nicky Hopkins joined in early 1968. With their crushingly loud reworkings of blues songs and vocal and guitar interplay, the Jeff Beck Group established the template for heavy metal. Neither of the band's records, Truth (1968) or Beck-Ola (a 1969 album that was recorded with new drummer Tony Newman), was particularly successful, and the bandmembers tended to fight regularly, especially on their frequent tours of the U.S. In 1970, Stewart and Wood left to join the Faces, and Beck broke up the group.
                                                 

JIMMY PAGE   ERIC CLAPTON   JEFF BECK

Beck had intended to form a power trio with Vanilla Fudge members Carmine Appice (drums) and Tim Bogert (bass), but those plans were derailed when he suffered a serious car crash in 1970. By the time he recuperated in 1971, Bogart and Appice were playing in Cactus, so the guitarist formed a new

version of the Jeff Beck Group. Featuring keyboardist Max Middleton, drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Clive Chaman, and vocalist Bobby Tench, the new band recorded Rough and Ready (1971) and Jeff Beck Group (1972). Neither album attracted much attention. Cactus dissolved in late 1972, and Beck, Bogert, and Appice formed a power trio the following year. The group's lone studio album -- a live record released in Japan but never in the U.K. or U.S. -- was widely panned due to its plodding arrangements and weak vocals, and the group disbanded the following year.
                                                        

For about 18 months, Beck remained quiet, re-emerging in 1975 with Blow by Blow. Produced by

George Martin, Blow by Blow was an all-instrumental jazz fusion album that received strong reviews. Beck collaborated with Jan Hammer, a former keyboardist for Mahavishnu Orchestra, for 1976's Wired, and supported the album with a co-headlining tour with Hammer's band. The tour was documented on the 1977 album Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group: Live.
                                              

After the Hammer tour, Beck retired to his estate outside of London and remained quiet for three years.

He returned in 1980 with There and Back, which featured contributions from Hammer. Following the tour for There and Back, Beck retired again, returning five years later with the slick, Nile Rodgers-produced Flash. A pop/rock album recorded with a variety of vocalists, Flash featured Beck's only hit single, the Stewart-sung "People Get Ready," and also boasted "Escape," which won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. During 1987, he played lead guitar on Mick Jagger's second solo album, Primitive Cool. There was another long wait between Flash and 1989's Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with

Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas. Though the album sold only moderately well, Guitar Shop received uniformly strong reviews and won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. Beck supported the album with a tour, this time co-headlining with guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Again, Beck entered semi-retirement upon the completion of the tour.
                                             

THE YARDBIRDS

In 1992, Beck played lead guitar on Roger Waters' comeback album, Amused to Death. A year later, he

released Crazy Legs, a tribute to Gene Vincent and his lead guitarist, Cliff Gallup, which was recorded with Big Town Playboys. Beck remained quiet after the album's release prior to resurfacing in 1999 with Who Else! You Had It Coming followed in 2001 and his 14th release, Jeff, was issued on Epic two years later. An excellent live set, Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, was released in 2008 by Eagle Records. Emotion & Commotion, Beck's first new studio album in seven years, appeared in the spring of 2010. It was greeted by considerable acclaim, including winning two Grammy

Awards in 2011 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Appropriately, Beck released a live album called Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum in the fall of 2010, followed by Rock & Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul), a salute to Beck's hero featuring vocals by Imelda May.
                                        

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN         JEFF BECK

Over the next few years, Beck gigged regularly, highlighted by a 2013 joint tour with Brian Wilson; the

duo planned to record together but those plans fell apart. In April 2015, Beck released Live+, a record culled from concerts given in August 2014 augmented by two new studio cuts. The following summer brought the all-new Loud Hailer, an album recorded with vocalist Rosie Bones and guitarist Carmen Vandenberg.
Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
                                                     

BLOW BY BLOW 1975  (2016)

                                               

Blow by Blow typifies Jeff Beck's wonderfully unpredictable career. Released in 1975, Beck's fifth effort as a leader and first instrumental album was a marked departure from its more rock-based

predecessors. Only composer/keyboardist Max Middleton returned from Beck's previous lineups. To Beck's credit, Blow by Blow features a tremendous supporting cast. Middleton's tasteful use of the Fender Rhodes, clavinet, and analog synthesizers leaves a soulful imprint. Drummer Richard Bailey is in equal measure supportive and propulsive as he deftly combines elements of jazz and funk with contemporary mixed meters. Much of the album's success is also attributable to the excellent material, which includes Middleton's two originals and two collaborations with Beck, a clever arrangement of Lennon and McCartney's "She's a Woman," and two originals by Stevie Wonder. George Martin's ingenious production and string arrangements rival his greatest work. Beck's versatile soloing and

diverse tones are clearly the album's focus, and he proves to be an adept rhythm player. Blow by Blow is balanced by open-ended jamming and crisp ensemble interaction as it sidesteps the bombast that sank much of the jazz-rock fusion of the period.
By Mark Kirschenmann.

Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow
Label: Analogue Productions – CAPP 078 SA
Format:    SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Album, Remastered 2016
Country: US
Released: 1975   
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock

TRACKS

                                                  

01. You Know What I Mean  4:02
Written By – J. Beck-M. Middleton
02. She's A Woman  4:28
Written-By – J. Lennon-P. McCartney
03. Constipated Duck    2:50
04. AIR Blower  5:07
Written By – J. Beck-M. Middleton-R. Bailey-P. Chenn
05. Scatterbrain  3:39
Written By – J. Beck-M. Middleton
06. Cause We've Ended As Lovers  5:51
Written-By – S. Wonder
07. Thelonius  3:17
Written-By – S. Wonder
08. Freeway Jam    4:57
09. Diamond Dust  8:24
Written-By – B. Holland

MEMBERS

                                    

Bass – Phil Chenn
Drums, Percussion – Richard Bailey
Engineer – Denim Bridges
Guitar [Guitars] – Jeff Beck
Keyboards – Max Middleton
Mastered By – Ryan Smith
Producer, Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement] – George Martin
Written-By – J. Beck (tracks: 1, 3 to 5), M. Middleton (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)

MP3 @ 320 Size: 105 MB
Flac  Size: 250 MB

WIRED 1976  (2001)

                                                           

Released in 1976, Jeff Beck's Wired contains some of the best jazz-rock fusion of the period. Wired is

generally more muscular, albeit less-unique than its predecessor, Blow by Blow. Joining keyboardist Max Middleton, drummer Richard Bailey, and producer George Martin from the Blow by Blow sessions are drummer Narada Michael Walden, bassist Wilbur Bascomb, and keyboardist Jan Hammer. Beck contributed no original material to Wired, instead relying on the considerable talents of his supporting cast.

Jeff Beck – Wired
Label: Epic – 502182 2, Epic – EPC 502182 2, Epic – 5021822000
Format:    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered  2001
Country: Europe
Released: 1976
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Fusion

TRACKS

                                       

01. Led Boots  3:59
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Remix – Jan Hammer
Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Max Middleton
02. Come Dancing  5:54
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Ed Green, Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Remix – Jan Hammer
Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
03. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat  5:26
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Drums – Richard Bailey
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Max Middleton
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Written-By – Charlie Mingus
04. Head For Backstage Pass  2:41
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Richard Bailey
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Written-By – Andi Clark, Wilbur Bascomb
05. Blue Wind  5:49
Drums, Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Engineer – Jan Hammer
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Jeff Beck
Producer – Jan Hammer
Remix – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Jan Hammer
06. Sophie  6:27
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Max Middleton
Drums – Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Remix – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
07. Play With Me  4:06
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Clavinet – Max Middleton
Drums – Narada Michael Walden
Guitar – Jeff Beck
Remix – Jan Hammer
Synthesizer – Jan Hammer
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden
08. Love Is Green  2:28
Acoustic Guitar – Jeff Beck
Bass – Wilbur Bascomb
Piano – Narada Michael Walden
Written-By – Narada Michael Walden

MP3 @ 320 Size: 89 MB
Flac  Size: 232 MB