Jefferson Airplane

Incredible version of "It's No Secret" on there.

I like them a lot better in the studio than live.

― Rock Hardy, Friday, September 14, 2007 8:52 PM (sixteen years ago)

I would just like to say I was otm in this thread.

There are a couple of later vintage Jefferson Airplane Fillmore releases. The one from 68 sounds pretty thin but the 69 one is pretty good.

I think it and Bless Its Pointed… kind of give you an idea what it might liked to be at one of those ballroom shows. Jack Cassady is a beast and those live records get to show more what him and Jorma could do.

I have tried and failed to like Pointed Little Head, but I remember some good live tracks on that 90's box set?

their version of "High Flying Bird" at Monterey is so rad, why the heck was this left off the album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F51JKnSzjRs

by "the album" I mean that the song itself was never on an LP, why was it not on Surrealistic Pillow or Bathing idk

They even cut it in the studio with Signe for Takes Off!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL1vGiRYlbA

yeah I think it was (insanely) relegated to a B-side

no I guess an outtake?!? even more insane

btw this is where I mention that Early Flight also rules and is essential

yeah for sure, absolutely love their “high flying bird”, Marty and grace go hard

Also: “HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS”

Also: JA RULES

The chord progression and feel is so evocative, it seems to me there should have been some long 12 minute modal jam of “White Rabbit”.

The Airplane had the tunes but were a bit more reserved on the jams. Quicksilver had the jams but did not have the tunes.

The Great Society version of "White Rabbit" has extended groove jam opening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxxnDGWI3e8

If you're a Grace fan, that Great Society live twofer live CD is a must.

Yeah that’s a great disc.

Say, can I have some of your purple berries?
Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Probably keep us both alive

I was thinking about this line from "Wooden Ships" last night; how it represents the strength the counterculture derived from the continuum of rock music history up to that point (from Chuck Berry to Deep Purple.

(fwiw, took some doing, but I tracked down the 516-page Kantner book. b/w scans of 516 8x11 pages of text with drawings (by Kantner), hieroglyphics, etc. in a single PDF. If you need it, get in touch.)

For a quick overview of this acid-deranged/visionary project, which was a sequel to Blows Against the Empire: Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (album)