Jefferson Airplane Takes Off

by Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane Takes Off cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 August 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:11
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Marty Balin, Alexander Spence, Lester Melrose, Chet Powers, Clay Warnick, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Predating the arrival of Grace Slick, the band's debut features Signe Toly Anderson sharing vocal duties with Marty Balin. The album bridges electric folk-rock and early San Francisco psychedelia, relying on vocal harmonies and Jorma Kaukonen's blues-influenced guitar work.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Blues from an Airplane (2:10)
  2. Let Me In (2:56)
  3. Bringing Me Down (2:22)
  4. It's No Secret (2:37)
  5. Tobacco Road (3:27)
  6. Come Up the Years (2:30)
  7. Run Around (2:36)
  8. Let's Get Together (3:34)
  9. Don't Slip Away (2:32)
  10. Chauffeur Blues (2:25)
  11. And I Like It (3:15)
  12. Runnin' 'Round This World (2:22)
  13. High Flying Bird (2:33)
  14. It's Alright (2:15)
  15. Go To Her - Version One (4:06)
  16. Let Me In - Original Uncensored/Deleted Version (3:28)
  17. Run Around - Original Uncensored Version (2:32)
  18. Chauffeur Blues - Alternate Version (2:46)
  19. And I Like It - Alternate Version (10:36)

Credits

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