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2007 digitally remastered two CD release of Jefferson Airplane’s complete final show recorded at the Winterland in San Francisco in September of 1972. 21 tracks in all mainly taken from their final two studio albums. Includes: 'Wooden Ships', 'Have You Seen The Saucers?', 'Crown of Creation', 'Somebody To Love', 'Papa John's Down Home Blues' and more.
AMG: A cover sticker announces this is "the first authorised release" of Jefferson Airplane's final concert performance before their 1970s breakup, held at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco on September 22, 1972. That show, along with others, was tapped for the 1973 live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland, a seven-track LP that ran less than 40 minutes, whereas this double-CD set runs over an hour and 43 minutes and contains 20 selections. Of course, professional recording equipment was present, and, even though this seems like only a semi-legitimate release, the result is good sonic quality for the most part. There is, however, a strange edit at 5:46 in the 11-minute "Feel So Good," indicating that something went wrong somewhere along the line. Otherwise, this is an effective performance by the late-period Jefferson Airplane, the band that produced Bark and Long John Silver, which serve as the sources for half of the selections. Only the opener, "Somebody to Love," "Wooden Ships," "Crown of Creation," and the closer, "Volunteers" (which includes a reappearance from departed singer Marty Balin), date from before 1970, and there are some songs that belong in the repertoire of Airplane spinoffs, such as "Come Back Baby," from Hot Tuna's First Pull Up, Then Pull Down, "Papa John's Down Home Blues" from Papa John Creach, and "Diana" from Paul Kantner and Grace Slick's Sunfighter. ("Blind John," as Slick hints in a stage remark, was about to be heard on Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's guest-filled solo album Rolling Thunder.) The set list makes sense for a band that was, in effect, ending a tour intended to promote Long John Silver, but fans might have hoped for a show that summed up the whole of Jefferson Airplane's career as its final concert statement. Of course, at the time nobody was acknowledging that this show was the final statement; it just turned out that way (until the 1989 reunion, that is).
Amazon: We did not know it at the time, but this was the Final Flight by the great Jefferson Airplane. My friend Larry, attended this Winterland concert and Raved to me that Airplane had put on the best show since 10/25/69 (also a Winterland show). The LP: "Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" was my only Document of this Event upon it's release in 1973. I was taken back that a 7 track short album was only a very tiny part of this Monumental Event, but I did like the Sound the band had with a very prominent Hot Tuna, flavor.
Over the Years many Bootlegs of this Big Night have appeared and disappeared and the always seemed to come from the same lousy audience source (Way back, with some Joker's talking about their Dope throughout the show). Worse still these Poor Quality boots never contained the Full Show. Well, Tripsters, here it is, Not of Perfect Sound, Lot's of Bum Notes and without the Funk of being inside Winterland itself...BUT it's the Truth of what happened that Night, and You can own it.
The Late Bill Graham does the Introduction and it's right into a Fast, grundgy; "Somebody To Love". Fine Versions of "The Son of Jesus", "Long John Silver" and "Have You Seen the Saucers?" make this a little more Special than your normal Airplane Collection. And for you guys that want "White Rabbit" and other 'Hits', they ain't here, so save your bucks for the Greatest Hits CD, this is not for you...
For True Airplane Fans this CD SET is a 'Must-Have', I really enjoy it Wart's N' All. This is what the Jefferson Airplane was, A Great, Great Band of an era that Changed everything, it will never be like this again, I MISS this Band, and I miss Winterland... THIS IS HISTORY
1. Introduction by Bill Graham – 1:14
2. "Somebody to Love" – 4:39
3. "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:30
4. "Wooden Ships" – 6:17
5. "Milk Train" – 4:09
6. "Blind John" – 4:27
7. "Come Back Baby" – 7:01
8. "The Son of Jesus" – 5:13
9. "Long John Silver" – 5:15
10. "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:55
11. "Papa John's Down Home Blues" – 5:26
12. "Eat Starch Mom" – 5:35
13. "John's Other" – 6:08
14. "Trial by Fire" – 4:24
15. "Law Man" – 2:40
16. "Have You Seen the Saucers?" – 4:04
17. "Aerie (Gang of Eagles)" – 3:30
18. "Feel So Good" – 11:00
19. "Crown of Creation" – 3:23
20. "Walking the Tou Tou" – 5:11
21. "Medley: Diana/Volunteers" – 5:21
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AMG: A cover sticker announces this is "the first authorised release" of Jefferson Airplane's final concert performance before their 1970s breakup, held at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco on September 22, 1972. That show, along with others, was tapped for the 1973 live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland, a seven-track LP that ran less than 40 minutes, whereas this double-CD set runs over an hour and 43 minutes and contains 20 selections. Of course, professional recording equipment was present, and, even though this seems like only a semi-legitimate release, the result is good sonic quality for the most part. There is, however, a strange edit at 5:46 in the 11-minute "Feel So Good," indicating that something went wrong somewhere along the line. Otherwise, this is an effective performance by the late-period Jefferson Airplane, the band that produced Bark and Long John Silver, which serve as the sources for half of the selections. Only the opener, "Somebody to Love," "Wooden Ships," "Crown of Creation," and the closer, "Volunteers" (which includes a reappearance from departed singer Marty Balin), date from before 1970, and there are some songs that belong in the repertoire of Airplane spinoffs, such as "Come Back Baby," from Hot Tuna's First Pull Up, Then Pull Down, "Papa John's Down Home Blues" from Papa John Creach, and "Diana" from Paul Kantner and Grace Slick's Sunfighter. ("Blind John," as Slick hints in a stage remark, was about to be heard on Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's guest-filled solo album Rolling Thunder.) The set list makes sense for a band that was, in effect, ending a tour intended to promote Long John Silver, but fans might have hoped for a show that summed up the whole of Jefferson Airplane's career as its final concert statement. Of course, at the time nobody was acknowledging that this show was the final statement; it just turned out that way (until the 1989 reunion, that is).
Amazon: We did not know it at the time, but this was the Final Flight by the great Jefferson Airplane. My friend Larry, attended this Winterland concert and Raved to me that Airplane had put on the best show since 10/25/69 (also a Winterland show). The LP: "Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" was my only Document of this Event upon it's release in 1973. I was taken back that a 7 track short album was only a very tiny part of this Monumental Event, but I did like the Sound the band had with a very prominent Hot Tuna, flavor.
Over the Years many Bootlegs of this Big Night have appeared and disappeared and the always seemed to come from the same lousy audience source (Way back, with some Joker's talking about their Dope throughout the show). Worse still these Poor Quality boots never contained the Full Show. Well, Tripsters, here it is, Not of Perfect Sound, Lot's of Bum Notes and without the Funk of being inside Winterland itself...BUT it's the Truth of what happened that Night, and You can own it.
The Late Bill Graham does the Introduction and it's right into a Fast, grundgy; "Somebody To Love". Fine Versions of "The Son of Jesus", "Long John Silver" and "Have You Seen the Saucers?" make this a little more Special than your normal Airplane Collection. And for you guys that want "White Rabbit" and other 'Hits', they ain't here, so save your bucks for the Greatest Hits CD, this is not for you...
For True Airplane Fans this CD SET is a 'Must-Have', I really enjoy it Wart's N' All. This is what the Jefferson Airplane was, A Great, Great Band of an era that Changed everything, it will never be like this again, I MISS this Band, and I miss Winterland... THIS IS HISTORY
1. Introduction by Bill Graham – 1:14
2. "Somebody to Love" – 4:39
3. "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:30
4. "Wooden Ships" – 6:17
5. "Milk Train" – 4:09
6. "Blind John" – 4:27
7. "Come Back Baby" – 7:01
8. "The Son of Jesus" – 5:13
9. "Long John Silver" – 5:15
10. "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:55
11. "Papa John's Down Home Blues" – 5:26
12. "Eat Starch Mom" – 5:35
13. "John's Other" – 6:08
14. "Trial by Fire" – 4:24
15. "Law Man" – 2:40
16. "Have You Seen the Saucers?" – 4:04
17. "Aerie (Gang of Eagles)" – 3:30
18. "Feel So Good" – 11:00
19. "Crown of Creation" – 3:23
20. "Walking the Tou Tou" – 5:11
21. "Medley: Diana/Volunteers" – 5:21
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