Tracks:
Clergy
3-5s of a Mile in 10 Seconds
Somebody to Love
Fat Angel
Rock Me Baby
The Other Side of This Life
It's No Secret
Plastic Fantastic Lover
Turn Out the Lights
Bear Melt
Today (Bonus Track)
Watch Her Ride (Bonus Track)
Won't You Try (Bonus Track)
Performer Notes:
- Jefferson Airplane: Jack Casady (bass guitar); Marty Balin, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner, Spencer Dryden.
- Personnel: Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kantner (vocals, guitar); Grace Slick (vocals, keyboards); Spencer Dryden (drums).
- Liner Note Author: Jeff Tamarkin.
- Recording information: Filmore East, NY (09/24/1968-11/05/1968); Filmore West, San Francisco, CA (09/24/1968-11/05/1968).
- Photographer: Mike Frankel.
- Arranger: Jefferson Airplane.
- These 1968 live recordings from the Filmore East and West are the definitive live document of San Francisco's premier psychedelic group. 1968 was prime time for the Airplane, as the instrumental interplay between Kantner, Casady and Kaukonen had really begun to gel. So too had the interaction between lead vocalists Grace Slick and Marty Balin reached near-telepathic heights, and it can all be heard here. From the mind-melting proto-acid-rock of "Somebody to Love" to ribald, bluesy brashness of "Plastic Fantastic Lover," this is the Airplane in full flight. POINTED HEAD also makes it plain that the early Airplane had a special way with cover tunes. Folk god Fred Neil's "Other Side of This Life" gets a furiously rocking revision, and Donovan's "Fat Angel" is stretched out to encompass some wonderfully trippy jamming. BLESS ITS POINTED LITTLE HEAD is a candid but flattering photo of this seminal American band.
Producer: Al Schmitt, Al Schmitt, Bob Irwin (Reissue)
Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Country: USA
Studio/Live: Live
Release Date: 22 June, 2004
Label: Imports
Dimensions: 12.5 x 0.8 x 14.3 centimeters (0.04 kg)