Track Listing

1. Blues From An Airplane
2. Let Me In
3. Bringing Me Down
4. It�s No Secret
5. Tobacco Road
6. Runnin� �Round This World
7. Come Up The Years
8. Run Around
9. Let�s Get Together
10. Don�t Slip Away
11. Chauffeur Blues
12. And I Like It
13. High Flyin� Bird (Bonus Track)
14. It�s Alright (Bonus Track)
15. Go To Her (version 1) (Bonus Track)
16. Let Me In (alternate unedited version) (Bonus Track)
17. Chauffeur Blues (alternate version) previously unissued (Bonus Track)
18. And I Like It (alternate version) previously unissued (Bonus Track)
19. Blues From An Airplane (instrumental take 10) (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11407 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
There is a reason why the Jefferson Airplane was the first nationally renowned proponent of San Francisco rock. As muchas they bucked establishment values, the sextet offered a musical mixture of California folk-rock and white blues that was nevertheless easier to digest than the sounds of their contemporaries. TAKES OFF, their debut recording, made beforeGrace Slick joined the band, goes to great lengths to establish them as the obvious next step on a pop staircase of theBeatles, Byrds, and Rolling Stones.
Signe Anderson and Marty Balin's distinctive, folky harmonies give TAKES OFF a lived-in warmth and a loved-in counterculture vibe that defined the times. Covers of John D. Loudermilk's infamous "Tobacco Road" and The Youngbloods' '60s anthem "Let's Get Together" may have symbolised their community's alienation from their parents' values, but the Airplane versions were less calls to arms than sympathetic pats on the back. However, Jorma Kaukonen's boppy R&B guitar leads and Jack Casady's free butsteady bass lend the Airplane's debut some heavy rock muscle.

Customer Reviews

Greatest Ever Debut Album?
Is this the greatest ever debut album? Well personally, I have never heard one to better it. Jefferson Airplane proved they were a force to be reckoned with producing a superb album with their own unique sound. Great lead vocals from Marty Balin, Grace Slick was still with The Great Society, however, Signe Anderson proves what a great vocalist she is with a great version of Memphis Minnie's "Chauffeur Blues" Definately one of my favourite albums of all time.