Track Listing

1. Embryonic Journey
2. High Flyin' Bird
3. It's No Secret
4. Come Up The Years
5. Somebody To Love
6. Blues From An Airplane
7. White Rabbit
8. Plastic Fantastic Lover
9. Aerie (Gang Of Eagles)
10. Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil
11. Crown Of Creation
12. Lather
13. Last Wall Of The Castle
14. Greasy Heart
15. Volunteers
16. When The Earth Moves Again
17. Triad
18. We Can Be Together
19. Wooden Ships
20. Milk Train
21. Have You Seen The Saucers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2805 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Import
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

All Hail The Mighty Airplane!!!!!!
i have to thank the film Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas for introducing me to Jefferson Airplane. this is the best cd i have heard in years and Grace Slick has the most amazing voice ever. best songs are hard to choose but Somebody To Love, Aerie, Last Wall Of The Castle and White Rabbit are great, despite Somebody To Love being covered and destroyed by the Boogie Pimps, or whatever. i recommend this for anyone wanting to get into Jefferson Airplane, because all the songs just blew me away the minute i heard them. we really need a band like this about now.

A Successful Music Memoir of Flower Power's Journey
The quality of the songs and audio recording, as well as the sheer length of this CD more than make up for the lack of its conceptual coherence. No group epitomises the essence of the West Coast's 1960's counterculture scene better than Jefferson Airplane, and this record chronicles their development from the gentle folk rock beginnings ("High Flyin' Bird", "Blues From An Airplane", "Somebody To Love" - the last being a legacy from Grace Slick's first band, The Great Society) to the explorers of emotional states ("White Rabbit" et al) and their political activism ("Volunteers", "We Can Be Together"). Opening with the equally mellow and energetic guitar solo of "Embryonic Journey" by Jorma Kaukonen (from their chart-topping 'Surrealistic Pillow' album), this CD goes on to be alternately melancholic and joyful. Coming across very much as a vehicle for Grace Slick's vocal talents, this album is at its finest during Slick's contemplative, sometimes cynical songs dealing with sensitive social "fringe" issues. Culminating in "Wooden Ships", the beautifully introspective duet with Paul Kantner, the group's mastermind in its later phase, the album winds down to end with a concert version of a slightly dated "Have You Seen The Saucers", but nevertheless leaving you craving for more. More than just a compilation of memorable numbers, a must for all 1960's flower power music fans.

A Pleasant Surprise !
"Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" is my only previous exposure to the Airplane so I was pleasantly surprised by their range of musical styles - from the opening beautiful acoustic guitar solo of "Embryonic Journey" through to the end anthem "Have You Seen the Saucers". The lyrics might be considered very much of their time - flower power, acid.... etc - but the music is so good that it dwarfs such considerations; e.g the ending of "White Rabbit" is Grace Slick crying out "Feed your head" but in such a stunning way!

There are no dud tracks on this compilation but if I had to pick out one track amongst the gold it would be "When the Earth Moves Again" - a superb anthem.