Best of Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

RCA/BMG

Single CD compilation of music from the various incarnations of Jefferson Airplane. This compilation was repackaged for distribution in Europe in 1997 as 'Journey: The Best Of. The compilation was repackaged in the US and re-released in 2001.

Tracks

• Embryonic Journey (Kaukonen)
• High Flyin' Bird (Wheeler)
• It's No Secret (Balin)
• Come Up the Years (Balin/Kantner)
• Somebody to Love (Slick)
• Blues from an Airplane (Balin/Spence)
• White Rabbit (Slick)
• Plastic Fantastic Lover (Balin)
• Aerie (Gang of Eagles) (Slick)
• The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil (Kantner)
• Crown of Creation (Kantner)
• Lather (Slick)
• The Last Wall of the Castle (Kaukonen)
• Greasy Heart (Slick)
• Volunteers (Balin/Kantner)
• When the Earth Moves Again (Kantner)
• Triad (Crosby)
• We Can Be Together (Kantner)
• Wooden Ships (Crosby/Kantner/Stills)
• Milk Train (live) (Creach/Slick/Spotts)
• Have You Seen the Saucers (live) (Kantner)

The tracks on this compilation include Jefferson Airplane members as below and a number of guest musicians;

• Signe Anderson - vocals
• Marty Balin - guitar, vocals
• Jack Casady - bass, guitar
• Joey Covington - percussion, vocals
• Papa John Creach - violin
• Spencer Dryden - percussion, vocals
• Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
• Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
• Grace Slick - piano, keyboards, maraccas, recorder, vocals
• Skip Spence - drums

The tracks on this compilation were originally released on the following LPs.

Blues from an Airplane, It's No Secret and Come Up the Years from;

• Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, Jefferson Airplane, 1966

• Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane, 1967, RCA LPM / LSP-3766

• After Bathing At Baxter's, Jefferson Airplane, 1967, RCA LPM/LSO 1511.

• Crown Of Creation, Jefferson Airplane, 1968, RCA LPM/LSP 4058.

• Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane, 1969, RCA LSP 4238.

• Bark, Jefferson Airplane, 1971, Grunt FTR 1001.

• Long John Silver, Jefferson Airplane, 1972, Grunt FTR 1007.

• Thirty Seconds Over Winterland, Jefferson Airplane, 1973

• Early Flight, Jefferson Airplane, 1974, Grunt CYLI 0437