Early FlightJefferson AirplaneInitial release : April 1974Grunt CYLI 0437 A collection of previously unreleased material. Jerry Garcia plays on two tracks.
Tracks
- High Flyin' Bird (R. Wheeler)
- Runnin' 'Round This World (Balin / Kantner)
- That's Alright (Kantner / Spence)
- In The Morning (Jorma Kaukonen)
- J.P.P. McStep B. Blues (Spence)
- Go To Her (Kantner / Estes)
- Up Or Down Peter Kaukonen)
- Mexico (Grace Slick)
- Have You Seen The Saucers (Kantner)
Musicians
Jefferson Airplane members;
- Marty Balin - guitar, vocals
- Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
- Grace Slick - keyboards, vocals
- Skip Spence - drums
- Joey Covington - drums
- Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
- Signe Anderson - vocals
- Jack Casady - bass
- Spencer Dryden - drums
Guests;
- John Hammond, Jr. - harmonica
- Jerry Garcia - guitar
Garcia plays guitar on In The Morning and J.P.P. McStep B. Blues.
These two tracks were recorded when the Airplane line-up was;
- Marty Balin - guitar, vocals
- Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
- Grace Slick - keyboards, vocals
- Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
- Jack Casady - bass
- Spencer Dryden - drums
- John Hammond guests on In The Morning
- Skip Spence possibly played on J.P.P. McStep B. Blues though he had left the Airplane by the time of recording.
Credits
- Engineers - Dick Bogert, David Hassinger
- Producers - Rick Jarrard, Matthew Katz, Thomas Oliver
- Original cover design - Acy Lehman
- Jeff Tamarkin - Liner essay
- Reissue supervision - Paul Williams
- Audio restoration - Bill Lacey
- Digital transfers - Mick Hartry
- Project manager - Dalita Keumurian
- Vault research - Eddie Eddings, Tori Larkey
- Tape research - Paul Williams
- B/W art - Craig DeCamps
- CD package design - JRI Associates
Notes
Early Flight is a compilation of unreleased material from 1965-1970.
The tracks featuring Garcia are from the Surrealistic Pillow recording sessions in November 1966.
Related releases
Early Flight was subsequently included on the 2-on-1 CD release;
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