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Early Flight

Jefferson Airplane

Initial release : April 1974

Grunt 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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