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High Flying Bird: Live at the Monterey Festival

Jefferson Airplane

Initial release : 2006

Music Avenue 250150

A US release of the Jefferson Airplane set at the Monterey Pop Festival. This set was introduced on stage by Jerry Garcia. Uncertain if this announcement is included on this release.

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Tracks

  • Somebody To Love (Slick/Slick)
  • Other Side Of This Life (Neil)
  • White Rabbit (Slick)
  • High Flying Bird (R. Wheeler)
  • Today (Balin/Kantner)
  • She Has Funny Cars (Balin/Kaukonen)
  • Young Girl Sunday Blues
  • The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil (Kantner)
Musicians

  • Marty Balin - guitar, vocals
  • Jack Casady - bass, guitar
  • Spencer Dryden - percussion
  • Paul Kantner - guitar, vocals
  • Jorma Kaukonen - guitar, vocals
  • Grace Slick - keyboard, vocals
Notes

Garcia introduces Jefferson Airplane on stage by saying;

I'd like to introduce the perfect example of what the world's coming to. It's Jefferson Airplane, some friends.
The Monterey International Pop Festival was held on June 16, 17 and 18, 1967.

Grace Slick on the festival;

I felt a closeness and just amazement at Monterey because people were comfortable, there was enough area for people to sit, to go to the bathroom, to buy food. It was the first time many of the bands had met each other, so we were all really marveling at each other. It was just one good group of people after another. And different kinds of music -- from Ravi Shankar to The Mamas & The Papas, The Who, Jimi Hendrix -- I mean, it was just nuts!
The Grateful Dead performed at Monterey but did not allow their music to be used in the film, LP, CD or other commercial spin-offs.

Related releases

Five tracks from the Jefferson Airplane set at Monterey were included on the Monterey box sets;

This set had been previously released in Europe;
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