Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off [2003 Bonus Tracks]

Title: Jefferson Airplane Takes Off [2003 Bonus Tracks] Artist: Jefferson Airplane Release Date: 8/15/1966 Re-Released On: 8/19/2003 Label: BMG Heritage UPC: 828765035224 Genre: Rock Styles: Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock Moods: Autumnal, Dramatic, Provocative, Trippy, Cathartic, Dreamy, Eerie, Fiery, Hypnotic, Rousing, Ambitious, Calm/Peaceful, Cynical/Sarcastic, Literate, Manic, Passionate, Plaintive, Searching, Yearning, Aggressive, Earnest, Freewheeling, Gentle, Intense, Ironic, Reflective, Stylish, Wistful, Druggy, Raucous, Restrained Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Blues from an Airplane
2. Let Me In
3. Bringing Me Down
4. It's No Secret
5. Tobacco Road
6. Come Up the Years
7. Run Around
8. Let's Get Together
9. Don't Slip Away
10. Chauffeur Blues
11. And I Like It
12. Runnin' 'Round This World [Original Uncensored Version][*]
13. High Flyin' Bird [*]
14. It's Alright [*]
15. Go to Her [Version One][*]
16. Let Me In [Original Uncensored Version][*]
17. Run Around [Mono Version][*][Version]
18. Chauffeur Blues [Alternate Version][#][*]
19. And I Like It [Alternate Version][#][*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD BMG Heritage 50352

No other editions were found for this album.

The debut Jefferson Airplane album was dominated by singer Marty Balin, who wrote or co-wrote all the original material and sang most of the lead vocals in his heartbreaking tenor with Paul Kantner and Signe Anderson providing harmonies and backup. (Anderson's lead vocal on "Chauffeur Blues" indicated she was at least the equal of her successor, Grace Slick, as a belter.) The music consisted mostly of folk-rock love songs, the most memorable of which were "It's No Secret" and "Come Up the Years." (There was also a striking version of Dino Valente's "Get Together" recorded years before the Youngbloods' hit version.) Jorma Kaukonen already displayed a talent for mixing country, folk, and blues riffs in a rock context and Jack Casady already had a distinctive bass sound. But the Airplane of Balin, Kantner, Kaukonen, Anderson, Casady, and Spence is to be distinguished from the Balin, Kantner, Kaukonen, Casady, Slick, and Dryden version of the band that would emerge on record five months later chiefly by Balin's dominance. Later, Grace Slick would become the group's vocal and visual focal point. On Takes Off, the Airplane was Balin's group. The 2003 reissue of Takes Off includes eight bonus tracks: uncensored versions of "Let Me In" and "Run Around," an early version of "Go to Her," previously unreleased alternate versions of "Chauffeur Blues" and "And I Like It," as well as tracks "Runnin' 'Round This World," "High Flying Bird," and "It's Alright."~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Thompson Executive Producer Bob Irwin Mastering, Reissue Producer David Hassinger Engineer Gretchen Brennison Production Assistant Jack Casady ? Jayme Pieruzzi Assistant Engineer Jeff Smith Art Direction, Design Jeff Tamarkin Liner Notes Jeremy Holiday Production Assistant John Hudson Product Manager Jorma Kaukonen ? Kip Smith Assistant Engineer Marty Balin ? Matthew Katz Original Album Producer, Producer Michelle Vignes Photography Paul Kantner ? Ralph J. Gleason Liner Notes Rob Santos Executive Producer Signe Anderson ? Skip Spence ? Tommy Oliver Original Album Producer, Producer