JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "TAKES OFF" LP UNCENSORED LYRICS
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Description
RCA LSP 3584 STEREO
LP JACKET VG++
LP VG++/VG+
1966 2ND VERSION W/ QUESTIONABLE LYRICS INTACT
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-Spence is to be distinguished from the Balin-Kantner-Kaukonen-Casady-Slick-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 Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, the Airplane was Balin's group. (Jefferson Airplane Takes Off was released as RCA 3584 on August 15, 1966.
Title Composer Time 1
Blues from an Airplane Balin, Spence 2:13 2
Let Me In Balin, Kantner 3:00 3
Bringing Me Down Balin, Kantner 2:25 4
It's No Secret Balin 2:40 5
Tobacco Road Loudermilk 3:30
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Come Up the Years Balin, Kantner 2:33 7
Run Around Balin, Kantner 2:40 8
Let's Get Together Dollison, Powers, Webb 3:35 9
Don't Slip Away Balin, Spence 2:34 10
Chauffeur Blues Melrose 2:28 11
And I Like It Balin, Kaukonen 3:26
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