Jefferson Airplane Early Flight -1974- Rock, Pop, (vinyl)

Early Flightis a 1974compilation albumby theAmericanpsychedelic rockbandJefferson Airplane, released as Grunt CYL1-0437. It features previously unreleased material from 1966, 1967, and 1970 as well as both sides of a non-album 1970 single.

The first three tracks come from the recording sessions forJefferson Airplane Takes Offwhich took place in December, 1965 at RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World recording studio in Hollywood. These tracks feature vocals bySigne Toly AndersonandSkip Spenceon drums. “Runnin’ ‘Round This World” had been previously released as a B-side on the “It’s No Secret” single.

The closing two tracks on side one and the first track from side two come from the recording sessions forSurrealistic Pillow, which took place from October through November, 1966 at RCA Victor’s Music Center of the World. Tracks from the “Takes Off” and “Surrealistic Pillow” sessions appeared later as bonus tracks on the respective 2003 remasters, albeit with different mixes.

“Up or Down” comes from the early recording sessions forBarkwhich took place in February 1970 at Pacific High andWally Heider StudiosbeforeMarty Balinchose to leave the band. “Mexico” and “Have You Seen the Saucers?” had been previously released as a non-album single in 1970, but this was the first LP on which the two songs appeared.

Label:Grunt (3) CYL1-0437Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation,GatefoldCountry:USReleased:1974Genre:Rock,Pop,Folk, World, & CountrySleeve Condition (Out of 10) ~ 8 – notched cover on the bottom
Label Condition (Out of 10) ~ 10
Vinyl Condition ~ (Out of 10)
Side 1 -10
side 2 – 10
BIN # *92 *131 same with notched cover / slightly faded cover

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