Jefferson Airplane - Takes Off (Translucent Blue vinyl)
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Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
Signe Toly Anderson – vocals, percussion
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
Jack Casady – bass guitar
Skip Spence – drums
Spencer Dryden – drums (on "Go to Her," alternate version of "And I Like It," and alternate version of "Chauffeur Blues")
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Translucent Blue
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : RCA Victor
Recorded December 18, 1965 – March 31, 1966 at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood
Engineered & mixed by Dave Hassinger
Produced by Matthew Katz, Tommy Oliver
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1966
Reissued in 2015
Tracks:
Side A:
- Blues From An Airplane
- Let Me In
- Bringing me Down
- It's No Secret
- Tobacco Road
Side B:
- Come Up the Years
- Run Around
- Let's Get Together
- Don't Slip Away
- Chauffeur Blues
- And I Like It
Reviews :
"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 still Balin's group." AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,09 / 5