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Sweeping Up the Spotlight - Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969
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Track Listings
1 | Volunteers |
2 | Good Shepherd |
3 | Plastic Fantastic Lover |
4 | Uncle Sam Blues |
5 | 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds |
6 | You Wear Your Dresses Too Short |
7 | Come Back Baby |
8 | Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon |
9 | The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil |
10 | White Rabbit |
11 | Crown of Creation |
12 | The Other Side Of This Life |
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=LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST 1969=DISC 11. VOLUNTEERS - LIVE2. WONand#039;T YOU TRY - LIVE3. SATURDAY AFTERNOON - LIVE4. THE BALLAD OF YOU and#38; ME and#38; POONEIL - LIVE5. WHITE RABBIT - LIVE6. CROWN OF CREATION - LIVE7. THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE - LIVE
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Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East 1969 features the definitive edition of Jefferson Airplane, icons of 1960s psychedelic rock and political agitation. Jack Casady and Spencer Dryden hold down the free-floating rhythms on bass and drums, Jorma Kaukonen launches feedback-laced guitar solos, and Paul Kantner adds rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Topping it all are the voices of Marty Balin and the '60s acid queen, Grace Slick. In concert, the Airplane were always more rough and ready than on their acid-hued vinyl. Outside the studio, they were ramshackle and punky, which is why they were sometimes referenced when talking about punk bands like X, who also had male and female lead singers. Despite having six albums under their belt, mostly consisting of original material, the Airplane's live set has a lot of mediocre blues and folk filler. Some of their more characteristic repertoire is sacrificed to workman-like renditions of "Uncle Sam Blues" and "Come Back Baby," albeit with some ripping Kaukonen guitar solos. Balin's raucous rant on "You Wear Your Dresses too Short" is embarrassing in its soul-singer aspirations. Assuming this was their set sequence, it takes a while for the Airplane to congeal on stage. They ride roughshod over much of their materiel, but pull it together two-thirds of the way through on one of their most complex tunes, "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil." With its shifting time signatures and overlapping vocal lines and harmonies, it's a challenge to pull off live, but they do, with soaring vocals from Balin and Slick and a long instrumental jam with a fractured guitar solo from Kaukonen and a feature slot for bassist Casady, the most innovative and powerful bassist from that era. That paves the way for a darker version of "White Rabbit," the mock celebration of "Crown of Creation," and their show closer, a hyped rendition of Fred Neil's ballad "The Other Side of This Life." As they always did, the Jefferson Airplane land high. --John Diliberto
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.4 inches; 3.84 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Sony Legacy
- Original Release Date : 2007
- Run time : 1 hour and 13 minutes
- Date First Available : March 15, 2007
- Label : Sony Legacy
- ASIN : B000O76UVW
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #582,996 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #6,056 in Classic Psychedelic Rock
- #9,169 in Blues Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #9,911 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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In the late 60's and early 70's Jack and Jorma were [and still are] probably the best American lead and bass guitarist in the business. Jack Casady was so far beyond a 'bass' player, he played a lead guitarist who played bass getting solo's! Don't forget that's Jack with Jimi Hendrix on Voodoo Child. And Jorma attacking his guitar...well just buy this CD and check it out yourself. Throw in Paul Kantner's rhythm guitar and great song writing, Spencer's jazz influenced drumming [which I appreciate more with every listening], and Grace and Marty trading vocal riffs, and y'all got a piece of RnR heaven. If you like psychedelic music, this is a must have. A time capsule of screaming guitars, great singers and cool tunes. They've been in my head for 40 + years and the music and era still holds up really well.
They were unique and free.
They were not held back by any preconceived expectations.
They were the Jefferson Airplane.
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You won't find me complaining that 'Dresses' is too long, too lightweight. It is, but what the heck, it's a live show and that's what you get sometimes if a band want to do more than churn out a couple more hits. Nor that Grace only gets one solo; heck, it's 'White Rabbit' and a blistering performance to boot.
There's obviously a fair amount of material from these shows that's not made it out yet; 'Wooden Ships' is a real standout from the ones found as bonus tracks on the 'Volunteers' CD. So that's the beef - this should have been a double.
Definitive.
Marty Balin ist auch sonst möglicherweise nicht der begnadetste Sänger, aber hier ist eher 80% Stöhnen und geschönt 20% Singen angesagt. Grace Slick kann das nicht ausgleichen, dreht sich eher um sich selbst, so dass der "schöne" zweistimmige Gesang mir weit zu oft in Disharmonien endet und damit eigentlich vollkommen zerstört wird. Die Songs bekommen gegenüber den Studioaufnahmen ein ganz anderen Charakter.
Dass man vor Publikum aufgeregt ist und daher schneller spielt, ist klar, dass passiert praktisch allen Bands, aber die Stücke leiden meines Erachtens unter dem eher hohen Tempo, in dem sie "heruntergerattert" werden. Der "Groove" stellt sich praktisch an keiner Stelle wirklich ein, obwohl Schlagzeug und Bass ordentlich zu hören sind und auch sehr gleichmäßig und rhythmisch spielen. Die übrigen Bandmitglieder scheinen diesen soliden Teppich allerdings sehr ausgiebig zu strapazieren, so dass man eigentlich nicht hinhören möchte. Auch die langen Soli von Kaukonen ändern nichts an meiner bisherigen Einschätzung, sondern fallen gegenüber den Studioaufnahmen eher einfallslos, sich wiederholend und hektisch aus.
Zwei Punkte, weil man natürlich immer noch argumentieren kann: Seltene, historische Aufnahme, die man sonst nie hätte hören können. Aber um Airplane kennen zu lernen denkbar schlecht geeignet und auch für Fans nicht unbedingt zu empfehlen; es sei denn man muss - so wie ich - die Sammlung eher vollständig haben. Bei mir steht die CD allerdings nach zweimaligem Hören (das erste mal schlicht geschockt und das zweite mal konnte den Eindruck nicht bessern) schlicht im Regal und wird so schnell auch nicht wieder hervorgekramt.