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Jefferson Airplane Album: “Feed Your Head: Live 1967-1969”
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Feed Your Head: Live 1967-1969 |
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Release Date:1996-01-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Oldies
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5014293620123
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Review - :
A live {$Jefferson Airplane} anthology of dubious legality (but evidently fair game in England, whence it comes), apparently overlapping {@Mastertone}'s equally shadowy {^White Rabbit} CD from 1998, showcasing their sound on a dozen numbers, most of them from {^Surrealistic Pillow}. The disc opens promisingly enough with {&"Other Side of This Life"} (incorrectly labeled on the CD), highlighted by some nimble and powerful drumming by {$Spencer Dryden} and slashing lead guitar from {$Jorma Kaukonen}, plus {$Grace Slick} and {$Marty Balin} in excellent voice and miked really close. The quality of most of the live tracks is so good, that it's difficult to fathom precisely which gigs they were recorded at. {&"White Rabbit"} actually is the studio cut, with the channels reversed and the volume and treble pumped up, as are {&"Don't Slip Away"} and {&"My Best Friend,"} while {&"Today"} is most definitely live, complete with some obvious damage to the source tape, wrong notes, and wildly shifting dynamics. {&"3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds"} is clean enough to be a studio cut, except it's definitely live, though from where and when is anyone's guess. Amid the frustrating shifts in tone, origin, and quality, one also gets a reminder -- on {&"This Is My Life and I Like It"} -- of just how fine a blues singer {$Balin} could be in his time. Perhaps if the {$Airplane} members themselves could get behind a release like this, it would lead to something coherent, and more than spottily revelatory. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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