Disco de Jefferson Airplane: “Takes Off”
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Fecha de Publicación:1989-01-01
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Tipo:Álbum
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Género:Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Oldies
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Sello Discográfico:RCA Records Label
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Letras Explícitas:No
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UPC:0035629042629
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Análisis (en inglés) - AMG :
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. This rare second pressing of the LP deletes the song "Runnin' 'Round This World," found on the first pressing, which was deemed objectionable because of the line "The nights I've spent with you have been fantastic trips," thought to refer to sex and drugs. But two other songs with risqué lyrics, "Let Me In" and "Run Around," do appear in their original recordings; bowdlerized re-recordings replaced them in the most common third pressing. Decades later, record album price guides showed prices as high as $1,000.00 for the second pressing, and even more for a stereo version (catalog number LSP-3584), although it was unclear whether a stereo version actually existed. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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