The Essential

by Starship, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane

Overview

The seminal San Francisco psychedelic band in the heyday of such things, Jefferson Airplane were sassy, political, and generally engaging. The band then morphed into Jefferson Starship, which was a whole other thing, a more polished band aiming at the pop charts. Eventually Jefferson Starship became just Starship, although the sound stayed aimed at the charts. This two-disc set combines the best tracks from all of these incarnations, which is a good thing if one is a fan of all of the approaches here, but not such a good thing if, like many, one prefers one version of the band to the other two. Either way, it's nice to have a survey of the Jefferson family tree in one spot, and songs (no matter which version of this outfit did them) like "Somebody to Love," "White Rabbit," "Volunteers," "Ride the Tiger," the beautiful "Miracles," "Count on Me," and the love-it-then-hate-it-sometimes "We Built This City" (it's a matter of where you are when you hear it) are all staples on rock oldies stations and they deserve to be. So there's a lot of good stuff here, even if it sounds like it's from three different bands -- it's how the story went. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	10/30/2012
Label:	Legacy / Rca
UPC:	0887254914327
Rank:	3581

Tracks

Disc 1

1. It's No Secret
2. Somebody to Love
3. White Rabbit
4. Embryonic Journey
5. Plastic Fantastic Lover
6. Comin' Back to Me
7. The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil
8. Greasy Heart
9. Lather
10. Crown of Creation
11. Wooden Ships
12. Volunteers
13. Good Shepherd
14. Have You Seen the Saucers
15. Pretty as You Feel
16. Third Week in the Chelsea
17. Long John Silver
18. Caroline
19. Ride the Tiger

Disc 2

20. Miracles
21. With Your Love
22. Count on Me
23. Runaway
24. Jane
25. Find Your Way Back
26. Stranger
27. Be My Lady
28. No Way Out
29. Layin' It on the Line
30. We Built This City
31. Sara
32. Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight
33. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
34. It's Not Over (Til It's Over)
35. It's Not Enough

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jefferson Airplane   Primary Artist
Jefferson Starship   Primary Artist
Starship   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Larry Klein   Producer
Grace Slick   Composer
Narada Michael Walden   Arranger,Producer
Jeremy Smith   Producer
Matthew Katz   Producer
Stacey Cooper   Project Manager
Rick Jarrard   Producer
Bernie Taupin   Composer
The Stills   Composer
Mike Shipley   Producer
Tommy Oliver   Producer
Darby Slick   Composer
Bill Lacey   Audio Restoration
David Crosby   Composer
Keith Olsen   Producer
Ron Nevison   Engineer,Producer
Jefferson Starship   Producer
Jefferson Airplane   Arranger,Producer
Al Schmitt   Producer
Marty Balin   Composer
George Rose   Photography
Tori Larkey-Wheeler   Vault Research
Mark Larson   Art Direction
Bill Thompson   Creative Consultant
Peter Wolf   Producer
Eddie Eddings   Vault Research
Robert Altman   Photography
Paul Williams   Tape Research,Compilation Producer
Ben Fong-Torres   Essay
Jessica Connelly   Photo Research
Mike Hartry   Digital Transfers
Larry Cox   Producer
Mike Cimicata   Project Director
Traditional   Composer
Kevin Beamish   Producer