petak, 02.01.2009.
Jefferson Airplane - The Worst Of (Legacy Remaster Edit 2006)
When Marty Balin began putting together the band that would become Jefferson Airplane in 1965, he called the music he intended to make "fojazz," a hybrid of folk and jazz. But what he and the band actually created was an even more far-ranging concoction, dubbed "psychedelic rock" because of its role as soundtrack for the hallucinogenic drug scene of the time.
The Worst of Jefferson Airplane was an essential part of every college student's record collection in the early `70s. Originally released in November, 1970, the 15-track LP neatly summed up the band's first five years, offering glimpses of the Airplane's many sides--Balin's pop-rockin' "It's No Secret," the romantically beautiful "Today," Grace Slick's strangely disturbing "Lather," Paul Kantner's anthemic call to revolution, "We Can Be Together," Jorma Kaukonen's acoustic interlude, "Embryonic Journey."
Kantner coined the Worst of moniker as a typically Jeffersonian dig at the record industry the band had often done battle with. In fact, the compilation was lovingly assembled by the bandmembers themselves, and included the group's only two actual hits, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," as well as samplings from their six albums up to that point.
This Legacy reissue includes two bonus tracks, Kantner's "Watch Her Ride" and Slick's menacing "Greasy Heart." Its chronological layout allows the listener to trace the sonic and lyrical development of the psychedelic era itself while following the trajectory of San Francisco's most successful band. It's a journey that is still worth taking. The only disappointment is that the CD's expanded capacity wasn't maximized to include the post-Worst sort-of-a-hit, "Pretty as You Feel," or the definitive "Wooden Ships" from Volunteers...Jim Newsom
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 106 MB
Genre : Psychedelic Rock
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Tracklist:
01. It's No Secret 2:40
02. Blues From An Airplane 2:12
03. Somebody To Love 2:58
04. Today 2:59
05. White Rabbit 2:30
06. Embryonic Journey 1:53
07. Martha 3:26
08. The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil 4:33
09. Watch Her Ride 3:15 (Bonus)
10. Greasy Heart 3:28 (Bonus)
11. Crown Of Creation 2:55
12. Chushingura 1:19
13. Lather 2:57
14. Plastic Fantastic Lover 3:50
15. Good Shepherd 4:24
16. We Can Be Together 5:47
17. Volunteers 2:03
