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Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was a rock band based in San Francisco, California, who pioneered psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)—and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album Surrealistic Pillow ranks on the short list of the most significant recordings of the "Summer of Love". Two songs from that album, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", are among Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

The "classic" lineup of Jefferson Airplane, from October 1966 to February 1970, was Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals), Jack Casady (bass), and Spencer Dryden (drums). Marty Balin left the band in 1971. After 1972, Jefferson Airplane effectively split into two groups. Kaukonen and Casady moved on full time to their own band, Hot Tuna. Slick, Kantner, and the remaining members of Jefferson Airplane recruited new members and regrouped as Jefferson Starship in 1974, with Marty Balin eventually joining them. Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.

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Genres rock psychedelic rock folk rock classic rock acid rock

Albums

  1. Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
    1966
  2. Surrealistic Pillow
    1967
  3. After Bathing at Baxter's
    1967
  4. Crown of Creation
    1968
  5. Volunteers
    1969
  6. Bark
    1971
  7. Long John Silver
    1972
  8. Jefferson Airplane
    1989

Other releases

  1. Martha / Watch Her Ride
    1967
  2. Bill Graham Presents The San Francisco Scene In Toronto
    1967
  3. Bless Its Pointed Little Head
    1969
  4. The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
    1970
  5. Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
    1973
  6. Early Flight
    1974
  7. Flight Log
    1977
  8. 2400 Fulton Street
    1987
  9. The Collection
    1988
  10. The Woodstock Revival Live
    1989
  11. Greatest Hits
    1990
  12. White Rabbit & Other Hits
    1990
  13. Loves You
    1992
  14. Volunteers and White Rabbit’s Slick
    1993
  15. The Best of Jefferson Airplane
    1993
  16. The Saga of Sidney Spacepig
    1994
  17. Live at the Monterey Festival
    1995
  18. Journey: The Best Of
    1996
  19. The Masters
    1997
  20. Psychedelia: San Francisco Legends
    1998
  21. White Rabbit
    1998
  22. Live at the Fillmore East
    1998
  23. Hits
    1998
  24. The Best of Jefferson Airplane
    1998
  25. VH1: Behind the Music Collection
    2000
  26. Through the Looking Glass
    2000
  27. The Roar of Jefferson Airplane
    2001
  28. Live in Monterey
    2001
  29. Ignition
    2001
  30. White Rabbit
    2001
  31. Collections
    2003
  32. The Best of Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love
    2004
  33. I miti musica: Jefferson Airplane
    2004
  34. Cleared for Take Off
    2005
  35. The Essential
    2005
  36. 1969-05-07: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, USA
    2006
  37. Platinum & Gold Collection
    2006
  38. At the Family Dog Ballroom
    2007
  39. Discover Jefferson Airplane
    2007
  40. Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969
    2007
  41. Last Flight
    2007
  42. The Best of Jefferson Airplane
    2007
  43. Feels Like '67 Again
    2007
  44. The Very Best Of
    2007
  45. Original Album Classics
    2008
  46. Playlist: The Very Best of Jefferson Airplane
    2009
  47. Flight Box
    2009
  48. The Woodstock Experience
    2009
  49. The Best of Jefferson Airplane
    2010
  50. Setlist: The Very Best of Jefferson Airplane Live
    2010
  51. White Rabbit
    2010
  52. Live at the Fillmore Auditorium 10/15/66: Late Show: Signe's Farewell
    2010
  53. Live at the Fillmore Auditorium: 10/16/66: Early & Late Shows - Grace's Debut
    2010
  54. Return to the Matrix: 02/01/68
    2010
  55. Live at the Fillmore Auditorium 11/25/66 & 11/27/66: We Have Ignition
    2010
  56. Original Album Classics
    2011
  57. White Rabbit
    2015