Jefferson Airplane - At the Family Dog Ballroom

2007 archive release featuring a fantastic Jefferson Airplane concert from their heyday, recorded at the famous San Franciscan venue of The Family Dog Ballroom in September 1969 when the group was at the peak of its considerable power. Only recently unearthed from the archives, this release is sure to be most welcomed by all fans of prime West Coast Psychedelia from one of its finest exponents. It features the classic group line-up of Paul Kantner (guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals), Marty Balin (vocals), Jorma (lead guitar, vocal), Jack Casady (bass) and Spencer Dryden (drums). Although only featuring 10 songs, the CD plays for over 79 minutes and includes two extended numbers in which the band take off into wild improvised flight. Attractive digipak packaging with eye-catching poster artwork from the era. Charly. Album Description

Jefferson Airplane - At the Family Dog Ballroom

This is pretty much what you expect to hear from the them. The jam at the end is pretty good. October 6, 2008

Cool, man... let's go see the Airplane...

I got this principally to give my daughter a taste of an honest-to-dog 60s rock concert in San Francisco. The live performance is captured quite well, and covers most of the Airplane's hits. The jam at the end with Jerry Garcia is worth listening to.

The sound quality could be better (it sounds like a bootleg, but they probably didn't think about the historical aspects of putting a serious engineer on the board). September 30, 2008

Former boot - now official

This was available as a boot titled "Airplane Farm," on the Deep Six label. Nice-quality soundboard for a boot, but I doubt if the sound is any better on the official release. "Airplane Farm" includes "Greasy Heart," which seems to be missing here. September 3, 2008

Continue flying high!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1969...could still fly wooden airplanes and cross oceans with empty bottles of bitterness...even had hopes of revolutions...1969, Jefferson -airplane at Family Dog Ballroom..."the ballad of you and ma and pooneil" (15.18'), "good shepherd" (6.49), "we can be together" (5.50), "somebody to love" (3.52), "the farm" (2.57), "crown of creation" (3.07), "come back baby"(5.44), "wooden ships" (6.10), "volunteers" (2.26)and "jam" (26.07)....honesty, crudeness, psychedelia ....flower power? only music...
but for some very important ...!!!!!!!!!! July 27, 2008

Brilliant psychedelia

This show from 6/9/69 is a marvelous release for all fans of Jefferson Airplane, one of the all-time greatest psychedelic bands, and for all fans of freeflowing, spontaneous 60s music. And deep, visonary music in general.

The band is certainly on fire this evening, driven by the thunderous basslines from the masterful Jack Casidy, playing a handful a songs from the then upcoming "Volunteers" album, as well as old classics like "Somebody To Love". Starting with a long, trippy "You and Me and Pooneil", which includes a snippet of "Starship", and ending with a great jam where Jerry Garcia spreads his unique guitar-magic. Great songwriting, the obligatory Jorma blues and all in all the Airplane heading for the stratosphere. There is also a percussionist added at the final jam, could it be Mickey Hart?

Considering the time the soundqaulity must be characterized as absolutely excellent, A- at least, though the vocals are a bit too upfront. But as both Marty Balin and Grace Slick, two of greatest rockvocalists ever, are in topform, it doesn't matter at all.

Won't you try? February 8, 2008

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