Jefferson Airplane Platinum & Gold Collection (album)

The Platinum & Gold Collection is part of Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

' Platinum & Gold Collection

Platinum & Gold Collection

Platinum & Gold Collection is a series of budget-priced greatest hits compilations for recording artists on the labels of Sony BMG. The series was launched as a Sony BMG counterpart to Universal Music Group's successful 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series...

. Recorded between 1966 & 1969, this compilation serves as a primer for both the early years of Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....

and the golden age of psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

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The songs were variously produced by Matthew Katz, Tommy Olive, Rick Jarrad, Al Schmitt

Al Schmitt

Al Schmitt is a recording engineer and record producer.-Early career:Schmitt grew up in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy he began working at Apex Recording Studios at the age of 19. In the late 1950's Schmitt moved to Los Angeles and became a staff engineer at Radio Recorders on Santa...

, and Paul Kantner

Paul Kantner

Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...

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Original Release: BMG

Track listing

"It's No Secret" – 2:40
"Come Up the Years" – 2:34
"My Best Friend" – 3:04
"Somebody to Love
Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane song)
"Somebody to Love" is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick and originally recorded by 1960s folk rock band The Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane...

" – 3:00
"Comin' Back to Me" – 5:23
"Embryonic Journey
Embryonic Journey (instrumental)
The acoustic instrumental Embryonic Journey composed by Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen originally appeared as the ninth track on Jefferson Airplane's second album Surrealistic Pillow but has been often anthologized, and multiple takes were released as an album also entitled...

" – 1:55
"White Rabbit
White Rabbit (song)
"White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100...

" – 2:34
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" – 4:34
"Watch Her Ride" – 3:13
"Crown of Creation" – 2:54
"Greasy Heart" – 3:27
"Volunteers" – 2:04

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