Winds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)
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Winds of Change is a 1982 album by Jefferson Starship
. It was the first studio album produced after Grace Slick
rejoined the band as a full member. Aynsley Dunbar
plays drums on the album, but was replaced by Donny Baldwin
for the supporting tour. The album reached #26 on the Billboard
charts.
Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...
. It was the first studio album produced after Grace Slick
Grace Slick
Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...
rejoined the band as a full member. Aynsley Dunbar
Aynsley Dunbar
Aynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey...
plays drums on the album, but was replaced by Donny Baldwin
Donny Baldwin
Donny Baldwin is an American drummer best known as a member of Jefferson Starship and its continuation Starship.Donny began his career as a drummer for Elvin Bishop during the 1970s where he worked with future Jefferson Starship bandmate Mickey Thomas...
for the supporting tour. The album reached #26 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
charts.
Track listing
Personnel
- Craig ChaquicoCraig ChaquicoCraig Chaquico is an American guitarist of Portuguese and Native American descent. He has had over thirty years of success in a variety of genres: in the 1970s with the post-Summer of Love Jefferson Starship, in that band's 1980s incarnation, Starship, and in the 1990s and 2000s as a...
– lead guitar, rhythm guitar - Aynsley DunbarAynsley DunbarAynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey...
– drums, percussion - David FreibergDavid FreibergDavid Freiberg is an American musician. He was vocalist and/or bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.-Career:...
– vocals, bass on "Be My Lady", keyboards on "Winds of Change", "Keep on Dreamin'", "Out of Control", "Can't Find Love", and "I Came Back from the Jaws of the Dragon", organ on "Quit Wasting Time", synthesizer on "Quit Wasting Time" - Paul KantnerPaul KantnerPaul 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 :...
– vocals, rhythm guitar - Pete SearsPete SearsPeter 'Pete' Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues...
– bass on all tracks except "Be My Lady", keyboards on "Be My Lady" and "I Will Stay", synthesizer on "Black Widow" and "Quit Wasting Time", piano on "I Came Back from the Jaws of the Dragon" - Mickey Thomas – vocals
- Grace SlickGrace SlickGrace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...
– vocals
Production
- Kevin BeamishKevin BeamishKevin Beamish is an American record producer, sound engineer and mixer.He was the producer and engineer of REO Speedwagon #1 album Hi Infidelity and of the hit single "Keep on Loving You", with 15 million albums and 4 million singles sold worldwide....
– producer for Kevin Beamish Productions, Inc., engineer - Maureen Droney – assistant engineer
- Tom Cummings – assistant mixing engineer
- Jeff Sanders – mastering
- Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
- Andreas NottebohmAndreas NottebohmAndreas Nottebohm, born in 1944, is an American/German artist whose work is associated with Op Art, visionary art, and Space Art. He is considered one of the key innovators of Metal Painting. "These raw yet refined paintings on aluminum lend themselves to rich multi-layered metaphors capable of...
– cover art, painting - Dyer / Kahn, Inc. – design
- Paul Tokarski, Visual Promotions, Inc. – special effects photography
- Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco
- Mixed and mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
- Bill Thompson – manager
Singles / Music Videos
- "Be My Lady" (1982) #28 US
- "Winds of Change" (1982) #38 US
- "Can't Find Love" (1983)
- "Out of Control" (music video only / no single released)