Jefferson Airplane concert streams

early Jefferson Airplane lineup, with Signe Anderson and Skip Spence
I'm back in Exeter sorting out recordings made in Wisconsin, but meanwhile I've just discovered a fantastic collection of live Jefferson Airplane recordings, here: SugarMegs streaming audio listings (scroll down about halfway to the 'J' section - they launch automatically in Windows Media Player, if you use that).

I've started from the beginning, with the 1965-66 recordings, before Grace Slick replaced Signe Anderson. This one is of particularly good sound quality. I was rather excited to discover one tracklist (Vancouver, '66) including a cover of Dylan's "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" - I recently came across a wonderful version of this which Fairport Convention did for a BBC session in 1967 (at a time when they were seen as a kind of UK equivalent of the Airplane). Unfortunately, though, this Airplane version is rather incoherent.

And I couldn't help skipping ahead to this - a 1968 jam at San Francisco's legendary Carousel Balroom involving Jack and Jorma from the Airplane plus Jerry and Mickey from the Grateful Dead.

This collection appears to be the work of a very committed Deadhead (there are numerous Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band and related streams, plus a lot of other good stuff). This is also helpful: Jefferson Airplane Live Base (an incredibly detailed database, with setlists, personal recollections, etc. )


classic Jefferson Airplane lineup, with Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden