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- Artist: Jefferson Airplane
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- Release Date: 1992 10
- Total Time: 221:06
- Type: Box set
- Genre: Rock
Review
The triple CD (or cassette) box set Jefferson Airplane Loves You came out at a time when major record labels were rushing out deluxe sets of about every meaningful artist of the '60s and '70s. Most of those sets hid self-indulgent, inflated "best of" collections of previously released material with a couple of alternate mixes and live tracks to lure in the fans. Loves You has some general appeal (although slimmer "best of" collections are available and cater better to the casual listener who wants to hear "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love"), but it is clearly aimed at the fan. Disc 1 covers the early years up to the group's second LP Surrealistic Pillow. Early singles by Marty Balin and Grace Slick are included, but the real treat consists of nine live tracks (a total of 43 minutes, a full album's worth!) from a concert in May 1967, 18 months before the group's first live set, Bless Its Pointed Little Head, was recorded. Disc 2 covers the years between After Bathing at Baxter's and Volunteers. It kicks off with a 12-minute alternate version of "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" (a psychedelic peak), a few album tracks that were left off and an early version of Frank Zappa's "Would You Like a Snack" recorded with the Mothers of Invention, along with classic album cuts. Disc 3 culls material from the Volunteers album up to 1972's 30 Seconds over Winterland, racing through the Airplane's weaker late records. The highlights come from the quadraphonic version of the LP Volunteers, which featured very different mixes (even alternate versions in some cases). No repeats (except for "White Rabbit" included in its original version and a live one), great unreleased material and the absence of anything from the group's short-lived late-'80s comeback make this box set a must-have for fans. ~ François Couture, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil [Alternate Version][#] | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (11:38) |
| Things Are Better in the East [#] | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | (3:16) |
| Watch Her Ride | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (3:15) |
| Two Heads | Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | (3:14) |
| Martha [Single Version] | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (3:26) |
| Don't Let Me Down [#] | Marty Balin, Ernie K-Doe | Jefferson Airplane | (2:54) |
| Crown of Creation | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (2:53) |
| Lather | Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | (2:57) |
| In Time | Marty Balin, Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (4:14) |
| House at Pooneil Corners | Marty Balin, Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (5:51) |
| Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum [#] | Spencer Dryden, Bill Goodwin | Jefferson Airplane | (1:32) |
| Would You Like a Snack? [#] | Grace Slick, Frank Zappa | Jefferson Airplane | (2:38) |
| 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | (4:45) |
| It's No Secret | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | (3:28) |
| Plastic Fantastic Lover [Live][#] | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | (4:24) |
| Uncle Sam Blues [Live][#] | Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Traditional | Jefferson Airplane | (5:27) |
| Wooden Ships [Alternate Mix] | Stephen Stills, Paul Kantner, David Crosby | Jefferson Airplane | (5:52) |
| Volunteers [Alternate Take] | Marty Balin, Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (2:17) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| We Can Be Together [Alternate Take] | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (6:00) |
| Turn My Life Down | Jorma Kaukonen | Jefferson Airplane | (2:56) |
| Good Shepherd | Jorma Kaukonen, Traditional | Jefferson Airplane | (4:24) |
| Hey Fredrick [Alternate Take] | Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | (9:04) |
| Emergency [#] | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | (4:36) |
| When the Earth Moves Again | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (3:55) |
| Pretty as You Feel | Jorma Kaukonen, Joey Covington, Jack Casady | Jefferson Airplane | (3:09) |
| Lawman | Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | (2:42) |
| Feel So Good [Extended Version][#] | Jorma Kaukonen | Jefferson Airplane | (9:23) |
| Twilight Double Leader | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | (4:47) |
| Aerie (Gang of Eagles) | Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | (3:55) |
| Trial by Fire (Lyrics) | Jorma Kaukonen | Jefferson Airplane | (4:51) |
| Dress Rap/You Wear Your Dresses Too Short [Live][#] | Marty Balin, Grace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | (14:00) |
