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Jefferson Airplane: Purveyers of the San Francisco Sound

Christopher E. Miller | Utica, NY | 10/24/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It was brilliant to combine these two breakthrough albums. Together, they represent as good an example as any of what made Jefferson Airplane the most unique of American bands of the sixties."

Not as bad as some people say.

A reader from NY | Roseboom, NY USA | 05/01/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Bark and Long John Silver were the only albums I was missing from the Jefferson Airplane/Starship 66-78 era. For this I got two albums for the price of one.



These albums were the last of the Jefferson Airplane before the horrible 1989 albums. The big thing missing here is the silky smooth voice of Marty Balin who left the band in 1970 and later returned in 1974. The male voice replacement for him (drummer Joey Harrington) didn't come close to replacing him. These albums also had alot more of Hot Tuna tunes played under the name of Jefferson Airplane. The fracturing of the band is clearly felt.



Bark is closer to the earlier Jefferson with some strange psychdelic songs like "Never Argue with a German If you are Tired" and "Thunk" Long John Silver has more of a commerical sound of the Jefferson Starship.



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