Jefferson Airplane Takes Off is the debut album of San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane released on RCA Victor Records in 1966. The personnel differ from the later classic lineup and the music is a more folk-rock than the harder psychedelic sound for which the band later became famous. Signe Toly Anderson was the female vocalist whilst Skip Spence played drums. Both left the group shortly after the album's release and were replaced by Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden respectively.The LP garnered considerable attention in the USA and became a gold album. RCA initially pressed only 15,000 copies, but it sold more than 10,000 in San Francisco alone, prompting the label to reprint it. For the reprinting, the company deleted "Runnin' Round This World" (which had appeared on early mono pressings), because executives objected to the word "trip" in the lyrics. For similar reasons, RCA also substituted altered versions for two other tracks: "Let Me In," changing the line "you shut your door; you know where" to "you shut your door; now it ain't fair" and "Run Around," changing the line "flowers that sway as you lay under me" to "flowers that sway as you stay here by me". The original pressings of Takes Off featuring "Runnin' 'Round The World" and the uncensored tracks of "Let Me In" and "Run Around" are now worth thousands of dollars.
Personnel:
Marty Balin - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Signe Toly Anderson - Vocals, Percussion
Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar
Paul Kantner - Rhythm guitar, Vocals
Jack Casady - Bass
Skip Spence - Drums
This is the later version with altered lyrics, but with "Runnin Round this World" as a bonus. If someone has the original versions of "Let Me In" and "Run Around", I would love to hear them!
Tracks:
1. Blues From an Airplane
2. Let Me In
3. Bringing Me Down
4. It's No Secret
5. Tobacco Road
6. Runnin Round This World (Deleted on later pressings)
7. Come Up The Years
8. Run Around
9. Let's Get Together
10. Don't Slip Away
11. Chauffeur Blues
12. And I Like It
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i love you, anonymous.
blah. don't waste your time. above link is NOT the uncensored album.
As I wrote "This is the later version with altered lyrics, but with 'Runnin Round this World' as a bonus".
So If you can't read, don't waste your time here!
The remastered (2003) CD has 8 bonus tracks, including the two uncensored versions.
RCA/BMG-Heritage 82876-50352-2
thank you Mad Hatter, for turning me on to this fine, fine record.
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