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Live at the Fillmore East (Jefferson Airplane album)

Live at the Fillmore East
Live album by
Jefferson Airplane
ReleasedApril 28, 1998
RecordedMay 3–4, 1968
VenueFillmore East, New York City
GenrePsychedelic rock, blues rock
Length75:52
LabelRCA
ProducerPaul Williams
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Jefferson Airplane Loves You
(1992) 		Live at the Fillmore East
(1998) 		At Golden Gate Park
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Live at the Fillmore East is an album by the rock band Jefferson Airplane. It was recorded on May 3 and 4, 1968, at the Fillmore East in New York City. It was released on April 28, 1998. It is not to be confused with the similarly named Jefferson Airplane album Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East 1969.

The song "Thing" is an experimental freeform instrumental that later morphed into "Bear Melt", which appears on Bless Its Pointed Little Head.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro / The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"Paul Kantner8:35
2."She Has Funny Cars"Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin3:56
3."It's No Secret"Balin3:41
4."Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon"Kantner5:07
5."Greasy Heart"Grace Slick4:05
6."Star Track"Kaukonen7:36
7."Wild Tyme"Kantner3:21
8."White Rabbit"Slick2:58
9."Thing"Kantner, Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden11:28
10."Today"Balin, Kantner3:29
11."The Other Side of This Life"Fred Neil5:13
12."Fat Angel"Donovan9:04
13."Watch Her Ride"Kantner3:12
14."Closing Comments" 0:46
15."Somebody to Love"Darby Slick3:21

Personnel

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Jefferson Airplane

Production

References

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  1. ^ Owens, tHOM (2011). "Live at the Fillmore East - Jefferson Airplane | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.