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Jefferson Airplane 10/04/1970

SHOWID 39959

Set I

Have You Seen The Saucers, Crown Of Creation, Somebody To Love, Mexico, Up Or Down, The Old Man, Emergency, Wooden Ships, Bludgeon Of A Bluecoat, Greasy Heart, You Wear Your Dresses Too Short, We Can Be Together, Volunteers

Set II

 

Set III

 

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Paul Kantner (vocals, guitars), Marty Balin (vocals), Jack Casady (Bass), Jorma Kaukonen (guitars, vocals), Joey Covington (percussion), Grace Slick (vocals)

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OldNeumanntapr (5/5) FLAC / A- View   KSAN FM Broadcast; Trade CD-R >EAC (Secure) >WAV >FLAC Frontend 1.1 >FLAC (Level 8)
Notes: ***************************************************************** FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.50 By OldNeumanntapr ***************************************************************** Notes edited from Ahuka's Choice Volume 6: This is one of Jefferson Airplane's most visible live performances. On Sunday night, October 4, 1970, the Airplane played the first of two headlining evenings at Fillmore West, sharing the bill with The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The New Riders of the Purple Sage (with ex-Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden), and of course, Hot Tuna. The concert was simulcast on KSAN-FM in stereo, and also televised on public television station KQED, with a quadrophonic signal broadcast on KQED-FM. It was to be an historic evening. It had been an historic day. Janis Joplin had died the night before, in Hollywood, California, of a heroin overdose. Marty Balin, deep in mourning for her, wanted to cancel the Fillmore performance but was a minority vote. Taking the stage with a full beard that made him look even more melancholy, Balin sounded distinctly out of place throughout the show. He steers a resplendent "Have You Seen The Saucers" toward a quiet place, but is abruptly overruled by the band, who proceed to turn it into a lacerating Grace Slick rave-up that seems to be fighting the spectre of Death itself off the stage. It only follows with musicians of this caliber that the concert packs some incredibly hot moments -- bassist Jack Casady powerfully upping the ante in the homestretch of "Somebody to Love", and a rare live performance of drummer Joey Covington's "Bludgeon of the Bluecoats" (an outcry against police brutality that the band later recorded in the studio with Little Richard, and never released) that is played with such superhuman speed and dexterity by lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen that Covington actually begs him to slow down -- but this is definitely music born under a bad sign. The poignancy of "Wooden Ships" seems to weigh on Balin particularly, and even the good-natured sexual braggadoccio of his white soul number "Emergency" rings hollow. As an extended, chugging "Volunteers" threatens to keep him onstage longer than he can bear, Balin interrupts the jam with "Look what's happenin' out in the streets," forcing the wind-up. As the song careens to its sloppy, aggravated end, Balin sings what would be his last line as an active member of Jefferson Airplane until 1989: "Gotta revolution -- oh yeah, and I need a new band!" Marty Balin would not sing again as an active member of Jefferson Airplane until their short-lived reunion album and tour of 1989. (He was coaxed onstage at the Airplane's final concert at Winterland in 1972 for an encore of "Baby You Wear Your Dresses Too Short.") The simulcast of the concert ensured that high quality tapes were in circulationg the very next day, and it was not long before bootleg albums surfaced. Both ALMOST STARSHIPSHAPE (Ze Anonym Plattenspieler #ZAP 7855) and TALES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP (Mammary Productions #MM6) were prevented by vinyl limitations from using the entire concert; STARSHIPSHAPE sacrificed "Up or Down", "The Old Man" and "Bludgeon of the Bluecoat", and MOTHERSHIP dropped "Crown of Creation," "Somebody to Love," "Bludgeon" and "Greasy Heart." The next night, Jefferson Airplane returned to Fillmore West without Balin. Joining them was a new member, electric jazz violinist Papa John Creach, recruited by drummer Covington. Black, bald, in his mid-fifties but comporting himself like a much older man, Creach was easy to mistake at first sight for the latest Airplane prank, but when he plugged in and sweetly sawed his way up the neck of his fiddle, it was impossible not to be astounded by his musicality and charmed by his stage presence. No tapes have surfaced over the years of the band's first show with Creach, nor from the two week tour of the Midwest that immediately followed.
Joe (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   Source: KSAN FM broadcast Sound Rating: A- Lineage:FM>?>Trade CD-R>EAC (Secure)>WAV>FLAC...
wes meyette (5/0) / View  
Rick Martin (5/5) Flac / 2 A View   KSAN FM>MR>DAT>CDR
Notes: Unknown
PIERRE LE GUINIO (5/4.9) CDR / 1 A- View   Vinyl Zap Records LP "Almost Starshipshape" KSAN FM
Notes: FM
Michael D. (5/0) FLAC / View  
michael kass (5/5) cdr / 2 View  
Notes: disc 2 filler: garcia,kaukonen,casady,hopkins&saunders-the matrix,san francisco, 10/21/70????
Jack Warner (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   FM>?>CD
Brian Donohue (5/5) cdr / 1 View   KSAN FM broadcast
Torben (5/5) cd / 2 A View   FM
catherine (5/5) flac 1 / 0 View  
Notes: Marty's crack up/last show Jefferson Airplane October 4, 1970 Fillmore West San Francisco, CA Source: KSAN FM broadcast Sound Rating: A- Paul Kantner (vocals, guitars), Marty Balin (vocals), Jack Casady (Bass), Jorma Kaukonen (guitars, vocals), Joey Covington (percussion), Grace Slick (vocals). 1. Have You Seen the Saucers 2. Crown of Creation 3. Somebody to Love 4. Mexico 5. Up or Down 6. Whatever the Old Man Wants 7. Emergency 8. Wooden Ships 9. Bludgeon of a Bluecoat 10. Greasy Heart 11. You Wear Your Dresses Too Short 12. We Can Be Together 13. Volunteers Notes edited from Ahuka's Choice Volume 6: This is one of Jefferson Airplane's most visible live performances. On Sunday night, October 4, 1970, the Airplane played the first of two headlining evenings at Fillmore West, sharing the bill with The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The New Riders of the Purple Sage (with ex-Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden), and of course, Hot Tuna. The concert was simulcast on KSAN-FM in stereo, and also televised on public television station KQED, with a quadrophonic signal broadcast on KQED-FM. It was to be an historic evening. It had been an historic day. Janis Joplin had died the night before, in Hollywood, California, of a heroin overdose. Marty Balin, deep in mourning for her, wanted to cancel the Fillmore performance but was a minority vote. Taking the stage with a full beard that made him look even more melancholy, Balin sounded distinctly out of place throughout the show. He steers a resplendent "Have You Seen The Saucers" toward a quiet place, but is abruptly overruled by the band, who proceed to turn it into a lacerating Grace Slick rave-up that seems to be fighting the spectre of Death itself off the stage. It only follows with musicians of this caliber that the concert packs some incredibly hot moments -- bassist Jack Casady powerfully upping the ante in the homestretch of "Somebody to Love", and a rare live performance of drummer Joey Covington's "Bludgeon of the Bluecoats" (an outcry against police brutality that the band later recorded in the studio with Little Richard, and never released) that is played with such superhuman speed and dexterity by lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen that Covington actually begs him to slow down -- but this is definitely music born under a bad sign. The poignancy of "Wooden Ships" seems to weigh on Balin particularly, and even the good-natured sexual braggadoccio of his white soul number "Emergency" rings hollow. As an extended, chugging "Volunteers" threatens to keep him onstage longer than he can bear, Balin interrupts the jam with "Look what's happenin' out in the streets," forcing the wind-up. As the song careens to its sloppy, aggravated end, Balin sings what would be his last line as an active member of Jefferson Airplane until 1989: "Gotta revolution -- oh yeah, and I need a new band!" Marty Balin would not sing again as an active member of Jefferson Airplane until their short-lived reunion album and tour of 1989. (He was coaxed onstage at the Airplane's final concert at Winterland in 1972 for an encore of "Baby You Wear Your Dresses Too Short.") The simulcast of the concert ensured that high quality tapes were in circulationg the very next day, and it was not long before bootleg albums surfaced. Both ALMOST STARSHIPSHAPE (Ze Anonym Plattenspieler #ZAP 7855) and TALES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP (Mammary Productions #MM6) were prevented by vinyl limitations from using the entire concert; STARSHIPSHAPE sacrificed "Up or Down", "The Old Man" and "Bludgeon of the Bluecoat", and MOTHERSHIP dropped "Crown of Creation," "Somebody to Love," "Bludgeon" and "Greasy Heart." The next night, Jefferson Airplane returned to Fillmore West without Balin. Joining them was a new member, electric jazz violinist Papa John Creach, recruited by drummer Covington. Black, bald, in his mid-fifties but comporting himself like a much older man, Creach was easy to mistake at first sight for the latest Airplane prank, but when he plugged in and sweetly sawed his way up the neck of his fiddle, it was impossible not to be astounded by his musicality and charmed by his stage presence. No tapes have surfaced over the years of the band's first show with Creach, nor from the two week tour of the Midwest that immediately followed.
Jordan Jacobs (5/3) Flac / 0 View   SBD
Notes: Unknown SBD Lineage
ratskrad (5/0) / 0 View  
niccolo mugnaioni (5/5) cdr / 2 View   aud>c>dat>cdr
molexn (5/5) audio cdr / 1 View  
barry bryson 2 (5/0) cdr / 1 View  
Mark (5/4.9) cdr / 1 B + View  
Rudolf E. Zielinski (5/5) CDR / 2 A- View  
ronnie (5/0) cd-r / 1 View  
Notes: KSAN FM Radio Broadcast
spyrilautte (5/0) FLAC / 1 View   KSAN FM broadcast
John Duncan (5/5) CDR / 1 View  
Jayanand Govindaraj (5/5) CDR / 2 A- View  
Lindsay Meeks (5/0) CD-R / 2 A- View   Fp:?,D
Notes: Ahuka's Choice 6, Filler 10/21
Joe Hardwick (5/0) XL2 / 1 View  
Brad Wright (5/0) CD / 2 View   FM(KSAN)>Rm>DAT>CD
Steve K (4/5) FLAC / 1 A- View   FM
Jeff Hagen (4/5) Flac or CD / 1 View   KSAN FM broadcast Lineage:FM>?>Trade CD-R>EAC (Secure)>WAV>FLAC Frontend 1.1>FLAC
Notes: Ahuka's Choice #6
Brad Foster (4/4.9) FLAC / 1 View   FM>?>CD>EAC>WAV>FLAC
woodenalligator (4/5) CDR / 1 A A View   FM
Notes: Actually Winterland according to JA Base
Marinus van der Plaats (4/5) cdr/flac / 1 View   FM>?>Trade CD-R>EAC (Secure)>WAV>FLAC Frontend 1.1>FLAC (8)
Steve Hemric (4/4.8) FLAC / 1 View  
Notes: 1 CDR disc
Enrico (4/5) CDr / 2 View  
Jeff (4/5) CDR / 1 A A View   KSAN FM Broadcast
Rev_St_Penis (4/0) flac / 1 View  
Mike Simpson (4/4.4) FLAC / 1 View  
Notes: Source: KSAN FM broadcast
Tim Ujin (4/0) CDR / 1 View  
arapahoe (4/0) CDR / 0 A View   KSAN Reel>dat>cdr
Notes: 2 cds. Ahuka's Choice vol. 6 Filler - 10/21/70 jam Kaukonen, Casady, Covington, Creach, Cipollina, Hopkins & Saunders
JoeC (4/0) / 1 View  
Notes: song list\JA1970-10-04Review.doc
zowie (3/5) cd / 1 a View   fm
Richard Warren (3/5) flac / 1 View  
joe m (3/5) flac / 1 View  
Albix (3/4.7) flac / 1 View   FM > ? > Trade CD-R > EAC (Secure) > WAV > FLAC Frontend 1.1 > FLAC (8)
Notes: Paul Kantner (vocals, guitars), Marty Balin (vocals), Jack Casady (Bass), Jorma Kaukonen (guitars, vocals), Joey Covington (percussion), Grace Slick (vocals). Data DVD 2008-001
Carl (3/0) CD-R / 1 View   FM>?>Trade CD-R>EAC (Secure)>WAV>FLAC Frontend 1.1>FLAC (8)
jim hopf (3/4.7) CDR / 1 B+ View   FM>?>CD-R>EAC (Secure)>WAV>FLAC Frontend 1.1>FLAC
Notes: FM
Robbie Kellman (3/5) flac / 1 View  
Notes: $
Rich (3/5) cdr / 1 A- View  
Notes: KSAN FM
Bill d'Angelo (3/5) CDR / 2 View   SBD
Barry Smith (3/5) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: This was NOT Marty Balin's last show. Although he did sit out for the show on October 5th, he was still around for the JA's November '70 tour.
DiamondDave (3/5) CDR / 1 A View   FM>?>Trade CDR>EAC>WAV>FLAC Frontend 1.1>FLAC
Joe the Troll (3/0) / 0 View  
AlanZ (3/0) FLAC / 1 View   Pre FM Reel > DAT > CDR
Steve Wilson (3/5) CDR / 1 View  
JMB (3/5) DAT / 1 View   FM?->?->DAT
Notes:
Scott Cole (3/5) CDR / 1 View   FM
Steve de Carteret (3/0) CDR / 2 View   FM
Notes: Ahuka v. 6 incl 10/21/70 studio jam
robert naylor (3/3) CD / 2 A- View   KSAN Fm>mr>dat>cdr
Notes: No Set List
robert naylor (3/3) CD / 2 A- View   KSAN FM>MR>DAT>CDR
Notes: No Set List
ghostworld (2/5) FLAC / 0 View   KSAN FM Broadcast
My Home (2/0) Flac / 0 View  
OBIE (2/5) FLAC / 2 View  
CMFrolio (2/5) flac / 1 View  
Notes: KSAN FM broadcast, Balin's last show
Terence (2/5) CDR/FLAC / 1 A A View  
Richard D. Jordan (2/5) flac / 1 View   SBD
Buddha-san (2/5) flac / 1 View   FM
Dan Inglima (2/5) CDR / 1 View   FLAC > Peak > CDR
Jackie H. (2/4.7) CD-R/Flac / 1 A View  
Notes: Janis Joplin died the night before
LEE SPATZ (2/0) / 0 A A View   SBD>
Frank Katen (2/0) / 2 View  
Kevin Tobin (2/5) CD / 2 A View   KSAN FM>MR>DAT>CDR
Frank Horowitz (2/0) CDR / 2 View  
bob f (2/0) Flac / 1 A A- View  
Notes: Marty's last show.
Shawn Cox (2/0) cdr / 1 A- View  
Dan (2/0) / 0 View  
Jay (2/0) CDR / 1 View   KSAN FM broadcast
Kaz (1/5) flac / 0 View  
thegreatdivide6 (1/0) flac / 0 View  
Notes: FM
Richard (1/5) CD-R / 1 B+ View  
Richard (1/5) CD-R / 1 A View  
Boedi-taper (1/4.8) CDR / 1 A A View   Soundboard Recording
Notes: Soundboard Recording
Carter (1/5) CDR / 1 View  
upstateDB (1/5) cd / 1 A A View  
Phil (1/5) CD/R / 1 View  
Rick Childs (1/4.9) CDR / 1 A++ A+ View  
aikox2 (1/4.9) / 0 View  
phil (1/5) flac / 0 a- View   ksan fm>?>cd
CDJones (1/5) FLAC/CDR / 1 View  
buc2220 (1/5) CDR / 2 A- View   FM
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.7) CDR / 2 View   FM/SBD
Notes: DVD 551; lineage: FM/Soundboard recording of unknown lineage.
Hanf (1/5) Flac / 0 View  
Notes: KSAN FM
SpiralLightofVenus (1/5) FLAC / 0 FM View  
Notes: FM TB7
Peter James (1/4.9) cdr / 2 A View  
Purple Nation (1/5) CDR / 1 View   FM
Purple Nation (1/5) CDR / 1 View   FM
Janaja (1/5) CD / 2 A- View  
Notes: Starship Trippers
Chuck Kiefe (1/5) CD-R / 1 View  
Notes: FM (KSAN - San Francisco) Broadcast>MR>DAT>CD
Randy Foley (1/5) CDR / 1 A View   SBD/FM
Notes: (76:21) [KSAN-FM broadcast; Marty Balin's final Airplane show; also on the bill--the Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage]
Hugh Owen (1/4.7) cdr / 2 View  
stringman67 (1/5) CDR / 1 A+ View  
Notes: SBD (76.22) mini subsecond pauses
arthur (1/4.9) shn / 1 View  
Notes: Janis died the night before; Marty Balin's last Airplane show
Gary (1/0) cd / 1 A View