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Jefferson Airplane was one of the defining bands of the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Formed in 1965, the group combined folk, blues, electric rock, improvisation, and increasingly experimental studio techniques as the city’s counterculture moved into the national spotlight.
Singer Marty Balin helped found the band and opened the Matrix, a San Francisco club that became one of the important early venues for the emerging local scene. The first Jefferson Airplane lineup included Balin, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Skip Spence, and Signe Toly Anderson. That group recorded Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, released in 1966.
Grace Slick replaced Anderson later that year, while Spencer Dryden took over the drums from Spence. Slick brought two songs associated with her former band, the Great Society: “Somebody to Love,” written by Darby Slick, and her own “White Rabbit.” Both appeared on Surrealistic Pillow in 1967.
Surrealistic Pillow reached number three on the Billboard album chart and became Jefferson Airplane’s commercial breakthrough. “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” both reached the Top 10, giving the San Francisco psychedelic movement two of its most enduring songs.
The band quickly moved into more adventurous territory with After Bathing at Baxter’s later in 1967 and Crown of Creation in 1968. Those records expanded Jefferson Airplane’s approach through extended suites, unusual arrangements, politically charged writing, and the contrast between Slick, Balin, Kantner, and Kaukonen as vocalists and songwriters.
Jefferson Airplane performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival, Woodstock, and the Altamont Speedway Free Festival. Its 1969 album Volunteers reflected the political conflict of the period through “We Can Be Together,” “Eskimo Blue Day,” “Wooden Ships,” and the title track.
The early 1970s brought lineup changes and a harder, less unified sound. Marty Balin and Spencer Dryden departed, while violinist Papa John Creach and drummer Joey Covington became part of the group’s later period. Bark arrived in 1971, followed by Long John Silver in 1972 and the live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland in 1973.
Jefferson Airplane stopped operating as an active band after its 1972 concerts. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady continued with Hot Tuna, while Paul Kantner and Grace Slick helped launch Jefferson Starship. Balin later joined Jefferson Starship as well.
The classic members reunited in 1989 for the self-titled album Jefferson Airplane and a supporting tour. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and received the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
The list below brings together Jefferson Airplane’s principal studio recordings, non-album singles, major archival tracks, officially released alternate versions, and performances from the band’s two original-era live albums. Later archival concert releases are not repeated throughout the list.
Complete List Of Jefferson Airplane Songs From A to Z
- “3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “A Song for All Seasons” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Aerie (Gang of Eagles)” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Alexander the Medium” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “And I Like It” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “And I Like It” (Alternate Version) – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Bear Melt” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Blues from an Airplane” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Blues from an Airplane” (Instrumental) – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Bringing Me Down” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Candy Man” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Chauffeur Blues” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Chauffeur Blues” (Alternate Version) – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Chushingura” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Clergy” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Come Back Baby” – Early Flight (1974)
- “Come Back Baby” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Come Up the Years” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Comin’ Back to Me” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Common Market Madrigal” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Crazy Miranda” – Bark (1971)
- “Crown of Creation” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Crown of Creation” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “D.C.B.A.–25” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Diana / Volunteers” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Don’t Slip Away” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Easter?” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Eat Starch Mom” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Embryonic Journey” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Eskimo Blue Day” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Fat Angel” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Feel So Good” – Bark (1971)
- “Feel So Good” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Freedom” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Go to Her” – Early Flight (1974)
- “Good Shepherd” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Good Shepherd” (Live) – Volunteers (1969)
- “Greasy Heart” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Have You Seen the Saucers?” – Non-album single (1970)
- “Have You Seen the Saucers?” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Hey Fredrick” – Volunteers (1969)
- “High Flying Bird” – Early Flight (1974)
- “How Do You Feel” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Ice Age” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Ice Cream Phoenix” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “If You Feel” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “In the Morning” – Early Flight (1974)
- “In Time” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “It’s Alright” – Early Flight (1974)
- “It’s No Secret” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “It’s No Secret” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “J.P.P. McStep B. Blues” – Early Flight (1974)
- “Lather” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Law Man” – Bark (1971)
- “Law Man” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Let Me In” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Let Me In” (Uncensored Version) – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Let’s Get Together” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Long John Silver” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Long John Silver” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Madeleine Street” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Martha” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Martha” (Mono Single Version) – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Meadowlands” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Mexico” – Non-album single (1970)
- “Milk Train” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Milk Train” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “My Best Friend” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Never Argue with a German If You’re Tired or European Song” – Bark (1971)
- “Now Is the Time” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Panda” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Planes (Experimental Aircraft)” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Plastic Fantastic Lover” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Plastic Fantastic Lover” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Pretty as You Feel” – Bark (1971)
- “Rejoyce” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Rock and Roll Island” – Bark (1971)
- “Rock Me Baby” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Run Around” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Run Around” (Uncensored Version) – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Runnin’ ‘Round This World” – Early Flight (1974)
- “Share a Little Joke” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Share a Little Joke” (Single Version) – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “She Has Funny Cars” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Solidarity” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Somebody to Love” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Somebody to Love” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Somebody to Love” (Mono Single Version) – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Spare Chaynge” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Star Track” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Summer of Love” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil” (Long Version) – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “The Farm” – Volunteers (1969)
- “The House at Pooneil Corners” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “The Last Wall of the Castle” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “The Other Side of This Life” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “The Saga of Sydney Spacepig” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “The Son of Jesus” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “The Wheel (For Nora and Nicaragua)” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Things Are Better in the East” (Demo Version) – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Third Week in the Chelsea” – Bark (1971)
- “Thunk” – Bark (1971)
- “Tobacco Road” – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
- “Today” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Today” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Too Many Years” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Triad” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Trial by Fire” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Trial by Fire” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “True Love” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Turn My Life Down” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Turn Out the Lights” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Twilight Double Leader” – Long John Silver (1972)
- “Twilight Double Leader” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Two Heads” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Two Heads” (Alternate Version) – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Upfront Blues” – Jefferson Airplane (1989)
- “Volunteers” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Volunteers” (Live) – Volunteers (1969)
- “War Movie” – Bark (1971)
- “Watch Her Ride” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Watch Her Ride” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “We Can Be Together” – Volunteers (1969)
- “When the Earth Moves Again” – Bark (1971)
- “When the Earth Moves Again” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “White Rabbit” – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “White Rabbit” (Mono Single Version) – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- “Wild Turkey” – Bark (1971)
- “Wild Tyme (H)” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Won’t You Try / Saturday Afternoon” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Won’t You Try / Saturday Afternoon” (Live) – Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
- “Wooden Ships” – Volunteers (1969)
- “Wooden Ships” (Live) – Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
- “Would You Like a Snack?” – Crown of Creation (1968)
- “Young Girl Sunday Blues” – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
- “Young Girl Sunday Blues” (Instrumental) – After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
Jefferson Airplane Studio Albums
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
After Bathing at Baxter’s (1967)
Crown of Creation (1968)
Volunteers (1969)
Bark (1971)
Long John Silver (1972)
Jefferson Airplane (1989)
Jefferson Airplane Live and Archival Albums
Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
Early Flight (1974)
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