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Jefferson Starship
1975-05-12
Sheep Meadow, Central Park
New York NY
FM broadcast
192 kbps
Artwork Included
CD 1:
01. Ride The Tiger
02. Off The Trees - part 1
03. Fast Buck Freddie
04. The Witcher
05. Off The Trees - part 2
06. Devil's Den
07. Caroline
08. Off The Trees - part 3
09. Drivin' Me Crazy
10. Papa Creach's Down Home Blues
11. Off The Trees - part 4
CD 2:
01. Play On Love
02. Better Lying Down
03. Have You Seen The Saucers
04. Come To Life
05. White Rabbit
06. Off The Trees - part 5
07. Sweeter Than Honey
08. Somebody To Love
09. Volunteers
The Jefferson Starship itself is a legacy of the 1960s. The band emerged from the ashes of the Jefferson Airplane, who released their debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, in August 1966. Of course, it would be their next disc Surrealistic Pillow, released in the Summer Of Love in 1967 with Grace Slick on board, that would skyrocket the band to stardom. As mentioned earlier, when the Airplane dissolved in 1973, its successor almost immediately rose from the ashes. Jefferson Starhsip, led by former Airplane members Grace Slick and Paul Kanter, released the album Dragonfly in 1974, featuring the single, Ride The Tiger. By 1975, Marty Balin, another Airplane refugee, had joined the Starship. In June 1975, the Starship would release the album Red Octopus, which would become the best selling album that any configuration of Jefferson Airplane/Starship would release. The album hit number 1 on the Billboard charts, and the single, Miracles, went to number 3. Just a few weeks before the album's release, the Starship played in front over over 100,000 fans on the Sheep Meadow in Central Park. During the show, the police continually harassed the band to ask the fans to get out of the trees! This tape of the WNEW-FM broadcast captures that historic show from May 12, 1975, 39 years ago today, in its entirety. The band plays several songs from soon to be released Red Octupus, but ironically, Miracles isn't included in the set list. They do play several Airplane tunes, however, to close the show. Download this one to catch the Starship when they still were a major force in the music world, long before the horror of We Built This City On Rock and Roll.
10 comments:
Thank you!
interesting to see a couple of bodacious songs performed-thanks i'll have to check that out
My friends and I got there early for a good spot. Beautiful weather, great vibes (except for the delays as people kept climbing the trees for a better vantage point.) The Outlaws opened with their current hit Green Grass & High Tides well-received.
hey speedy great post a very good starship post good sound for radio at the time. thanks
Hi. Not sure i understand your blog. I've tried a number of your download links but they just launch ads or 'file not found' results. Are your shows avaiailable some other way? I love your collection and am looking to replace some old cassette recordings i have with digital. Let me know. Thx.
If when you click on the download link you run into an issue, just leave a comment under the post. I'll check the link over the next 72 hours, and if I find its not working, I'll repost it with a new link. Some of the older links may have expired as I use free hosting sites that rarely keep a show up for more than 90 days. Hope that helps.
New link is up! Enjoy!
Thanks Speedy! My Rosebud loves Grace Slick! She's gonna love this one.
Dave
can youplease reup this show? jimg
Of course my good friend - enjoy & happy new year!
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