The Essential Jefferson Airplane is a compilation of music from San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane spanning its entire career, excluding the brief reunion in 1989.
It follows their development from their beginnings in folk-rock through psychedelia to conventional rock genres.
Track listing Disc one "Blues from an Airplane" – 2:12 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966) "It's No Secret" – 2:39 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off "Come Up the Years" – 2:32 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off "She Has Funny Cars" – 3:09 from Surrealistic Pillow (1967) "Somebody to Love" – 2:56 from Surrealistic Pillow "Comin' Back to Me" – 5:15 from Surrealistic Pillow "Embryonic Journey" – 1:54 from Surrealistic Pillow "White Rabbit" – 2:32 from Surrealistic Pillow "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" – 4:32 from After Bathing at Baxter's (1967) "Martha" (mono single version) – 3:27 from After Bathing at Baxter's "The Last Wall of the Castle" – 2:42 from After Bathing at Baxter's "Watch Her Ride" – 3:17 from After Bathing at Baxter's "Lather" – 2:57 from Crown of Creation (1968) "Crown of Creation" – 2:54 from Crown of Creation "Greasy Heart" – 3:27 from Crown of Creation "Share a Little Joke" (mono single version) – 3:06 from Crown of Creation
Disc two "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (live) – 4:46 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969) "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live) – 3:51 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head "We Can Be Together" – 5:47 from Volunteers (1969) "Good Shepherd" – 4:21 from Volunteers "Wooden Ships" – 6:25 from Volunteers "Eskimo Blue Day" – 6:33 from Volunteers "Volunteers" – 2:04 from Volunteers "Have You Seen the Saucers?" – 3:36 b-side to "Mexico" (1970) "Mexico" (single version) – 2:09 non-album single "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:56 from Bark (1971) "Pretty as You Feel" – 4:30 from Bark "Third Week in the Chelsea" – 4:36 from Bark "Long John Silver" – 4:26 from Long John Silver (1972) "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:44 from Long John Silver "Feel So Good" (live) – 11:23 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973) "Milk Train" (live) – 3:28 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
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