Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
The band's debut, made before Grace Slick joined, with Spence on drums.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence, 1966
- Released
- 15 August 1966
- Recorded
- December 1965 to March 1966
- Label
- RCA Victor
- Producer
- Tommy Oliver
Tommy Oliver produced the album and Dave Hassinger engineered it. Sessions began on 16 December 1965 and ran in three blocks into March 1966, with 14 songs recorded. Signe Toly Anderson sang on it and Spence played drums, and both soon left, Spence in May 1966 and Anderson in October. Spence co-wrote Blues From An Airplane and Don't Slip Away with Marty Balin.
Personnel
- Skip Spence drums
- Signe Toly Anderson vocals
More from Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Moby Grape (1967), Wow/Grape Jam (1968), Oar (1969), More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (1999)
Sources
- Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, Wikipedia
- Skip Spence, Moby Grape and Oar, Louder