Jefferson Airplane - 2400 Fulton Street: An Anthology

This was the first serious effort to assemble the best and most interesting of The Jefferson Airplane's work from beginning to end. At the time, the group's catalog on CD was in a woeful state of disrepair, hastily mastered from LP production sources and sounding worse than original vinyl copies of many of the titles, and there was no comprehensive anthology, just the Worst Of Jefferson Airplane compilation from 1970. 2400 Fulton Street isn't ideal, jumping around a little too much, but provides a look for the uninitiated into the evolution of the group's sound from a mixed electric-acoustic folk rock ensemble, not too different from The Mugwumps et al., into a high-energy rock band and, for a time, one of the more daring psychedelic outfits. Read More