Cleared for Take Off [Live][Import]

Jefferson Airplane

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2003)
• Original Release Date: November 6, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: Acrobat
• ASIN: B0000C24JF
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #253,825 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. 3/5 of a Mile in Ten Seconds

2. Don't Let Me Down

3. Don't Slip Away

4. Get Together

5. High Flying Band

6. It's No Secret

7. Come Back Baby

8. Plastic Fantastic Lover

9. Running Round the World

10. She Has Funny Cars

11. Somebody to Love

12. Other Side of This Life

13. Thing

14. Tobacco Road

15. Today

16. White Rabbit

17. You're Bringing Me Down

18. You're My Best Friend

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Mid-sixties live performance proves that Jefferson Airplane were one of the most important and influential bands to emerge from the Summer Of Love. Features 18 tracks including versions of many of their biggest chart hits and album tracks. Acrobat. 2003.

Customer Reviews

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One From The Vaults, January 5, 2004

By	Wax Nostalgic (Valhalla, NY USA) - See all my reviews

Billed as a "fully realised live performance for the mid-sixties," this is actually a compilation of recordings from at least four different shows that range in date (judging from the song selection and the arrangements) from late '66 to Autumn 1967.

The recordings show the classic line-up just as they are riding their first wave of major national success, and their enthusiasm is all over this set. (Leading my wife to comment, "Why are they doing `White Rabbit' so fast?") Fans of the Café Au Go Go show that has recently circulated will be familiar with the caliber of Airplane's performance and energy on this disc.

Given its distribution, I assume this is a "legal" recording -- In which case it would mark the first official release of a good number of the live versions on this disc. Most notably, the "Leave You Alone" version of "Somebody To Love," and the most rockin' "Don't Slip Away" I have yet to hear. [Newer initiates should not be fooled into thinking that "Jorma's Blues" is a previously unreleased track - it's the way Marty used to introduce the Jorma showcase "Come Back Baby" on stage]

The sound quality of this release falls well short of what one expects from an officially sanctioned release, but can be recommended for its archival interest to hardcore fans of the band... And its likely that anyone else would have lost interest in this review by now, anyway.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please let the plane get off the ground, May 23, 2007

By	Craig Fenton "Craig The Airplane Man" (Airplaneville, New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hi Airplaners:

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" I put together this information for you and hope it gives you the best source of making a judgement about the recording. If you don't already have the music, please don't be turned off by the change of sound quality. Many times in order to acquire previously unreleased music you can't always have it sound like George Martin was part of the project.

"Cleared For Take Off " Acrobat (U.K.) ACMCD 4001 CD released 11/6/03 (Taken from the Winterland, San Francisco, California performances of 3/10-3/12/67). The sound quality changes throughout the CD and the pops come at no extra charge. Although the CD wasn't put together with the greatest respect to the band or fan (Some songs fade-out and have wrong titles), those that don't own the material will be interested. There should have been one version of everything played during the three nights. The CD doesn't include "And I Like It", "Let Me In", "Fat Angel", or the jam. No information was given in the liner notes about the dates used for the songs so I have included that for you. "3/5 Of A Mile In To Seconds" 3/11/67, "Don't Let Me Down" 3/10/67, "Don't Slip Away" 3/10/67, "She Has Funny Cars" 3/12/67, "Let's Get Together" (Fades-out) 3/11/67, "High Flying Bird" 3/12/67, "It's No Secret" 3/12/67, "Come Back Baby" (Listed as "Jorma's Blues") 3/12/67, "Plastic Fantastic Lover"(Intro cut) 3/11/67, "Runnin' Round This World"(Listed as "Running Round The World") 3/11/67, "Somebody To Love" (W/"Leave You Alone" which was not listed) 3/10/67, "The Other Side Of This Life" 3/11/67, "Thing" (Fades-out) 3/11/67, "Tobacco Road" 3/10/67, "Today" 3/11/67, "White Rabbit" 3/12/67, "Bringing Me Down" (Listed as "You're Bring Me Down") 3/11/67, and "My Best Friend" (Listed as "You're My Best Friend").

Thanks and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a nice compilation, February 4, 2006

By	L. D. Bell (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This disc contains tracks taken from the 10-12 March 1967 shows at Winterland. All three nights circulate as collectors' recordings, and if you want to hear the complete recordings in proper context then i'd suggest tracking those down. But as a sampler this works pretty well. The recording is a soundboard but the quality is a little rough. This is true on collectors' copies too, and the Acrobat compilation isn't bad in comparison.

The disc includes most of the songs played during those shows (omitting only "And I Like It", "Let Me In", "Fat Angel", and a long instrumental jam) but doesn't include the multiple performances of the same songs over the three nights. The performance is vintage Airplane, recorded only about a month after their breakthrough "Surrealistic Pillow" LP was released.

The disc is almost certainly unauthorized and may take advantage of sometimes lax European copyright laws, but the material hasn't been officially released. I expect that if it ever is, the quality will be substantially better. Until then, you may want to check this disc out as a sampler of the Airplane giving some tight, energetic performances.