Title: The First Airplane; just before Grace Slick
Product review: If you compile a 60s rock collection, this has to be included.I had the vinyl of this and wanted to see if it would hold up after all these years.I lived in The Haight when this came out in 1965. The main bands in The Haight then were The Airplane, The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company.But there were a lot of great bands from all over the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, all feeding off the same Zeitgeist.The original members were initially folkies, but then the British Invasion influenced them.You can hear the twangy guitar of the Beatles, the Byrds and the heavier sound of the Animals in this compilation.This is just before their really big album in 1966 after Grace Slick joined the band from The Great Society.The eight bonus tracks are excellent too.A seminal album.
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