"杰斐逊飞机"乐队是由男歌手马特·巴林（Marty Balin）于1965年建立起来的摇滚乐队，共6人。起先他们在俱乐部演奏一些民谣摇滚和披头士的歌曲，后来与RCA唱片公司签约，发行专辑《杰斐逊飞机起飞》（Jefferson Airplane Takes Off ，1966）但销路不佳。
不久，他们采用了迷幻摇滚风格，与吸毒文化相联系，而且由于吸收了一位女歌手格瑞斯·斯利克（Grace Slick，1939年出生），情况才发生了变化。1967年，他们的第二张专辑《超现实主义枕头》（Surrealistic Pillow）取得了巨大的成绩。Balin以他带有摇滚力量又不失和谐音律的情歌《Somebody To Love》（有人去爱）和《White Rabbit》(白兔)征服了数以万记的观众。而这两首经典作品作为单曲推出后，销量都突破了百万。
"杰斐逊飞机"被称为嬉皮士时代"旧金山声音"最主要的代表，成了美国最负盛名的摇滚团体之一。"杰斐逊飞机"随后发行的迷幻摇滚专辑，如《万物之冠》（Crown Of Creation，1968）、《志愿者》（Volunteers，1969）、《吠叫》（Bark，1971）等，也都很受欢迎。虽然其中没有一首单曲进入"最佳十首"，但对旧金山很多乐队来说，这是很寻常的。他们不在乎排行榜，甚至有的还把"上榜"看作是一件不光彩的事情。
70年代初，"杰斐逊飞机"的人员又有变动，其骨乾除斯利克外，还有保罗·坎特纳（Paul Kantner ）。他们改名为"杰斐逊（星际）飞船"（Jefferson Starship）。1975年巴林（"杰斐逊飞机"的创立人，后离队）回到乐队。过了三年，巴林和斯利克都退出"杰斐逊飞船"（斯利克于1982年重新加入），乐队风格转向硬摇滚。最初的老队员中只剩下坎特纳一人。最后，连坎特纳也离开了，根据他的诉讼结果，乐队被要求去掉名称中的"杰斐逊"，改名为" （星际）飞船"（Star Ship）。尽管如此，"飞船"于80年代后期仍不时地取得成功。
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock movement.
Successive incarnations of the band have performed under different names, reflecting changing times and performer lineups, known as Jefferson Starship, and later simply Starship before becoming Jefferson Starship The Next Generation in 1991.
Jefferson Airplane was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
The term "Jefferson airplane" is also slang for a used paper match split open to hold a marijuana joint that has been smoked too short to hold without burning the hands, an improvised roach clip.[citation needed] An urban legend claims this was the origin for the band's name, but according to band member Jorma Kaukonen, the name was invented by his friend Steve Talbot as a parody of blues names such as 'Blind Lemon' Jefferson

Originally released in 1967 (same year but 10 months after Surrealistic Pillow), this RCA/BMG Heritage remastered reissue adds 4 bonus tracks 'The Ballad Of You Me and Pooneil' (live-long version previously unreleased), 'Martha' (single version-mono), 'Two Heads' (alternate version-previously unreleased) & 'Things Are Better In The East' (demo version-previously unreleased). Includes 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes, detailed track listing & rare photos. 2003.

Originally released in 1966, this RCA/BMG Heritage remastered reissue adds 8 bonus tracks, 'Runnin' 'Round This World', 'High Flyin' Bird', 'It's Alright', 'Go To Her' (early version), 'Let Me In' (original uncensored version), 'Run Around' (original uncensored version), 'Chauffer Blues' (alternate version-previously unissued) & 'And I Like It' (alternate version-previously unissued). Includes 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes, detailed track listing & rare photos. 2003.

Japanese pressing. Limited edition reissue of the 1971 original release comes packaged in a paper sleeve. BMG. 2005.

傑佛森飛船是以加州舊金山為根據地的迷幻搖滾先鋒樂團。成立於1965年，他們奠定了舊金山之聲並成為第一個從灣區走向國際商業成功的樂團。而樂團活躍於美國三場極為重要的搖滾音樂節—蒙特雷、胡士托和阿爾塔蒙特—和第一屆的英國懷特島音樂節。

76 pages of psychedelic art, photography and stories accompanied by over two hours of exceptional live recordings.
In 1965 Marty Balin had a dream. Create a band with five guys and a girl to play folk music with electric instruments. Bill Graham dreamt of becoming an actor, but became the man behind the stage with a clipboard in his hand. An arrest in a San Francisco public park would bring the man and band together for a cause, and the event would be life-changing for both.
Former Bill Graham Presents Archivist Katherine York sifted through the documented heritage of Jefferson Airplane and studied the band's relationship with the burgeoning rock concert industry to uncover the tale of the first Fillmore house band. The songs on the accompanying USB were selected from over 35 hours of live concert recordings performed by Jefferson Airplane and recorded by Bill Graham on his stages. This compilation of restored and remastered performances has been curated to best exemplify the band's development while playing these venues.
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