album · April 26, 2005
The Essential Jefferson Airplane
RCA/LegacySee this day
psychedelic rockfolk rockclassic rock
This 2005 compilation, "The Essential Jefferson Airplane," offers a career-spanning overview of the band's most significant work. It draws from their groundbreaking period with RCA, capturing their evolution from folk rock to psychedelic experimentation.
- The album was released on April 26, 2005, by RCA/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
- It compiles key tracks from Jefferson Airplane's tenure on the RCA Victor label between 1966 and 1972.
- The compilation focuses on the band's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed material, reflecting their status as icons of the counterculture.
Jefferson Airplane was a pioneering American psychedelic rock band that emerged from San Francisco in the 1960s, known for their vocal harmonies and distinct sound. By 2005, the band had long been disbanded, with members pursuing various solo and group projects.
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