Jefferson Airplane The Boarding House Live Tape Recording #2

Historical archived San Francisco live track tape of a performance by Jefferson Airplane circa late 1960's. Unheard and archived since this time, this master tape features a live and unaltered recording of Jefferson Airplane performing in San Francisco at the height of the psychedelic rock era.

Tape contains rare live audio from Jefferson Airplane, among the various songs on this tape are some of their greates hits. 7 inches. Box is 7.25'' square.

The "Boarding House Tapes" consist of professional audio of 1960's era live recordings from San Francisco performances and interviews of many of the (soon to be) best-known rock bands, blues artists and historic American folk musicians.The reel-to-reel audiotapes of this performance was stored for the many years during which they were all but forgotten. Until they again came to light this material has not been distributed into commercial markets. These were all local recorded performances. Performed and recorded with the full knowledge and permission of the participating artists and performers at live concerts presented between 1963 and 1968 .

San Francisco at this time was the epicenter of psychedelic music and youth. Most of the concerts took place at the historic Boarding House nightclub which was host to legendary performers such as Neil Young, Patti Smith, and Janis Joplin among many others. Performances and interviews also took place at San Francisco State University and no matter the venue they always catered to loyal audiences with the most authentic musical artists.

Jefferson Airplane was a rock band based in San Francisco, California, who pioneered psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s - Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969) - and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album Surrealistic Pillow ranks on the short list of the most significant recordings of the "Summer of Love". Two songs from that album, "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", are among Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

The "classic" lineup of Jefferson Airplane, from October 1966 to February 1970, was Marty Balin (vocals), Paul Kantner (guitar, vocals), Grace Slick (vocals), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals), Jack Casady (bass), and Spencer Dryden (drums).Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.

Original vintage box in acceptable condition. "Ray Conniff's," "Paul Mauriat," and "Chet Atkin" written in pen on the side of the box does not correspond to audio on this rare tape.