2400 Fulton Street

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2400 Fulton Street
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Greatest hits album by Jefferson Airplane
Released March 1987 (vinyl), 1990 (expanded CD)
Genre Rock
Length 131:47
Label RCA
Producer Bill Thompson
Randy Miller
Paul Atkinson
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Flight Log
(1977)Flight Log1977
2400 Fulton Street
(1987)
Jefferson Airplane
(1989)Jefferson Airplane1989

2400 Fulton Street is a compilation album of music from the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, originally released in 1987. The title is taken from the street address of a house the band maintained near the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the late 1960s.

The CD release is titled "2400 Fulton Street --- The CD Collection", contains eleven tracks not included on other releases, and features the otherwise unavailable Levis radio commercials of 1967. At the time, Levi Strauss marketed a line of jeans that were bleached white by exposure to sea water. Termed White Levis, they nevertheless came in several colors and were popular among surfers along the west coast [1]. Levi Strauss & Co. commissioned two short radio spots, which aired nationally in the United States.

Track listing

Disc One

Beginnings
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
1. "It's No Secret"   Marty Balin Jefferson Airplane Takes Off 2:39
2. "Come up the Years"   Balin, Paul Kantner Jefferson Airplane Takes Off 2:32
3. "My Best Friend"   Skip Spence Surrealistic Pillow 3:02
4. "Somebody to Love"   Darby Slick Surrealistic Pillow 2:59
5. "Comin' Back to Me"   Balin Surrealistic Pillow 5:22
6. "Embryonic Journey"   Jorma Kaukonen Surrealistic Pillow 1:54
7. "She Has Funny Cars"   Kaukonen, Balin Surrealistic Pillow 3:10
8. "Let's Get Together"   Chet Powers Jefferson Airplane Takes Off 3:36
9. "Blues from an Airplane"   Balin, Spence Jefferson Airplane Takes Off 2:03
10. "J.P.P. Mcstep B. Blues"   Spence Early Flight 2:47
Psychedelia
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
11. "Plastic Fantastic Lover"   Balin Surrealistic Pillow 2:37
12. "Wild Tyme (H)"   Kantner After Bathing at Baxter's 3:08
13. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"   Kantner After Bathing at Baxter's 4:36
14. "A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly"   Spencer Dryden, Gary Blackman, Bill Thompson After Bathing at Baxter's 1:32
15. "White Rabbit"   Grace Slick Surrealistic Pillow 2:34
16. "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon"   Kantner After Bathing at Baxter's 5:04
17. "Lather"   G. Slick Crown of Creation 2:58
18. "Fat Angel"   Donovan Leitch Bless Its Pointed Little Head 7:39
19. "The Last Wall of the Castle"   Kaukonen After Bathing at Baxter's 2:44
20. "Greasy Heart"   G. Slick Crown of Creation 3:24

Disc Two

Revolution
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
1. "We Can Be Together"   Kantner Volunteers 5:50
2. "Crown of Creation"   Kantner Crown of Creation 2:54
3. "Mexico (different mix from the single)"   G. Slick "Mexico" single A-side and Early Flight 1:52
4. "Wooden Ships"   Kantner, David Crosby, Stephen Stills Volunteers 6:23
5. "Rejoyce"   G. Slick After Bathing at Baxter's 4:02
6. "Volunteers" (live) Balin, Kantner Woodstock 3:05
7. "Have You Seen the Saucers?"   Kantner "Mexico" single B-side and Early Flight 3:40
8. "Eat Starch Mom"   Kaukonen, G. Slick Long John Silver 4:34
Airplane Parts
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
9. "Pretty as You Feel"   Jack Casady, Joey Covington, Kaukonen Bark 4:30
10. "Martha"   Kantner After Bathing at Baxter's 3:26
11. "Today"   Balin, Kantner Surrealistic Pillow 3:01
12. "Triad"   Crosby Crown of Creation 4:56
13. "Third Week in the Chelsea"   Kaukonen Bark 4:35
14. "Good Shepherd"   Trad., arr. Kaukonen Volunteers 4:26
15. "Eskimo Blue Day"   Slick, Kantner Volunteers 6:29
16. "The Levi Commercials"       1:44

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

Allmusic's Bruce Eder rated the compilation four out of five stars. He explained that it "[jumps] around a little too much, but provides a look for the uninitiated into the evolution of the group's sound". He concluded by stating that "the sound was a major improvement at the time" and that "the notes contained what was, at the time, perhaps the best easily available account of the group's history."[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eder, Bruce. 2400 Fulton Street: An Anthology - Jefferson Airplane at AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2011.


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