Jefferson Airplane Loves You is a three-CD boxed set of recordings by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....

 with extensive liner notes by Jeff Tamarkin

Jeff Tamarkin

Jeff Tamarkin is an American editor, author and historian specializing in music and popular culture.-Career:For 15 years Tamarkin was editor of Goldmine, a magazine for record and CD collectors. Prior to that, he served as the first editor of CMJ and as editor of Relix...

, author of the Jefferson Airplane biography Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane.

Many of the tracks are previously unreleased live recordings or studio rehearsals, but several are lifted from prior Jefferson Airplane albums. A song by The Great Society, Grace Slick

Grace Slick

Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...

's original band, appears on the first CD.

A quadraphonic version of the "Volunteers

Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album)

-Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Farm", "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day", and "Volunteers", organ on "Meadowlands", recorder on "Eskimo Blue Day"*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Marty Balin – vocals, percussion...

" album was released, and a few of the songs are from this release, but have been remixed into conventional stereo. Because of the remix, any psychedelic

Psychedelic

The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...

 movements of instruments from front-to-back or side-to-side behind the listener that were present in the quadraphonic version are lost.

The songs are arranged in chronological

Chronology

Chronology is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time, such as the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events".Chronology is part of periodization...

 order beginning with a pre-Airplane solo by Marty Balin

Marty Balin

Marty Balin is an American musician. He is best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane.-Early life:Martyn Buchwald was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...

 and ending with a 1972 live recording of the rarely heard "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short".

Disc 1

1. "I Specialize in Love" (Marty Balin, Harry Collis) – 1:56 (Marty Balin Challenge single #9156)
2. "Go To Her" (Paul Kantner, Irving Estes) – 4:05 (previously unreleased early version)
3. "Bringing Me Down" (Balin, Kantner) – 2:22 (from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
   Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
   Jefferson Airplane Takes Off is the debut album of San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on RCA Victor Records in September 1966. The personnel differ from the later "classic" lineup and the music is more folk-rock than the harder psychedelic sound for which the band later became...
   
   )
4. "Let Me In" (Balin, Kantner) – 3:28 (previously unreleased alternate take)mixed December, 1991 by Pat Ieraci and Mark Linett
5. "Chauffeur Blues" (Lester Melrose
   Lester Melrose
   Lester Melrose was one of the first American producers of blues records.-Career:He was born Lester Franklin Melrose in Sumner, Illinois, United States, the second of six children of Frank and Mollie Melrose who owned a small farm...
   
   ) – 2:28 (from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off)
6. "Free Advice" (Darby Slick) – 2:29 (Great Society Northbeach single #1001)
7. "Somebody to Love
   Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane song)
   "Somebody to Love" is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick and originally recorded by 1960s folk rock band The Great Society and later by the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane...
   
   " (D. Slick) – 2:58 (from Surrealistic Pillow
   Surrealistic Pillow
   Surrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967.Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden, a nephew of Charlie Chaplin. New lead vocalist...
   
   )
8. "Today
   Today (Jefferson Airplane song)
   "Today" is a folk rock ballad written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner from the band Jefferson Airplane. It first appeared on their breakthrough album, Surrealistic Pillow, with a live version later appearing on the expanded rerelease of Bless Its Pointed Little Head. Marty Balin said, "I wrote it...
   
   " (Balin, Kantner) – 3:00 (from Surrealistic Pillow)
9. "Embryonic Journey
   Embryonic Journey (instrumental)
   The acoustic instrumental Embryonic Journey composed by Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen originally appeared as the ninth track on Jefferson Airplane's second album Surrealistic Pillow but has been often anthologized, and multiple takes were released as an album also entitled...
   
   " (Jorma Kaukonen) – 1:52 (from Surrealistic Pillow)
10. "White Rabbit
    White Rabbit (song)
    "White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100...
    
    " (Grace Slick) – 2:33 (from Surrealistic Pillow)
11. "Come Back Baby" (traditional, arranged by Kaukonen) – 2:55 (previously unreleased)from an unreleased Jefferson Airplane compilation LP (LSP-3995) that was to include live and studio tracks in early 1968
12. "The Other Side of This Life" (Fred Neil
    Fred Neil
    Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...
    
    ) – 8:03 (previously unreleased live)recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA, May 1967mixed June, 1992 by Paul Williams and Pat Martin
13. "Runnin' 'Round this World" (Balin, Kantner) – 2:30 (previously unreleased live)
14. "She Has Funny Cars" (Kaukonen, Balin) – 3:37 (previously unreleased live)
15. "High Flyin' Bird" (Billy Edd Wheeler
    Billy Edd Wheeler
    Billy Edward "Edd" Wheeler is an American songwriter, performer, writer and visual artist. He has written songs performed by over 90 different artists including Judy Collins, Jefferson Airplane, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, Hazel Dickens, and Elvis Presley...
    
    ) – 4:03 (previously unreleased live)
16. "Tobacco Road
    Tobacco Road (song)
    "Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres....
    
    " (John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
    
    ) – 3:57 (previously unreleased live)
17. "Let's Get Together" (Chet Powers
    Chet Powers
    Chester William Powers, Jr. was an American singer-songwriter, and a member of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. He was also known by the stage name "Dino Valenti" and, as a songwriter, as Jesse Oris Farrow...
    
    ) – 4:05 (previously unreleased live)
18. "White Rabbit
    White Rabbit (song)
    "White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100...
    
    " (G. Slick) – 2:23 (previously unreleased live)
19. "Comin' Back to Me" (Balin) – 7:38 (previously unreleased live)
20. "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon" (Kantner) – 7:01 (previously unreleased live)

Disc 2

1. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" (Kantner) – 11:38 (previously unreleased alternate version)
2. "Things are Better in the East" (Balin) – 3:18 (previously unreleased)
3. "Watch Her Ride" (Kantner) – 3:15 (from After Bathing at Baxter's
   After Bathing at Baxter's
   After Bathing at Baxter's was released in 1967 and is the third album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane.Unlike Surrealistic Pillow, released earlier the same year, After Bathing at Baxter's is classified as psychedelic rock because it eschews the more commercial type pop songs, such...
   
   )
4. "Two Heads" (G. Slick) – 3:14 (from After Bathing at Baxter's)
5. "Martha" (Kantner) – 3:26 (single version) (RCA single #47-9389)
6. "Don't Let Me Down" (Balin, Ernie K-Doe
   Ernie K-Doe
   Ernie K-Doe , born Ernest Kador, Jr., was an African American rhythm and blues singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law" which went to #1 on the Billboard pop chart in the U.S.-Early career:...
   
   ) – 2:54 (previously unreleased)
7. "Crown of Creation" (Kantner) – 2:53 (from Crown of Creation
   Crown of Creation
   -Personnel:*Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar*Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ*Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals*Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, electric chicken, vocals*Spencer Dryden – drums, piano, organ, steel balls, vocals...
   
   )
8. "Lather
   Lather (song)
   Lather is a song by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane. It is the opening track on the 1968 album Crown of Creation and was the B-Side for the single of the same name.- Meaning :...
   
   " (G. Slick) – 2:57 (from Crown of Creation)
9. "In Time" (Kantner, Balin) – 4:14 (from Crown of Creation)
10. "House at Pooneil Corners" (Kantner, Balin) – 5:51 (from Crown of Creation)
11. "RiBump Ba Bap Dum Dum" (Spencer Dryden, Bill Goodwin
    Bill Goodwin (jazz drummer)
    F. Bill Goodwin is an American jazz drummer. Bill has been a professional drummer since 1959, and has performed with many jazz instrumentalists such as: Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Jim Hall, George Shearing and Bobby Hutcherson, and singers such as June Christy, Joe Williams, Tony...
    
    ) – 1:32 (previously unreleased)from the master tape for Crown of Creation
12. "Would You Like a Snack?" (G. Slick, Frank Zappa
    Frank Zappa
    Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
    
    ) – 2:38 (previously unreleased)
13. "3/5 Mile in 10 Seconds" (Balin) – 4:45 (live) (from Bless Its Pointed Little Head
    Bless Its Pointed Little Head
    Bless Its Pointed Little Head is a live album by Jefferson Airplane recorded at both the Fillmore East and West in the fall of 1968 and released in 1969. Five songs on the album had not appeared on any of the band's previous studio recordings. The songs that did appear on previous albums, however,...
    
    )
14. "It's No Secret" (Balin) – 3:28 (live) (from Bless Its Pointed Little Head)
15. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (Balin) – 4:24 (previously unreleased live)recorded at the Woodstock Festival
    Woodstock Festival
    Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
    
     at Bethel, NY, August 17, 1969
16. "Uncle Sam Blues" (traditional, arranged by Kaukonen, Jack Casady) – 5:27 (previously unreleased live)
17. "Wooden Ships
    Wooden Ships
    "Wooden Ships" is a rock song written and composed by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Paul Kantner in the late 1960s. The song was written and composed in Florida on Crosby's boat...
    
    " (David Crosby
    David Crosby
    David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
    
    , Kantner, Stephen Stills
    Stephen Stills
    Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
    
    ) – 5:52 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic Volunteers
    Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album)
    -Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "The Farm", "Hey Fredrick", "Eskimo Blue Day", and "Volunteers", organ on "Meadowlands", recorder on "Eskimo Blue Day"*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Marty Balin – vocals, percussion...
    
    )mixed down to stereo June, 1992 by Paul Williams and Pat Martin
18. "Volunteers
    Volunteers (song)
    "Volunteers" is a Jefferson Airplane single that was released to promote the album Volunteers two months before its release. It was written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner together. Marty was woken up by a truck one morning, which happened to be a truck with Volunteers of America painted on the...
    
    " (Balin, Kantner) – 2:17 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic Volunteers)

Disc 3

1. "We Can Be Together" (Kantner) – 6:00 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic Volunteers)
2. "Turn My Life Down" (Kaukonen) – 2:56 (from Volunteers)
3. "Good Shepherd
   Good Shepherd (song)
   "Good Shepherd" is a traditional song, most known as recorded by Jefferson Airplane on their 1969 album Volunteers. It was arranged and sung by the group's guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, who described their interpretation of it as psychedelic folk-rock....
   
   " (traditional, arranged by Kaukonen) – 4:24 (from Volunteers)
4. "Hey Fredrick" (G. Slick) – 9:04 (alternate take) (from Quadraphonic Volunteers)
5. "Emergency" (Balin) – 4:36 (from "Go Ride the Music" documentary)
6. "When the Earth Moves Again" (Kantner) – 3:55 (from Bark
   Bark (album)
   -Personnel:* Jack Casady – bass* Joey Covington – percussion, drums, vocals* Paul Kantner – guitar, vocals* Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals* Grace Slick – piano, vocals- Additional personnel :...
   
   )
7. "Pretty as You Feel" (Casady, Joey Covington, Kaukonen) – 3:09 (single version) (Grunt single #65-0500)
8. "Law Man" (G. Slick) – 2:42 (from Bark)
9. "Feel So Good" (Kaukonen) – 9:23 (previously unreleased extended version)from the master tape for Bark
10. "Twilight Double Leader" (Kantner) – 4:47 (from Long John Silver
    Long John Silver (album)
    -Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano*Jack Casady – bass*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals*Papa John Creach – electric violin*John Barbata – drums, tambourine, "against the grain stubble scraping"...
    
    )
11. "Aerie (Gang of Eagles)" (G. Slick) – 3:55 (from Long John Silver)
12. "Trial by Fire" (Kaukonen) – 4:51 (live) (from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
    Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
    -Personnel:Personnel credits from original Vinyl release.*Jack Casady – bass*Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar*Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals*Grace Slick – vocals*Papa John Creach – electric violin*John Barbata – drums, percussion...
    
    )
13. "Dress Rap" (G. Slick) – 1:25 (previously unreleased live)recorded at Winterland in San Francisco, CA, September 22, 1972
14. "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short" (Balin) – 12:35 (previously unreleased live)

Jefferson Airplane

• Marty Balin
  Marty Balin
  Marty Balin is an American musician. He is best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane.-Early life:Martyn Buchwald was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
  
   – vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion
• Grace Slick
  Grace Slick
  Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...
  
   – vocals, piano, organ, recorder
• Paul Kantner
  Paul Kantner
  Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :...
  
   – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jorma Kaukonen
  Jorma Kaukonen
  Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.-Biography:...
  
   – lead guitar, vocals
• Jack Casady
  Jack Casady
  Jack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
  
   – bass
• Spencer Dryden
  Spencer Dryden
  Spencer Dryden was an American musician best known as the longest-serving drummer for Jefferson Airplane. He also played with New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dinosaurs, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.-Early life:...
  
   – drums, percussion
• Signe Anderson – vocals on "Go to Her", "Bringing Me Down", and "Chauffeur Blues"
• Skip Spence
  Skip Spence
  Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born musician and singer-songwriter. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969's Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry...
  
   – drums on "Bringing Me Down", "Let Me In", and "Chauffeur Blues"
• Joey Covington
  Joey Covington
  Joseph "Joey" Edward Covington is a US drummer, best known for his involvements with Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane.-Brief biography:...
  
   – congas on "Turn My Life Down" and "Pretty as You Feel", drums on "Emergency", "When the Earth Moves Again", "Law Man", "Feel So Good", and "Twilight Double Leader", tambourine on "Twilight Double Leader", lead vocals on "Pretty as You Feel"
• Papa John Creach
  Papa John Creach
  Papa John Creach played for Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars , The Dinosaurs , and Steve Taylor...
  
   – electric violin on "When the Earth Moves Again", "Pretty as You Feel", "Twilight Double Leader", "Aerie", "Trial by Fire", and "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short"
• John Barbata
  John Barbata
  John Barbata is an American drummer, born in Passaic, New Jersey, active especially in pop and pop/rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer.-Biography:...
  
   – drums on "Aerie", "Trial by Fire", and "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short"
• David Freiberg
  David Freiberg
  David Freiberg is an American musician. He was vocalist and/or bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.-Career:...
  
   – tambourine on "Trial by Fire"

Additional Personnel

• Jerry Garcia
  Jerry Garcia
  Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
  
   – guitar on "Today"
• Gary Blackman – nose solo on "Lather"
• Gene Twombly – sound effects on "Lather"
• Dan Woody – bongos on "Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum"
• Bill Goodwin
  Bill Goodwin (jazz drummer)
  F. Bill Goodwin is an American jazz drummer. Bill has been a professional drummer since 1959, and has performed with many jazz instrumentalists such as: Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Jim Hall, George Shearing and Bobby Hutcherson, and singers such as June Christy, Joe Williams, Tony...
  
   – drums on "Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum"
• Tim Davis
  Tim Davis (musician)
  Tim Davis was a drummer, singer and songwriter, most notable as a co-founder of The Steve Miller Band.- History :...
  
   – congas on "Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum"
• Nicky Hopkins
  Nicky Hopkins
  Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins was an English pianist and organist.He recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a session musician....
  
   – piano on "Plastic Fantastic Lover", "Uncle Sam Blues", "Wooden Ships, "Volunteers", "We Can Be Together", and "Hey Fredrick"
• Stephen Stills
  Stephen Stills
  Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
  
   – Hammond organ on "Turn My Life Down"
• Ace of Cups – vocals on "Turn My Life Down"
• Carlos Santana
  Carlos Santana
  Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
  
   – guitar on "Pretty as You Feel"
• Michael Shrieve
  Michael Shrieve
  Michael Shrieve is an American drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. He is best known as the drummer in Carlos Santana's eponymous band, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974...
  
   – drums on "Pretty as You Feel"

Marty Balin single

• Marty Balin – vocals
• Red Callender
  Red Callender
  Red Callender, , was a jazz bass and tuba player, famous for turning down a chance to work with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and the Louis Armstrong All-Stars....
  
   – bass
• Barney Kessel
  Barney Kessel
  Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. Generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century, he was noted in particular for his vast knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies...
  
   – guitar
• Glen Campbell
  Glen Campbell
  Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
  
   – guitar
• Milt Jackson
  Milt Jackson
  Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...
  
   – vibes
• The Blossoms
  The Blossoms
  The Blossoms were a backing group from California. They had a recording career in their own right and were to the American West Coast what The Sweet Inspirations were to the East Coast and The Andantes were for Motown.-Early years:...
  
   – background vocals

Great Society single

• Grace Slick – vocals
• Darby Slick – lead guitar
• David Minor – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Bard Du Pont – bass
• Jerry Slick – drums
• Billy Preston
  Billy Preston
  William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
  
   – drum overdubs

Frank Zappa track

• Grace Slick – vocals, keyboards
• Frank Zappa
  Frank Zappa
  Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
  
   – leader
• Arthur Tripp, III – drums, percussion
• Ian Underwood
  Ian Underwood
  Ian Robertson Underwood is a woodwind and keyboards player. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouses and bars with his improvisational group the Jazz Mice in the mid 1960s before he became a member of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1967 for their third studio...
  
   – piano, woodwinds
• Donald Preston – keyboards
• Ruth Komanoff – xylophone

Production

• Paul Williams – compilation producer, project supervision, tape research
• Bill Thompson – executive producer, repertoire selection
• Bruce Scavuzzo – project supervision, repertoire selection
• Frankie Pezzella – project coordinator
• David Cohen – repertoire selection, creative consultant, tape research
• Pat Ieraci – creative consultant, tape research, vault research
• Jeff Tamarkin – creative consultant, essay
• Bill Lacey – digital remastering, audio restoration
• Dick Baxter – transfer from analog masters
• James Agren – tape research
• Bruce Hailstalk, Mike Henney, Roger Fish – vault research
• Ria Lewerke – creative director
• DesignArt, Inc, (Norman Moore, Chris Moore) – art direction, design, book layout
• Mike Frankel, Herb Greene, Jim Marshall – photography
• Jim Smircich – RCA label archives