Windows of Heaven is Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

's first studio album since reforming in 1992. It was first released in Germany, but the band told fans to wait for a new American remixed version. The single "Let Me Fly" was released along with the American release, but did not chart on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 charts. 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...

 joined the band in the studio to record vocals on "I'm on Fire" which only appears on the American and Japanese versions. The track "Maybe For You" appeared on the 2008 album, Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Jefferson's Tree of Liberty is a 2008 studio album by Jefferson Starship, released on September 2, 2008. It is the tenth studio album recorded by the band under the Jefferson Starship name, the first studio album since 1999's Windows of Heaven and the first on a major label by the band since 1989...

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German Version Track Listing (1998)

Official US/Japan Remixed Version Track Listing (1999)

Personnel

• 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, acoustic guitar
• 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
• 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, acoustic and electric 12-String guitar, glass harmonica, synthesizer, banjo
• Diana Mangano - vocals
• Slick Aguilar
  Slick Aguilar
  Mark "Slick" Aguilar is an American guitarist. He has worked with a number of notable musicians but is probably best known as a member of Jefferson Starship. His son Mark Aguilar is an upcoming rapper from New Jersey....
  
   - lead guitar
• T Lavitz
  T Lavitz
  Terry "T" Lavitz was an American jazz-rock/fusion keyboardist, composer and producer. He is best known for his work with the Dixie Dregs and Jazz Is Dead.-Biography:Born on April 16, 1956, Lavitz grew up in New Jersey...
  
   - piano, synthesizer, Hammond B-3 organ
• Prairie Prince
  Prairie Prince
  Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...
  
    - drums and percussion, Celtic drum, electronic and alien percussion, marimba, rainstick

Additional Personnel

• Darby Gould
  Darby Gould
  Darby Marie Gould is an American vocalist best known for her work with Jefferson Starship and World Entertainment War. Over the years she has developed a loyal following based on her passionate, soulful vocals and intense stage presence....
  
   – lead vocals on "Shadowlands"
• Amy Excolere
  World Entertainment War
  World Entertainment War is an American funk rock band, formed in 1986, noted for its memorable costumes, props, and antics, both on and off-stage and for songs containing intricate lyrics of a political and often humorous nature...
  
   – supporting vocals on "Shadowlands"
• 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 on "I'm on Fire"
• Tim Gorman
  Tim Gorman
  Tim Gorman is a rock keyboardist born and based in San Francisco. He has worked as a session musician from the 1980s until the present, his most notable collaborations being with Duane Eddy, Paul Kantner and The Who....
  
   – piano, synthesizer on "Shadowlands" and "Which Side Are You On?"
• Tony Menjivar – LP congas on Marty's Songs
• Alexander Kantner – additional guitar on "Let Me Fly"

Production

• Paul Kantner – producer
• Marty Balin – producer
• Tom Flye – producer
• Produced at Coast Recorders, San Francisco
• Michael Gaiman – executive producer
• Gary Veloric – executive producer
• James Delaney – executive producer on US / Japan version
• Ron Rainey – executive producer on US / Japan version
• Paul Stubblebine – mastering at Rocket Lab for German version
• George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios for US / Japan version
• Henry Howell – equipment manager
• Prairie Prince – art director, photography
• Diana Mangano – photography
• Mick Anger – computer art