Sweeping Up the Spotlight

Sweeping Up the Spotlight
Live album by Jefferson Airplane
Released 2007
Recorded 1969
Genre Rock
Length 73:13
Label RCA / Legacy
Jefferson Airplane chronology

At the Family Dog Ballroom
(2007)		 Sweeping Up The Spotlight
(2007)		 The Woodstock Experience
(2009)
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Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East 1969 is the 2007 release of songs from the Jefferson Airplane concerts at New York's Fillmore East, recorded on November 28 & 29 1969. It is also the first American release for the band since 1998, and was assembled by the band's manager, Bill Thompson. It should not be confused with the similarly named Live at the Fillmore East, a recording of a Jefferson Airplane concert given the previous year.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Volunteers"  Marty Balin, Paul Kantner 3:34
2. "Good Shepherd" (previously released on Volunteers expanded edition)traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen 7:15
3. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (previously released on Volunteers expanded edition)Balin 3:16
4. "Uncle Sam Blues"  traditional, arranged by Kaukonen, Jack Casady 5:07
5. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds"  Balin 5:48
6. "You Wear Your Dresses Too Short"  Syl Johnson,[2] Carl Smith 9:16
7. "Come Back Baby"  traditional, arranged by Kaukonen 6:47
8. "Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon"  Kantner 5:14
9. "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil"  Kantner 10:26
10. "White Rabbit"  Grace Slick 3:03
11. "Crown of Creation"  Kantner 3:25
12. "The Other Side of This Life"  Fred Neil 10:02

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References

  1. ↑ Sweeping Up the Spotlight at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Syl Johnson v. Jefferson Airplane Inc. et al, Illinois Northern District Court, settlement re-assigned credit and royalties that were originally given to Marty Balin