2400 Fulton Street

2400 Fulton Street
Greatest hits album by Jefferson Airplane
Released March 1987 (vinyl), 1990 (expanded CD)
Genre Psychedelic 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 . Levi Strauss & Co. commissioned two short radio spots, which aired nationally in the United States.

Track listing

Disc One

Beginnings
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."It's No Secret"Marty BalinJefferson Airplane Takes Off2:39
2."Come up the Years"Balin, Paul KantnerJefferson Airplane Takes Off2:32
3."My Best Friend"Skip SpenceSurrealistic Pillow3:02
4."Somebody to Love"Darby SlickSurrealistic Pillow2:59
5."Comin' Back to Me"BalinSurrealistic Pillow5:22
6."Embryonic Journey"Jorma KaukonenSurrealistic Pillow1:54
7."She Has Funny Cars"Kaukonen, BalinSurrealistic Pillow3:10
8."Let's Get Together"Chet PowersJefferson Airplane Takes Off3:36
9."Blues from an Airplane"Balin, SpenceJefferson Airplane Takes Off2:03
10."J.P.P. Mcstep B. Blues"SpenceEarly Flight2:47
Psychedelia
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
11."Plastic Fantastic Lover"BalinSurrealistic Pillow2:37
12."Wild Tyme"KantnerAfter Bathing at Baxter's3:08
13."The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"KantnerAfter Bathing at Baxter's4:36
14."A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly"Spencer Dryden, Gary Blackman, Bill ThompsonAfter Bathing at Baxter's1:32
15."White Rabbit"Grace SlickSurrealistic Pillow2:34
16."Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon"KantnerAfter Bathing at Baxter's5:04
17."Lather"G. SlickCrown of Creation2:58
18."Fat Angel"Donovan LeitchBless Its Pointed Little Head7:39
19."The Last Wall of the Castle"KaukonenAfter Bathing at Baxter's2:44
20."Greasy Heart"G. SlickCrown of Creation3:24

Disc Two

Revolution
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."We Can Be Together"KantnerVolunteers5:50
2."Crown of Creation"KantnerCrown of Creation2:54
3."Mexico (different mix from the single)"G. Slick"Mexico" single A-side and Early Flight1:52
4."Wooden Ships"Kantner, David Crosby, Stephen StillsVolunteers6:23
5."Rejoyce"G. SlickAfter Bathing at Baxter's4:02
6."Volunteers" (live)Balin, KantnerWoodstock3:05
7."Have You Seen the Saucers?"Kantner"Mexico" single B-side and Early Flight3:40
8."Eat Starch Mom"Kaukonen, G. SlickLong John Silver4:34
Airplane Parts
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
9."Pretty as You Feel"Jack Casady, Joey Covington, KaukonenBark4:30
10."Martha"KantnerAfter Bathing at Baxter's3:26
11."Today"Balin, KantnerSurrealistic Pillow3:01
12."Triad"CrosbyCrown of Creation4:56
13."Third Week in the Chelsea"KaukonenBark4:35
14."Good Shepherd"Trad., arr. KaukonenVolunteers4:26
15."Eskimo Blue Day"Slick, KantnerVolunteers6:29
16."The Levi Commercials"  1:44

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[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]

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