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Sweeping Up the Spotlight

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Live album by

Jefferson Airplane

Released

2007

Recorded

November 28 & 29 1969

Genre

Psychedelic 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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

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[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(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,^[3] 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

Personnel[edit]

Marty Balin – vocals, guitar
Grace Slick – vocals, piano
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
Jack Casady – bass
Spencer Dryden – drums

References[edit]

^ Sweeping Up the SpotlightatAllMusic

^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

^ 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