Sweeping Up the Spotlight

Live album by Jefferson Airplane

Released

2007

Recorded

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]

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.	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,^[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

Personnel

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

↑ Sweeping Up the Spotlight at AllMusic
↑ 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

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Studio albums

Jefferson Airplane	Jefferson Airplane Takes Off Surrealistic Pillow After Bathing at Baxter's Crown of Creation Volunteers Bark Long John Silver Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Starship	Blows Against the Empire (with Paul Kantner) Dragon Fly Red Octopus Spitfire Earth Freedom at Point Zero Modern Times Winds of Change Nuclear Furniture Windows of Heaven Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Starship	Knee Deep in the Hoopla No Protection Love Among the Cannibals Loveless Fascination

Live albums

Archival releases

Compilations

Singles

"Somebody to Love"
"White Rabbit"
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
"Volunteers"
"Wooden Ships"
"Mexico"
"Ride The Tiger"
"Miracles"
"Play On Love"
"With Your Love"
"Count On Me"
"Runaway"
"Light the Sky on Fire"
"Jane"
"Find Your Way Back"
"Stranger"
"Be My Lady"
"Winds of Change"
"No Way Out"
"Layin' It on the Line"
"We Built This City"
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"It's Not Enough"
"Planes"
"Good Heart"
"Let Me Fly"
"It's Not the Same as Love"

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