This week's musical treat is another trip back to the 1970s featuring two of San Francisco's greatest bands: Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service. The video was originally broadcast on PBS in December 1970 and features songs from both bands.
I watched it on a black-and-white TV when I was in university. I tried recording the audio with a mike in front of the TV using a portable reel-to-reel from the student radio station where I was a DJ but unfortunately misthreaded the tape. In any case, I've had an audio bootleg of it for years, but this is the first time I've seen original video.
There are very few good recordings of the Airplane playing live, even if it was in a recording studio, so this one is special. Quicksilver were past their prime by this time, but still enjoyable. The audio quality is very good but the video could use some upscaling.
I have a request: If you have some across a recording of the Airplane's performance at the East Towne Theatre in Detroit in November 1969, please let me know where I can find it.
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