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Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxter's [Bonus Tracks]

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Jefferson Airplane
Album Title
After Bathing at Baxter's [Bonus Tracks]
Release Date
August 19, 2003 
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Review by Bruce Eder
Of all the reissues to date of The Jefferson Airplane's classic catalog, the 2003-vintage expanded version of After Bathing At Baxter's is the most rewarding. The most ambitious album ever recorded by the band, and one of the finest psychedelic albums ever released, the reissue enhances its value, not only with a better transfer than the 1996-vintage upgrade, but some highly significant bonus tracks. First and foremost, and one of the great bonus cuts to have turned up to date in the entire CD era, is the live, long version of "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil," 11-plus minutes of some of the best psychedelic music ever committed to tape by anyone, and significantly different from the four-and-half-minute studio version finally used; this track by itself is worth the price of the CD. Read More