- Gold (Jefferson Starship album)
Infobox Album
Name = Gold
Type = compilation
Artist =Jefferson Starship
Released = 1979
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Grunt/RCA
Producer = Larry Cox, Jefferson Starship
Reviews = *review-Christgau|B-|name=Jefferson+Starship
Last album = "Earth" (1978)
This album = "Gold" (1979)
Next album = "Freedom at Point Zero " (1979)"Gold" is a 1979 compilation album by
Jefferson Starship . The tracks come from their 1974 - 1978 albums, Dragon Fly,Red Octopus , Spitfire, and Earth. The original record release also contained a single, "Light the Sky on Fire", that was recorded for theStar Wars Holiday Special , along with an extra track from Dragon Fly. This single is included in the later CD releases as tracks 6 and 12. The single reached #66 on the Billboard charts.Track listing
ide One
# "Ride the Tiger" (Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Byong Yu) (from "Dragon Fly") – 5:06
# "Caroline" (Kantner, Marty Balin) (from "Dragon Fly") – 7:27
# "Play On Love" (Slick, Pete Sears) (from "Red Octopus ") – 3:12
# "Miracles" (Balin) (from "Red Octopus") – 3:25
# "Fast Buck Freddie" (Slick, Craig Chaquico) (from "Red Octopus") – 3:23ide Two
# "With Your Love" (Balin, Joey Covington, Vic Smith) (from "Spitfire") – 3:33
# "St. Charles" (Kantner, Balin, Jesse Barish, Chaquico, Thunderhawk) (from "Spitfire") – 6:38
# "Count On Me" (Barish) (from "Earth") – 3:14
# "Love Too Good" (Chaquico, Gabriel Robles) (from "Earth") – 4:37
# "Runaway" (N. Q. Dewey) (from "Earth") – 3:40pecial Bonus Single
ide A
# "Light the Sky on Fire" (Chaquico) – 3:56
#*Lead vocals – Marty Balinide B
# "Hypderdrive" (Slick, Sears) (from "Dragon Fly") – 6:11
Personnel
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Marty Balin – vocals
*John Barbata – drums, percussion, vocals
*Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, vocals
*David Freiberg – bass, keyboards, vocals
*Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
*Pete Sears – bass, keyboards
*Grace Slick – vocals
*Papa John Creach – violin on "Dragon Fly" and "Red Octopus"Production
*Jefferson Starship – producer
*Larry Cox – producer
*Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
*Bill Thompson – manager
*Jacky Kaukonen – managerial director
*Bill Laudner – road manager
*Cynthia Bowman – publicity
*Heidi Howell – publicity
*Lora Lovrien – assisting assistant
*Adryan Havelka – publishing expert
*Paul Dowell – equipment manager
*Jeff Baum, Jim Coe, Jim Hill, Skip Johnson, Dave Mairs, Doug McGuire – Starship crew
*Mike Fischer – trucking
*John Golden – mastering at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
*Tim Bryant / Gribbitt! – art direction
*Tim Bryant, George Corsillo / Gribbitt! – album design
*Annie Liebovitz – photography
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