Dragon Fly (album)

Dragon Fly is the 1974 debut album by Jefferson Starship. Credited to Grace Slick / Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship, it was the transitional release between the various shifting groups that Slick and Kantner had been recording with, as Jefferson Airplane dissolved in the early 1970s and the new group that Jefferson Starship began.

The album just missed the Top Ten and went gold within six months. It sold as well as the Jefferson Airplane record generally had. Although the single "Ride the Tiger" only reached #84 on the Billboard charts, the album itself hit #11. "Hyperdrive" was used in the opening ceremonies of the 1976 World Science Fiction Convention, MidAmeriCon, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ride the Tiger"	Byong Yu, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner	Kantner	5:11
2.	"That’s for Sure"	Jerry Gallup	Craig Chaquico	4:58
3.	"Be Young You"	Slick	Slick	3:49
4.	"Caroline"	Marty Balin	Kantner	7:29

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
5.	"Devil's Den"	Slick	Papa John Creach	4:03
6.	"Come to Life"	Robert Hunter	David Freiberg, Steven Schuster	3:46
7.	"All Fly Away"	Tom Pacheco	Pacheco	5:25
8.	"Hyperdrive"	Slick	Pete Sears	7:44

Singles

"Ride the Tiger" (1974) #84 US
"Caroline" (1974)

Personnel

Grace Slick – vocals, piano (3)
Papa John Creach – electric violin
Craig Chaquico – lead guitar
Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
David Freiberg – keyboards (1, 3, 4), vocals, piano (5, 6), organ (7), bass (2)
Pete Sears – bass (all but 2), piano (2, 4, 7, 8), harpsichord (4), organ (8)
John Barbata – drums, percussion

Additional Personnel

Marty Balin – lead vocals (4)

Production

Jefferson Starship – producer
Larry Cox – producer, engineer
Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
Steve Mantoani – recordist
Paul Dowell – amp consultant
Bill Thompson – manager
Acy Lehman, Frank Mulvey – art directors
Peter Lloyd – illustration
Recorded and Mixed at Wally Heider's, San Francisco

References

↑ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Dragon Fly - Jefferson Starship | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: Jefferson Starship". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

Jefferson Airplane (discography, members) · Jefferson Starship (discography, members) · Starship (discography)

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"

Book
Category

Grace Slick

Studio albums

Manhole Dreams Welcome to the Wrecking Ball! Software

with Paul Kantner	Blows Against the Empire Sunfighter Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun

Compilation

The Best of Grace Slick

Paul Kantner

Studio albums	Blows Against the Empire (with Jefferson Starship) Sunfighter (with Grace Slick) Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun (with Grace Slick and David Freiberg) Dragon Fly (with Grace Slick and Jefferson Starship) Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra

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