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 the Star 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") – 3:23

ide 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") – 3:40

pecial Bonus Single

ide A

# "Light the Sky on Fire" (Chaquico) – 3:56
#*Lead vocals – Marty Balin

ide B

# "Hypderdrive" (Slick, Sears) (from "Dragon Fly") – 6:11

Personnel

*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