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Rock History: Jefferson Airplane

Rock historian Ed Ward looks back at the Jefferson Airplane. Their first four albums have just been re-mastered and re-released.

Copyright 2004 Fresh Air

Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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