Gold (Jefferson Starship album)

Gold
Compilation album by Jefferson Starship
Released	January 22, 1979
Genre	Rock
Length	55:22
Label	Grunt/RCA
Producer	Larry Cox, Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship chronology
Earth (1978) Gold (1979) Freedom at Point Zero (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B-)

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

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ride the Tiger" (from Dragon Fly)	Byong Yu, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner	Kantner	5:06
2.	"Caroline" (from Dragon Fly)	Marty Balin	Kantner	7:27
3.	"Play On Love" (from Red Octopus)	Slick	Pete Sears	3:12
4.	"Miracles" (single version A-side Grunt #FB-10367, from Red Octopus)	Balin	Balin	3:25
5.	"Fast Buck Freddie" (from Red Octopus)	Slick	Craig Chaquico	3:23

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"With Your Love" (from Spitfire)	Balin, Joey Covington, Vic Smith	Balin, Covington, Smith	3:33
2.	"St. Charles" (from Spitfire)	Kantner, Balin, Jesse Barish, Chaquico, Thunderhawk	Kantner, Chaquico	6:38
3.	"Count On Me" (from Earth)	Barish	Barish	3:14
4.	"Love Too Good" (single version B-side Grunt FB #11374, from Earth)	Gabriel Robles	Chaquico	4:37
5.	"Runaway" (single version A-side Grunt FB #11274, from Earth)	N. Q. Dewey	Dewey	3:40

Bonus single A side
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Light the Sky on Fire" (single version - the original version featured in the Star Wars Holiday Special runs about 5:25)	Chaquico	Chaquico	3:56

Bonus single B side
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Hyperdrive" (from Dragon Fly)	Slick	Sears	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 – electric violin on Dragon Fly and Red Octopus
• Steven Schuster – clarinet on "Light the Sky on Fire"

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 Leibovitz – photography