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"Dragon Fly" was Jefferson Starship before the band dropped the Jefferson (at departing/founding member Paul Kantner's insistence) and embarked upon a career of mashed-potatoes pop along the lines of the revolting "We Built This City." It also was the first real JS record, after the crash landing in the early 1970s of the Jefferson Airplane. It's a lovely, complex and mysterious record, showing all the qualities the band sacrificed later in search of singles and airplay.Some great standout songs here: "Ride the Tiger," "Hyperdrive," "Devil's Den" and "All Fly Away." Best of all, though, is the ballad co-written with Kantner and sung by Airplane founder Marty Balin, "Caroline." It's an absolutely soaring piece of pop theater that only Balin had the voice to pull off. Some recommend that if you buy one Jefferson Starship album, it should be "Red Octopus," which does feature a strong track list including Balin's "Miracles," but I prefer "Dragon Fly." This is, in my opinion, the one JS album to get.