Grace Slick

Along with the recorded output of Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin, and Jefferson Starship, Grace Slick's four solo albums (now out of print) prove that the greatness of Jefferson Airplane was a matter of synergy -- together, its members sparked great collisions of creativity; on their own, they touch off merely a slight bang.

Sadly, solo Slick isn't well represented in compilations. The...