| | |  | 1969 Woodstock Artists | Home » » » Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Originally released in 1970 as a triple-LP, MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AND MORE: WOODSTOCK topped Billboard's pop albums chart for four weeks, and was a Top 20 R&B album as well. As potent a musical time capsule as ever existed, it captures the three-day, 1969 concert event that united close to half a million members of what came to be known as the 'Woodstock Generation.' Rhino's deluxe, 40th anniversary, 2-CD reissue of this sprawling and era-defining sonic document-featuring CSN&Y, The Who, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and much more is remastered from the original analog
soundboard tapes. It s the ideal way to take a trip back to Yasgur's farm and performances that shaped music and popular culture for years to come. | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| June 02, 2009 | | Studio:
| Rhino Records | | Number Of Discs:
| 2 | | Format:
| Original recording remastered, Soundtrack | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | Disc: 1 | | | 1. | I Had A Dream (John B. Sebastian) | | 2. | Going Up The Country (Canned Heat) | | 3. | Stage Announcements | | 4. | Freedom (Richie Havens) | | 5. | Rock & Soul Music (Country Joe & The Fish) | | 6. | Coming Into Los Angeles (Arlo Guthrie) | | 7. | At The Hop (Sha-Na-Na) | | 8. | The 'Fish' Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'- To-Die Rag (Country Joe McDonald) | | 9. | Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man (Joan Baez featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff) Joe Hill (Joan Baez) | | 10. | Stage Announcements | | 11. | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash) | | 12. | Sea Of Madness (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) | | 13. | Wooden Ships (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) | | 14. | We're Not Gonna Take It (from Tommy) (The Who) | | 15. | Stage Announcements | | 16. | With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker) | | 17. | Rainstorm, Crowd Sounds, Announcements & General Hysteria | | | Disc: 2 | | | 1. | Crowd Rain Chant | | 2. | Soul Sacrifice (Santana) | | 3. | Stage Announcements | | 4. | I'm Going Home (Ten Years After) | | 5. | Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane) | | 6. | Max Yasgur Medley: Dance To The Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You | | 7. | Rainbows All Over Your Blues (John B. Sebastian) | | 8. | Love March (Butterfield Blues Band) | | 9. | Star Spangled Banner/Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo (Jimi Hendrix) | |
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 A Souvenir From Rock's Most Famous ConcertAug 11, 2010
Well whadda you know, a soundtrack documentary of Peace and Hippiedom all captured across rock's first three-record set, now whittled down to this 2-CD set. As you might expect with a multiple artist compilation, we get treated to a vast array of styles, such as rock, pop, folk, blues and even doowop. Also, with this in mind, there's bound to be dreck. And there's enough of it. But there is good music to dazzle your ears, such as Canned Heat's ragged "Going Up The Country" and Ten Years After's "I'm Going Home". And somehow John Sebastian never fails to charm. But the great undoctored performances include Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner", which speaks volumes of world peace and rage simultaneously, Sly's participatory "I Want To Take You Higher" medley and especially Joe Cocker's communal "With A Little Help From My Friends, who gives us his most spine-tingling performance ever. The stage announcements are actually a plus and a howl, particularly the warnings for the brown acid (rumoured to be poison) and Wavy Gravy's classic dissertation concerning the breakfast in bed for 400,000 people (capitalism isn't weird). Yes, there's a slight whiff of profiteering but this may be one of the few (and last) keepsakes from the counterculture's Garden Period. Before decade's end, the arrow would start falling.
 Best live concert ever,sounding better than ever.Jun 20, 2010
This is, without a doubt, the best version of this soundtrack that has ever been released. It certainly has been beautifully remastered and the results are astonishing, especially since the original recording was made under very challenging conditions so long ago. The liner notes are very informative, sketching the selection and order of the tracks (which always fascinated but is now explained), and noting those bands whose careers were fast-tracked by their sterling performances at Woodstock, e.g. Ten Years After & Santana. The booklet also includes some nice photographs not seen in other record packages. Bravo - the supreme rock concert, which epitomises the counter-culture of the truly beautiful (if naive) people, in all it's intended glory.
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2009 remaster still has 1 non-Woodstock trackJun 09, 2010
"Sea Of Madness" is performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young as indicated in the liner notes. However, this performance is not from the Woodstock Festival, but from Fillmore East, one month later. This scam was pulled on the original album release as well. The original correct recording can be heard on the 6-CD box set, Woodstock: 40 Years on: Back to Yasgur's Farm (6CD, Limited Edition).
 Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: WoodstockMar 17, 2010
Product was sealed and in excellent shape. Sound quality was fair to bad, but can be expected with the time the recording was made. Seem to remember it to be a lot better than it really was.
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Quite fascinating and fun to listen toMar 04, 2010
I have been fascinated with the 60s and 70s since I was a little kid (22 years old now) and I remember listening to this album as a middle schooler and loving the Hendrix and everything else. Listening to it now still stirs up the same fascination and love of the music of the era. Some of the songs might not have top-notch sound quality, but I think that adds to the recordings and makes them feel much more raw and thrown together, much like the festival itself. The CSN (and sometimes Y) songs on this album are great to listen to, especially if you are very familiar with the originals. Also, all of the dialog and singing about protesting, peace, and stopping the war really lets you know what and when you are listening to. I am sure some people will scoff at me for not being old enough to really know about how this all happened and the significance of it; they are probably right, but I feel like I can still appreciate (to an extent) the gravity of the situation and the beauty of the music. If you like this kind of music and want to have a taste of one of the pivotal moments in popular music history, get this CD. Worth every penny.
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