Amazon.com: This four-disc album--like the famed August 1969 rock festival it chronicles--is something of a sprawling, disorderly, engaging mess. Issued as a box set 25 years after the counterculture tribal gathering, it amasses the original three-record Woodstock set from 1970, its two-LP 1971 sequel, Woodstock II, and a generous store of previously unreleased tracks from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, the Band, Jimi Hendrix, and others. There's plenty of chaff to go with the wheat (one is tempted to conclude John ("Far out!") Sabastian's blissed-out rant hasn't aged well, but it's just as likely most of the crowd at Yasgur's Farm would have gagged him if given half a chance, and Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills & Nash clearly had better days). But Sly & the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, Santana, and Richie Havens shine, the stage patter has become part of the lexicon, and the whole package now stands as a remarkable account of a pivotal musical and cultural event. --Steven Stolder
Disc 1:
Handsome Johnny - Richie Havens
Freedom - Richie Havens
The 'Fish' Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe McDonald
Rainbows All Over Your Blues - John B. Sebastian
I Had A Dream - John B. Sebastian
If I Were A Carpenter - Tim Hardin
Beautiful People - Melanie
Coming Into Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie
Walking Down The Line - Arlo Guthrie
Joe Hill - Joan Baez
Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez
Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man - Joan Baez
Soul Sacrifice - Santana
Blood Of The Sun - Mountain
Theme For An Imaginary Western - Mountain
Disc 2:
Leaving This Town - Canned Heat
Going Up The Country - Canned Heat
Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Try - Janis Joplin
Work Me Lord - Janis Joplin
Ball & Chain - Janis Joplin
Medley: Dance To The Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone
We're Not Gonna Take It - The Who
Disc 3:
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
Saturday Afternoon/Won't You Try - Jefferson Airplane
Uncle Sam Blues - Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Let's Go Get Stoned - Joe Cocker
With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
Rock & Soul Music - Country Joe & The Fish
I'm Going Home - Ten Years After
Long Black Veil - Band
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Band
The Weight - Band
Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter
Disc 4:
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Guinnevere - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4 + 20 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Sea Of Madness - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Find The Cost Of Freedom - Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Love March - Paul Butterfeild Blues Band
At The Hop - Sha Na Na
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)/Stepping Stone - Jimi Hendrix
Each time more music is added... what about a definitive edition? From all the festivals organized during the late sixties this is the best covered from them all, both on audio and image. I personally love it and I am currently looking for more information about it. My main concern is the MUSIC performed at the event either on audio and / or video.
This 1994 version is a good effort because it gives us more music performed at the event and it is chronologically more accurate than previous releases, but it is still incomplete and some artists are still lost in the archives (Blood Sweat & Tears, Bert Sommer, and The Incredible String Band).
MESSAGE FOR THE RECORD COMPANY: ¡¡ Please release a definitive edition and help us to save some money !!
The booklet included in this box gives a lot of information and a string of photographs. Nevertheless I do not like it. That sort of archival look is definitely not for me I wish it had included more photos with better definition and graphics that actually can be read. (Is there any other shot of Johnny Winter performing at Woodstock rather than the one of Elliot Landy?)
Song by song analysis:
Disc: 1 1. Handsome Johnny - 2. Freedom - Richie Havens OK: first day (the acoustic day) and first artist. Havens performed at least 8 songs and he even created "Freedom" at Woodstock from the traditional "Motherless Child". This portion is edited.
(OMMITED: Swami Satchidananda appearance on the stage. He is only seen on the film)
3. The 'Fish' Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe McDonald OK: day one and second artist. He performed at least 5 songs
4. Rainbows All Over Your Blues - 5. I Had a Dream - John B. Sebastian OK: day one and the third artist to appear. His full set is on "Faithful Virtue" CD on RHINO Recs. That acoustic guitar is actually Tim Hardin's.
(OMMITED: Sweetwater, the first band ever to appear at Woodstock. They performed at least 8 songs. Only one of them was released on a RHINO label compilation of the band) (OMMITED: Bert Sommer. His manager was co - organizer of the Festival Artie Kornfeld and he performed 10 songs one of them (Jennifer) is shown on Woodstock Diary DVD. Another song (America) can be listened in Bert's site on Internet).
6. If I Were a Carpenter - Tim Hardin We are still on day one and the only song officially available from his one hour set.
(OMMITED: Ravi Shankar. He briefly appears on Woodstock Diary DVD. His full set was available on vinyl records and CD. He actually performed in the pouring rain)
7. Beautiful People - Melanie She jumped on stage instead of Incredible String Band because their manager Joe Boyd didn't allow them to perform while raining. Her entire set of three songs is officially available.
8. Coming into Los Angeles - 9. Walking Down the Line - Arlo Guthrie Apparently he performed 4 songs. The complete live version of "Coming..." has not been released
10. Joe Hill - 11. Sweet Sir Galahad - 12. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man - Joan Baez
Joan headlined day one and she performed 8 songs.
(OMMITED: Quill. This is day two (progressive - psychedelic rock day) / first artist to appear. They are briefly shown on Woodstock Diary DVD. Their full set is unavailable)
(OMMITED: Incredible String Band. Here they are after refusing playing in the pouring rain on day one. They are briefly shown on Woodstock Diary DVD performing the beautiful "When you find out who you are". Their full set is unavailable)
13. Soul Sacrifice - Santana This is day two 2 PM. Santana full performance is available on the CD re issue of their first album
(OMMITED: Keef Hartley Band. They performed at least 6 songs all of them unavailable).
14. Blood of the Sun - 15. Theme For An Imaginary Western - Mountain They are in the wrong order. They performed 13 songs after Canned Heat. L. West has released the band performance at Woodstock. It is said that "Theme..." was not performed at Woodstock.
Disc: 2 1. Leaving this Town - 2. Going up The Country - Canned Heat Four songs set. "Woodstock Boogie" is a long (14+ minutes) and strong track lost in the archives; once available and heavily edited on Woodstock II vinyl.
3. Commotion - 4. Green River - 5. 99 And A Half (Won't Do) - 6. I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival Part of their 11 songs set. It's said that John Fogerty didn't allow any CCR stuff were released. By the way they are filmed and the material is available...somewhere
(OMMITED: Grateful Dead. They performed at least 4 songs all of them officially unavailable. they are filmed and the material is available ... somewhere)
7. Try - 8. Work Me Lord - 9. Ball & Chain - Janis Joplin Part of her 10 songs set including two encores.
10. Medley: Dance To the Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & the Family Stone This set isn't complete and it's edited. They performed over 50 minutes.
11. We're Not Gonna Take It - The Who 4 AM: a strong performance of 25 songs (not been officially released) reduced to a couple of tunes. Even the Abbie Hofmann incident is filmed or at least the moment just after the affair. By the way this is not "We're not gonna take it".
Disc: 3 1. Volunteers - 2. Somebody to Love - 3. Saturday Afternoon/Won't You Try - 4. Uncle Sam Blues - 5. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane 6 AM on day three. Almost complete set. One track "Plastic Fantastic Lover" is also available on J. A. Loves you Box Set.
6. Let's Go Get Stoned - 7. With A Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker 2 PM on day three. Part of his 9 songs set with the Grease Band. It is said the Grease Band performed a couple of numbers without Joe. On the film he announces "Just Like a Woman" to a stage announcer.
(OMMITED: The BIG storm. The complete performance won't be released)
8. Rock & Soul Music - Country Joe & the Fish They were the first band that jumped on the dangerously wet stage after the storm.
9. I'm going Home - Ten Years After Not even Alvin Lee knows exactly what they actually performed. They did 5 long numbers. Drums for this tack were recorded later under the approval of Alvin Lee.
10. Long Black Veil - 11. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - 12. The Weight - Band They performed at least 11 songs.
(OMMITED: Blood Sweat and Tears. They performed at least 5 songs all of them unavailable except for the one shown on VHS - Laserdisc "Woodstock: the Lost Performances". There are 3 songs filmed and the material is available...somewhere)
13. Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter This is the only known track from his 9 songs performance. Nevertheless this is just a portion of the complete songs which lasts for 8+ minutes (drum beat and slide guitar solo intro. are missing).
Disc: 4 1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - 2. Guinevere - 3. Marrakesh Express - 4. 4 + 20 - 5. Sea Of Madness - 6. Find the Cost of Freedom - Crosby Stills Nash Their set was 10 songs for the acoustic set and 8 for the electric set. Some people say that N Young didn't allow to be filmed ... WRONG there is at least one song by him with S. Stills filmed.
7. Love March - Paul Butterfeild Blues Band This is day four at 5 - 6 AM. Only two tracks from 5 songs set are available. "Drifting Blues" is also available.
8. At The Hop - Sha Na Na A long and endless 8 - 9 songs set.
9. Voodoo Chile / Stepping Stone - 10. Star Spangled Banner - 11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix This man really hooked me on a new audio dimension. Only 2 tracks have not been officially released "(Call me) Mastermind" and "Gipsy Woman" both with Larry Lee on vocals.
As Advertised This product arrived timely and appears as advertised. I have not seen the contents as it is a Christmas present but am assuming that it is in brand new shape which is how I bought it. It is still in plastic packaging which leads me to believe it is brand new.
Woodstock Well the Peace and Love generation has finally left us the FULL legistration of that Magical late 60's era.Mud and all! What a wonderful album with every artist giving their most.I love "Joe Hill" By Joan Baez-Still in her set today -the magnificent Creedence Clearwater Revival Rockin' thru a reportoire that makes water to wine to water-CSNY nervously singing-helplessly hoping to be loved -the Band on top form-Long Black Veil just FAB! Jimi Hendrix His Star spangled Banner right up the flagpost of American Hippie Culture.Dear Old Joe Cocker up there stoned but singing his Big Heart out! A MUST for every serious Collector-Well done Atlantic
Woodstock/three days of peace,music.make it come true. If you are trying to get the original first audio cd on woodstock.just buy the DVD instead.turn off the TV,you will have a instant memory of your life.I got the Dvd.think of it as a audio cd.IMAGINE//////////////
Woodstock 3 days of peace and music Fantastic collection from the Woodstock era - went down a blast at our Woodstock themed party
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