Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience compact discs . Released by Rhino Records during the summer leading up to the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair , it contains selections from every performance at the music festival, which took place on August 15–18, 1969, in Bethel, New York . The discs also include stage announcements and miscellaneous audio material. The package contains essays by producer Andy Zax and Jesse Jarnow, details about the performers and notable festival figures, and photographs. This box set is a compilation derived from its limited edition parent box set . A smaller three-CD or five-LP sampler was also released.
Contents
1 Background 2 Content 3 Track listing
3.1 Disc one – Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin 3.2 Disc two – Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill 3.3 Disc three – Country Joe McDonald, Santana, John Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band 3.4 Disc four – The Incredible String Band, Canned Heat 3.5 Disc five – Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival 3.6 Disc six – Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who 3.7 Disc seven – Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker 3.8 Disc eight – Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band 3.9 Disc nine – Johnny Winter, Blood Sweat & Tears, Crosby Stills Nash & Young 3.10 Disc ten – Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na, Jimi Hendrix
4 Personnel 5 References
Although expanded issue sets from the festival had appeared for the 25th anniversary in 1994 and the 40th anniversary in 2009, this set proved more ambitious both in method and scope. Producer and archivist Zax spent more than a decade putting it together from hundreds of tapes that had never been consolidated in one place. In the process of reconstructing the festival for these sets, Zax corrected for some flaws in how the music was issued earlier. To wit:
These recordings have suffered a lot of indignities over the years: bad mixes, poor mastering, vocal and instrumental overdubs, rerecordings, sweetenings, deceptive edits, fake applause, fake cricket noises, fake rain chants, fake audience members yelling along with 'The Fish Cheer ,' and entirely fraudulent tracks recorded at [other locations]...[ 5]
Zax, along with mix engineer Brian Kehew and mastering engineer Dave Schultz, referred to photographic documentation which allowed them to situate the performers within the mix based on where they were standing onstage.[ 6] mono recording by Ravi Shankar into a true stereo mix.[ 7]
Unlike previous collations on record of music from the Woodstock Festival and like its parent box, 50th Anniversary Experience presents music from every performer and in the correct order chronologically they appeared over the course of the festival's three days. Discs one and two include all eight of the mostly folk artists who performed on the first day, starting Friday, August 15. The 14 performers from the second day, starting in the afternoon of Saturday, August 16, commence with the final performers on disc two Quill and end with the first performers on disc seven, Jefferson Airplane . The ten performers on the third and final day starting in the afternoon of Sunday, August 17, continue on the rest of disc seven through disc ten. One artist, Country Joe McDonald , appears twice having played a solo set on day two and another set with his band on day three.
Of the 162 tracks on the set, 117 are musical performances. Interspersed among the musical numbers are stage announcements comprising the remaining 45 tracks, mostly by the festival's unofficial mc's Chip Monck and John Morris. Farmer Max Yasgur , upon whose farm the festival took place, addresses the assembled crowd on day three. Also included is the 'confrontation' between Who guitarist Pete Townshend and activist Abbie Hoffman , the latter interrupting the Who's set to pontificate upon the prison sentence of White Panther John Sinclair . The edit for the performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner " into "Purple Haze " by Jimi Hendrix seems to duplicate that found on the original soundtrack album . Although not appearing at the festival, the presence of counterculture icons Bob Dylan and The Beatles is felt via songs covered in this box set — five artists sing Dylan songs, and three sing the Beatles.
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Title Writer(s) Performer/Announcer 1. "Somebody, somewhere, is giving out some flat blue acid " John Morris 0:51 2. "Raga Manj Khamaj" adapted by Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar 17:48 3. "Momma Momma" Melanie Safka Melanie 3:45 4. "Beautiful People" Melanie Safka Melanie 4:01 5. "Mr. Tambourine Man " Bob Dylan Melanie 2:24 6. "Birthday of the Sun" Melanie Safka Melanie 3:37 7. "It's a free concert from now on " John Morris 1:32 8. "Coming into Los Angeles" Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie 3:26 9. "Lotta freaks " Arlo Guthrie 0:36 10. "Wheel of Fortune" Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie 2:30 11. "Walkin' Down the Line " Bob Dylan Arlo Guthrie 4:27 12. "Every Hand in the Land" Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie 1:48 13. "Let's just make the festival, not the other stuff " John Morris 0:45 14. "The Last Thing on My Mind " Tom Paxton Joan Baez 3:52 15. "I Shall Be Released " Bob Dylan Joan Baez 3:47 16. "He already had a very, very good hunger strike going " Joan Baez 3:00 17. "Joe Hill " Earl Robinson , Alfred Hayes Joan Baez 2:46 18. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" Roger McGuinn , Gram Parsons Joan Baez with Jeffrey Shurtlieff 2:47 19. "That brings us fairly close to the dawn " John Morris 0:54 20. "I guess the reason we're here is music " John Morris 0:38 21. "They Live the Life" Dan Cole, Jon Cole Quill 8:19 22. "That's How I Eat" Dan Cole Quill 5:31
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Title Writer(s) Performer/Announcer 1. "We'll take care of that right away " Chip Monck 2:30 2. "Theme from an Imaginary Western" Pete Brown , Jack Bruce Mountain 5:04 3. "Long Red " Leslie West , Felix Pappalardi , John Ventura, Norman LandsbergMountain 5:45 4. "What Am I but You and the Sun (for Yasgur's Farm)" Gail Collins , Felix Pappalardi, George Gardos, Corky Laing , David Rea, Gary ShipMountain 3:55 5. "Southbound Train" Leslie West, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg Mountain 6:17 6. "Open your eyes wide " Chip Monck and Joshua White 2:29 7. "So many people have been able to participate in such a debacle " Ken Babbs 1:29 8. "Mama Tried " Merle Haggard Grateful Dead 2:40 9. "It's a sinister plot! " Ken Babbs, Country Joe McDonald, et al. 4:10 10. "Dark Star " Robert Hunter , Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead 19:18 11. "High Time" Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead 6:17 12. "You're carrying Janis' wah-wah pedals " John Morris 1:54 13. "Green River " John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival 3:17 14. "Bad Moon Rising " John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival 2:14 15. "I Put a Spell on You " Jalacy Hawkins , Herb SlotkinCreedence Clearwater Revival 4:24 16. "It's going to be a very long evening " Chip Monck 1:04
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Title Writer(s) Performer/Announcer 1. "Rock and Soul Music" Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Bruce Barthol , David Cohen , Gary Hirsh Country Joe and the Fish 2:12 2. "Love" J. McDonald, B. Melton, Bruce Barthol, David Cohen, Gary Hirsh, John Gunning Country Joe and the Fish 3:03 3. "Silver and Gold" Joe McDonald Country Joe and the Fish 4:48 4. "Rock and Soul Music (reprise)" Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Bruce Barthol, David Cohen, Gary Hirsh Country Joe and the Fish 12:27 5. "Help Me " Rice Miller , Willie Dixon , Ralph Bass Ten Years After 15:37 6. "I'm Going Home" Alvin Lee Ten Years After 12:20 7. "Come down and say hello to us " Chip Monck 1:33 8. "Chest Fever " Robbie Robertson The Band 5:36 9. "Tears of Rage " Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel The Band 5:36 10. "This Wheel's on Fire " Bob Dylan, Rick Danko The Band 3:57 11. "I Shall Be Released" Bob Dylan The Band 3:39 12. "The Weight " Robbie Robertson The Band 4:38 13. "We've just had a slight change in running order " Chip Monck 0:30
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Title Writer(s) Performer/Announcer 1. "It's really a drag " Chip Monck 0:55 2. "Leland Mississippi Blues" Johnny Winter Johnny Winter 5:13 3. "Mean Town Blues" Johnny Winter Johnny Winter 10:57 4. "Johnny B. Goode " Chuck Berry Johnny Winter 5:26 5. "It just doesn't seem to be necessary " Chip Monck 1:03 6. "More and More" Don Juan, Vee Pea Smith Blood, Sweat & Tears 2:57 7. "Spinning Wheel " David Clayton-Thomas Blood, Sweat & Tears 4:49 8. "Smiling Phases" Steve Winwood , Jim Capaldi , Chris Wood Blood, Sweat & Tears 10:08 9. "You've Made Me So Very Happy " Brenda Holloway , Patrice Holloway , Frank Wilson , Berry Gordy, Jr. Blood, Sweat & Tears 4:54 10. "Tell 'em who we are, man " David Crosby , Stephen Stills 1:00 11. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes " Stephen Stills Crosby, Stills & Nash 8:38 12. "Blackbird " John Lennon, Paul McCartney Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:45 13. "Marrakesh Express " Graham Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash 2:54 14. "Sea of Madness" Neil Young Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 3:19 15. "Wooden Ships " David Crosby, Paul Kantner, Stephen Stills Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 6:45 16. "Bummer " CSNY et al. 1:03 17. "49 Bye-Byes" Stephen Stills Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 5:19
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Title Writer(s) Performer/Announcer 1. "No Amount of Loving" Paul Butterfield Paul Butterfield Blues Band 6:04 2. "Love March" Phillip Wilson , Gene Dinwiddie Paul Butterfield Blues Band 11:04 3. "Everything Gonna Be Alright" Walter Jacobs Paul Butterfield Blues Band 9:22 4. "Test " Chip Monck & Sha Na Na 1:21 5. "Get a Job " Earl Beal, Ray Edwards, William Horton, Richard Lewis Sha Na Na 2:28 6. "Come Go with Me " Clarence Quick Sha Na Na 2:32 7. "Silhouettes " Bob Crewe , Frank Slay Sha Na Na 2:57 8. "At the Hop " Artie Singer , John Medora , David White Sha Na Na 2:58 9. "Duke of Earl " Eugene Dixon , Earl Edwards , Bernice Williams Sha Na Na 2:00 10. "Get a Job (reprise)" Earl Beal, Ray Edwards, William Horton, Richard Lewis Sha Na Na 0:26 11. "Thank you for making all this possible " Chip Monck 1:41 12. "Hear My Train A Comin' " Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix 9:12 13. "Izabella" Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix 4:48 14. "The Star-Spangled Banner /Purple Haze " Francis Scott Key , John Stafford Smith /Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix 13:39 15. "Good wishes, good day, and a good life " Chip Monck 3:32
Day one Richie Havens vocal , guitar ; Paul 'Deano' Williams — guitar, vocal; Daniel Ben Zebulon — congas Sweetwater flute , vocal; August Burns — cello ; Alex del Zoppo — keyboards , vocal; R.G. Carlyle — electric guitar , bongos , vocal; Fred Herrera — electric bass , vocal; Alan Malarowitz — drums ; Elpidio 'Pete' Cobian — congasBert Sommer organ , harmonica ; Charlie Bilello — bassTim Hardin Ralph Towner — guitar, piano ; Glen Moore — bass; Muruga Booker — drumsRavi Shankar sitar ; Alla Rakha — tabla ; Maya Kulkami — tambura Melanie Arlo Guthrie Paul Motian — drumsJoan Baez Richard Festinger — guitar; Jeffrey Shurtlieff — vocal, guitar on "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" Day two Quill saxophone , flute; Norman Rogers — guitar, vocal; Jon Cole — bass, vocal; Roger North — drumsCountry Joe McDonald Santana Gregg Rolie — keyboards, vocal; Carlos Santana — guitar; David Brown — bass; Michael Shrieve — drums; José Areas , Mike Carabello — timbales , congas, percussion John Sebastian Keef Hartley Band Henry Lowther — trumpet , violin ; Jimmy Jewell — saxophone; Miller Anderson — guitar, vocal; Gary Thain — bass; Keef Hartley — drumsThe Incredible String Band Mike Heron — vocal, guitar, piano, various; Robin Williamson — vocal, guitar, piano, violin; Christina 'Licorice' McKechnie — organ, vocal; Rose Simpson — bass, recorder , vocal, percussionCanned Heat Bob Hite — vocal, harmonica; Alan Wilson — vocal, guitar, harmonica; Harvey Mandel — guitar; Larry Taylor — bass; Adolpho de la Parra — drumsMountain Leslie West — vocal, guitar; Steve Knight — keyboards; Felix Pappalardi — bass; Norman 'N.D.' Smart — drumsThe Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia , Bob Weir — vocals, guitars; Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan , Tom Constanten — keyboards, vocals; Phil Lesh — bass; Mickey Hart , Bill Kreutzmann — drumsCreedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty — vocal, guitar, harmonica; Tom Fogerty — rhythm guitar , vocal; Stu Cook — bass; Doug 'Cosmo' Clifford — drumsJanis Joplin tenor saxophone ; Cornelius 'Snooky' Flowers — baritone saxophone , vocal; Richard Kermode — keyboards; John Till - guitar; Brad Campbell — bass; Maury Baker — drumsSly and the Family Stone Cynthia Robinson — trumpet; Jerry Martini — saxophone; Sly Stone — vocal, keyboards; Rose Stone — keyboards, vocal; Freddie Stone — guitar, vocal; Larry Graham — bass, vocal; Gregg Errico — drumsThe Who Roger Daltrey — vocal; Pete Townshend — guitar, vocal; John Entwistle — bass, vocal; Keith Moon — drumsJefferson Airplane Marty Balin , Grace Slick — vocals; Nicky Hopkins — piano; Paul Kantner , Jorma Kaukonen — guitars, vocals; Jack Casady — bass; Spencer Dryden — drumsDay three Joe Cocker Chris Stainton — keyboards; Henry McCullough — guitar, vocal; Alan Spenner — bass, vocal; Bruce Rowland — drumsCountry Joe and the Fish Barry Melton — guitars; Doug Metzner — bass; Greg Dewey — drumsTen Years After Alvin Lee — vocal, guitar; Chick Churchill — keyboards; Leo Lyons — bass; Ric Lee — drumsThe Band Richard Manuel — vocal, piano, organ; Garth Hudson — organ, piano; Robbie Robertson — guitar, vocal; Rick Danko — vocal, bass; Levon Helm — vocal, drumsJohnny Winter Tommy Shannon — bass; John Turner — drumsBlood, Sweat & Tears Lew Soloff , Chuck Winfield — trumpets, flugelhorns ; Jerry Hyman — trombone ; Fred Lipsius — alto saxophone , piano; Dick Halligan — keyboards, trombone, flute; David Clayton-Thomas , Steve Katz — vocals, guitars; Jim Fielder — bass; Bobby Colomby — drumsCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young David Crosby , Graham Nash — vocals, guitars; Stephen Stills , Neil Young — vocals, guitars, organ; Greg Reeves — bass; Dallas Taylor — drumsPaul Butterfield Blues Band Keith Johnson, Steve Madaio — trumpets; David Sanborn , Trevor Lawrence — saxophones; Gene Dinwiddie — vocal, tenor saxophone; Paul Butterfield — vocal, harmonica; Howard 'Buzzy' Feiten — guitar; Rod Hicks — bass; Phillip Wilson — drumsSha Na Na Alan Cooper , Dave Garrett, Frederick 'Dennis' Greene , Richard Joffe, Rob Leonard , Scott Powell , Donny York — vocals; Joe Witkin — keyboards; Elliot Cahn, Henry Gross — guitars; Bruce Clarke III — bass; Jocko Marcellino — drumsJimi Hendrix Larry Lee — rhythm guitar; Billy Cox — bass, vocal; Mitch Mitchell — drums; Juma Sultan — percussion; Jerry Velez — congasAndy Zax , Steve Woolard, Brian Kehew — reissue producers Eddie Kramer , Lee Osborne — original location recording engineers Dave Schulz, James Clarke, Mike Sawitzke — mastering and mixing engineers
Suzanne Savage — project supervision
Mike Engstrom, Shannon Ward — product and packaging managers
Sheryl Farber, Allison Boron — editorial supervisors
Lisa Glines, Masaki Koike — art supervision, direction, and design
Henry Diltz , Dan Garson, Baron Wolman — photography
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