Easy Rider (soundtrack)

Easy Rider
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	August 1969
Genre	Soundtrack rock
Length	37:38
Label	ABC-Dunhill Reprise
Producer	Various artists
Singles from Easy Rider
"Ballad of Easy Rider" Released: August 1969

Easy Rider is the

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  Music From Big Pink, was used in the film but could not be licensed for the soundtrack. To deal with this, ABC-Dunhill commissioned Smith, who recorded for the label at the time, to record a cover version of the song for the soundtrack album.^[4][5]
• Two songs used in the film, Little Eva's "Let's Turkey Trot" and The Electric Flag's "Flash, Bam, Pow", were omitted from the soundtrack album.^[6][7]

Distribution of the album transferred from the ABC-Dunhill label to

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Track listing

Most of the tracks on the Easy Rider soundtrack were previously released on other albums by their respective artists.

On LP, cassette and reel-to-reel releases of Easy Rider, tracks 1-5 appeared as side 1, and tracks 6-10 as side 2.

1. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton) – 5:49
   • Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
2. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:37
   • Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
3. "The Weight" (Jaime Robbie Robertson) – 4:29
   • Smith (1969)
4. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) – 2:03
   • The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
5. "If You Want to Be a Bird (Bird Song)" (Antonia Duren) – 2:35
   • The Holy Modal Rounders - The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders
     (1969)
6. "Don't Bogart Me" (Elliot Ingber/Larry Wagner) – 3:05
   • Fraternity of Man - Fraternity of Man (1968)
7. "If 6 Was 9" (Jimi Hendrix) – 5:35
   • The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
     (1967)
8. "Kyrie Eleison/Mardi Gras (When the Saints)" (Traditional, arranged by David Axelrod) – 4:00
   • The Electric Prunes - Mass in F Minor (1968)
9. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (Bob Dylan) – 3:39
   • Roger McGuinn (1969)
10. "Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn/Bob Dylan) – 2:14
    • Roger McGuinn (1969)

2004 deluxe edition

Disc one

Remastered re-release of the original 1969 soundtrack.

Disc two - Something in the Air: 1967 – 1969

1. "Pushin' Too Hard"
   • The Seeds - The Seeds (1966)
2. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"
   • The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
     (1967)
3. "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
   • Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop (1966)
4. "San Franciscan Nights"
   • Winds of Change
     (1967)
5. "White Rabbit"
   • Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
6. "I Can See for Miles"
   • The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)
7. "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
   • Procol Harum - Procol Harum (1967)
8. "Groovin'"
   • The Young Rascals - Groovin'
     (1967)
9. "High Flyin' Bird"
   • Richie Havens - Mixed Bag (1967)
10. "The Weight"^[9]
    • Music From Big Pink
      (1968)
11. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
    • The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
12. "Time Has Come Today"
    • The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)
13. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
    • Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends (1969)
14. "Summertime Blues"
    • Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
15. "Nights in White Satin"
    • The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)
16. "Mendocino"
    • Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (1969)
17. "Get Together"
    • The Youngbloods - The Youngbloods (1967)
18. "My Uncle"
    • The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
19. "
    Something in the Air
    "
    • Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream (1969)

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