Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience
Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience | ||||
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Producer | Andy Zax Steve Woolard Brian Kehew | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
All About Jazz | [2] |
Record Collector | [3] |
The Second Disc | (not rated)[4] |
Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience is a live album by various artists, packaged as a box set of ten
Background
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
Content
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.
Track listing
Disc one – Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length | ||
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1. | "hello" | How Can We Hang On to a Dream?" | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin | 4:06 | |
17. | "If I Were a Carpenter" | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin | 5:19 | ||
18. | "Reason to Believe" | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin | 4:27 | ||
19. | "Misty Roses" | Tim Hardin | Tim Hardin | 4:34 | ||
20. | "we're a pretty big city right now" | John Morris | 3:59 |
Disc two – Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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1. | "somebody, somewhere is giving out some flat blue acid" | John Morris | 0:51 | |
2. | "Raga Manj Khamanj" | adapted by 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 |
Disc three – Country Joe McDonald, Santana, John Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length | ||
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1. | "can those of you in the back hear well?" | Darlin' Be Home Soon" | John Sebastian | John Sebastian | 4:27 | |
15. | "Halfbreed Medley: Sinnin' for You/Leaving Trunk/Just to Cry/Sinnin' for You" | K. Hartley, Fred Finnegan, Peter Dines, Alex Hewitson, Henry Lowther, John Estes | Keef Hartley Band | 17:57 | ||
16. | "bring jerry's nitroglycerin pills to the indian pavilion" | Chip Monck | 1:58 |
Disc four – The Incredible String Band, Canned Heat
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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1. | "go to Mr. Lang's office right away" | Chip Monck | 1:15 | |
2. | "Invocation" | Hugh Romney | 2:46 | |
7. | "Going Up the Country" | Alan Wilson | Canned Heat | 4:46 |
8. | "Woodstock Boogie" | Robert Hite, Jr. | Canned Heat | 29:02 |
9. | "can we have a little juice on this other microphone, please?" | Bob Hite and Chip Monck | 1:27 | |
10. | "On the Road Again" | Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson | Canned Heat | 10:53 |
11. | "it's your own trip" | Chip Monck | 2:05 |
Disc five – Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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1. | "we'll take care of that right away" | Chip Monck | 2:30 | |
2. | "Theme from an Imaginary Western" | The 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 | The Grateful Dead | 19:18 |
11. | "High Time" | Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia | The 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 Slotkin | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 4:24 |
16. | "it's going to be a very long evening" | Chip Monck | 1:04 |
Disc six – Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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1. | "To Love Somebody" | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb | Janis Joplin | 5:19 |
2. | "Kozmic Blues" | Janis Joplin, Gabriel Mekler | Janis Joplin | 4:54 |
3. | "Piece of My Heart" | Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns | Janis Joplin | 3:56 |
4. | "music's for grooving, man" | Janis Joplin | 1:34 | |
5. | "Ball and Chain" | Willie Mae Thornton | Janis Joplin | 6:27 |
6. | "just in case you should get any ideas about leaving" | Chip Monck | 0:41 | |
7. | "Medley: Everyday People/Dance to the Music/Music Lover/I Want to Take You Higher" | Sylvester Stewart | Sly and the Family Stone | 22:31 |
8. | "are you supposed to be up there rapping? no, man" | Abbie Hoffman | 0:35 | |
9. | "I Can't Explain" | Pete Townshend | The Who | 2:24 |
10. | "Pinball Wizard" | Pete Townshend | The Who | 2:55 |
11. | "I can dig it" | Abbie Hoffman, Pete Townshend | 0:30 | |
12. | "We're Not Gonna Take It" | Pete Townshend | The Who | 8:59 |
13. | "Shakin' All Over" | Frederick Heath | The Who | 4:44 |
14. | "My Generation" | Pete Townshend | The Who | 7:12 |
15. | "welcome this new day" | Chip Monck | 0:54 |
Disc seven – Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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1. | "The Other Side of This Life" | Fred Neil | Jefferson Airplane | 8:28 |
2. | "Somebody to Love" | Darby Slick | Jefferson Airplane | 4:25 |
3. | "let's play it out of tune" | Grace Slick | 0:12 | |
4. | "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | 5:29 |
5. | "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon" | Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | 5:11 |
6. | "we got a whole lot of orange and it was fine" | Grace Slick | 0:31 | |
7. | "Plastic Fantastic Lover" | Marty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | 4:30 |
8. | "Volunteers" | Marty Balin, Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | 3:02 |
9. | "if you're too tired to chew, pass it on" | Hugh Romney | 2:20 | |
10. | "the roads are fairly clear now" | John Morris | 1:08 | |
11. | "this is the largest group of people ever assembled in one place" | Max Yasgur | 2:35 | |
12. | "Dear Landlord" | Bob Dylan | Joe Cocker | 8:08 |
13. | "Feelin' Alright?" | Dave Mason | Joe Cocker | 6:02 |
14. | "Let's Go Get Stoned" | Josephine Armstead, Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson | Joe Cocker | 6:54 |
15. | "Hitchcock Railway" | Don Dunn, Tony McCashen | Joe Cocker | 6:04 |
16. | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Joe Cocker | 8:19 |
17. | "isn't the rain beautiful?" | John Morris, Barry Melton, and audience | 5:36 |
Disc eight – Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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1. | "Rock and Soul Music" | Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, 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 |
Disc nine – Johnny Winter, Blood Sweat & Tears, Crosby Stills Nash & Young
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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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" | 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 |
Disc ten – Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na, Jimi Hendrix
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer/Announcer | Length |
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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 Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | 13:39 |
15. | "good wishes, good day, and a good life" | Chip Monck | 3:32 |
Personnel
Musical artists
- Day one
- congas
- electric bass, vocal; Alan Malarowitz — drums; Elpidio 'Pete' Cobian — congas
- Bert Sommer — vocal, guitar; Ira Stone — electric guitar, organ, harmonica; Charlie Bilello — bass
- Tim Hardin — vocal, guitar; Richard Bock — cello; Gilles Malkine — guitar; Ralph Towner — guitar, piano; Glen Moore — bass; Muruga Booker — drums
- Ravi Shankar — sitar; Alla Rakha — tabla; Maya Kulkami — tambura
- MelanieSafka — vocal, guitar
- Arlo Guthrie — vocal, guitar; John Pilla — guitar; Bob Arkin — bass; Paul Motian — drums
- Joan Baez — vocal, guitar; Richard Festinger — guitar; on "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" Jeffrey Shurtlieff — vocal, guitar
- Day two
- Quill Dan Cole — vocal; Phil Thayer — keyboards, saxophone, flute; Norman Rogers — guitar, vocal; Jon Cole — bass, vocal; Roger North — drums
- Country Joe McDonald — vocal, guitar
- percussion
- John Sebastian — vocal, guitar
- Keef Hartley Band Henry Lowther — trumpet, violin; Jimmy Jewell — saxophone; Miller Anderson — guitar, vocal; Gary Thain — bass; Keef Hartley — drums
- The 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, percussion
- Canned Heat Bob Hite — vocal, harmonica; Alan Wilson — vocal, guitar, harmonica; Harvey Mandel — guitar; Larry Taylor — bass; Adolpho de la Parra — drums
- Mountain Leslie West — vocal, guitar; Steve Knight — keyboards; Felix Pappalardi — bass; Norman 'N.D.' Smart — drums
- Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Tom Constanten — keyboards, vocals; Phil Lesh — bass; Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann— drums
- Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty — vocal, guitar, harmonica; Tom Fogerty — rhythm guitar, vocal; Stu Cook — bass; Doug 'Cosmo' Clifford — drums
- Janis Joplin — vocal; Luis Gasca — trumpet; Terry Clements — tenor saxophone; Cornelius 'Snooky' Flowers — baritone saxophone, vocal; Richard Kermode — keyboards; John Till - guitar; Brad Campbell — bass; Maury Baker — drums
- Gregg Errico— drums
- The Who Roger Daltrey — vocal; Pete Townshend — guitar, vocal; John Entwistle — bass, vocal; Keith Moon — drums
- Jefferson Airplane Marty Balin, Grace Slick — vocals; Nicky Hopkins — piano; Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen — guitars, vocals; Jack Casady — bass; Spencer Dryden — drums
- Day three
- Joe Cocker — vocal; Chris Stainton — keyboards; Henry McCullough — guitar, vocal; Alan Spenner — bass, vocal; Bruce Rowland — drums
- Country Joe and the Fish Country Joe McDonald — vocal, guitar; Mark Kapner, Barry Melton — guitars; Doug Metzner — bass; Greg Dewey — drums
- Ten Years After Alvin Lee — vocal, guitar; Chick Churchill — keyboards; Leo Lyons — bass; Ric Lee — drums
- The Band Richard Manuel — vocal, piano, organ; Garth Hudson — organ, piano; Robbie Robertson — guitar, vocal; Rick Danko — vocal, bass; Levon Helm — vocal, drums
- Johnny Winter — vocal, guitar; Tommy Shannon — bass; John Turner — drums
- 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— drums
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young David Crosby, Graham Nash — vocals, guitars; Stephen Stills, Neil Young — vocals, guitars, organ; Greg Reeves — bass; Dallas Taylor — drums
- Paul 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 — drums
- Sha 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 — drums
- Jimi Hendrix — vocal, guitar; Larry Lee — rhythm guitar; Billy Cox — bass, vocal; Mitch Mitchell — drums; Juma Sultan — percussion; Jerry Velez — congas
Production
- reissue producers
- 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
References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Woodstock: Back to the Garden [50th Anniversary Experience]". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ Kelman, John (August 10, 2019). "Various Artists: Woodstock – Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ Needs, Kris (July 9, 2019). "Woodstock: Back To The Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience | Various". Record Collector. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ Stone, Sam (July 31, 2021). "Rhino's 10-CD Woodstock Set "Back to the Garden: The 50th Anniversary Experience" Delivers the Goods". The Second Disc. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- Rhino Records R2 591470, 2019, liner notes, p. 12.
- ^ Rhino R2 591470, p. 12.
- ^ Rhino R2 591470, p. 12.