40 Years on: Back to Yasgur's Farm (6 CD boxset released on 2009 - repost in remembrance for 42 years of festival - MP3 320K and FLAC)

[ Tribute to Woodstock Series # 45 ]

As the historic festival marks its 40-year anniversary, Rhino presents WOODSTOCK-40 YEARS ON: BACK TO YASGUR'S FARM, a 77-song, six-CD boxed set that features the most comprehensive collection ever available of artists that performed at the original festival, sequenced in chronological order of performance, featuring 38 previously unreleased recordings, including the Grateful Dead, The Who, Tim Hardin, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish, and others.



To assemble the most comprehensive document of the myth-steeped weekend, the boxed set's co-producer Andy Zax pored over every inch of multitrack tape in search of the strongest parts of each of the 33 sets.



'The way we approached all of the material was as if it was a cinema verite documentary-the raw record of the event,' Zax says.



In addition to the music, the set offers considerable amount of ancillary material sprinkled throughout the discs-stage announcements, lysergic babble, the sounds of rain, a cameo appearance by Abbie Hoffman, and the graciousness of Max Yasgur's address to the crowd, heard for the first time in its entirety.



Disc 1

1. "Handsome Johnny" ‹ Richie Havens

2. "Freedom (Motherless Child)" ‹ Richie Havens

3. "Choppity Choppity"‹ John Morris

4. "Look Out" ‹ Sweetwater

5. "Two Worlds"‹Sweetwater *

6. "Jennifer" ‹ Bert Sommer *

7. "And When It's Over"‹ Bert Sommer *

8. "Smile" ‹ Bert Sommer *

9. "There Goes Marilyn!"‹ John Morris

10. "Hang On To A Dream" ‹ Tim Hardin *

11. "Simple Song Of Freedom" ‹ Tim Hardin *

12. "Flat Blue Acid"‹ John Morris

13. "Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital" ‹ Ravi Shankar *

14. "Momma Momma" ‹ Melanie *

15. "Beautiful People" ‹ Melanie

16. "Birthday Of The Sun" ‹ Melanie

17. "Coming Into Los Angeles" ‹ Arlo Guthrie ***

18. "Wheel Of Fortune" ‹ Arlo Guthrie *

19. "Every Hand In The Land" ‹ Arlo Guthrie *

20. "All You Funny People"‹ John Morris



Disc 2

1. "Joe Hill"‹ Joan Baez

2. "Sweet Sir Galahad"‹ Joan Baez

3. "Hickory Wind" ‹ Joan Baez *

4. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" ‹ Joan Baez w/Jeffrey Shurtleff

5. "Bring Scully His Asthma Pills"‹ John Morris

6. "Insulin" & Quill Intro‹ John Morris

7. "They Live The Life" ‹ Quill *

8. "That's How I Eat"‹ Quill *

9. "I Understand Your Wife Is Having A Baby"‹ Chip Monck

10. "Donovan's Reef" ‹ Country Joe McDonald *

11. "The 'Fish' Cheer"/"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" ‹ Country Joe

McDonald

12. "Persuasion" ‹ Santana

13. "Soul Sacrifice" ‹ Santana

14. "How Have You Been"‹ John B. Sebastian

15. "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" ‹ John B. Sebastian

16. "I Had A Dream" ‹ John B. Sebastian

17. "The Letter" ‹ Incredible String Band *

18. "When You Find Out Who You Are" ‹ Incredible String Band *

19. "She Is Lost"‹ Chip Monck



Disc 3

1. "We're In Pretty Good Shape"‹ Chip Monck

2. "Going Up The Country" ‹ Canned Heat

3. "Woodstock Boogie" ‹ Canned Heat **

4. "The Brown Acid Is Not Specifically Too Good"‹ Chip Monck

5. "Blood Of The Sun" ‹ Mountain ***

6. "Theme For An Imaginary Western" ‹ Mountain ***

7. "For Yasgur's Farm" ‹ Mountain *

8. "For Those Of You Who Have Partaken Of The Green Acid"‹ Chip Monck

9. "Green Acid Advice"‹ Jerry Garcia & Country Joe McDonald

10. "Dark Star" ‹ Grateful Dead *

11. "Green River"‹ Creedence Clearwater Revival

12. "Bad Moon Rising"‹ Creedence Clearwater Revival *

13. "I Put A Spell On You" ‹ Creedence Clearwater Revival



Disc 4

1. "Work Me, Lord" ‹ Janis Joplin

2. "Ball And Chain" ‹ Janis Joplin

3. Medley: "Dance To The Music"/"Music Lover"/"I Want To Take You Higher"‹Sly & The Family Stone

4. "The Politics Of The Situation"‹ Abbie Hoffman

5. "Amazing Journey" ‹ The Who *

6. "Pinball Wizard" ‹ The Who *

7. Abbie Hoffman vs. Pete Townshend

8. "We're Not Gonna Take It" ‹ The Who **

9. "The Other Side Of This Life" ‹ Jefferson Airplane *

10. "Somebody To Love"‹ Jefferson Airplane

11. "Won't You Try"/ "Saturday Afternoon"‹ Jefferson Airplane

12. "We Got A Whole Lot Of Orange"‹ Grace Slick

13. "Volunteers" ‹ Jefferson Airplane

14. "Breakfast In Bed For 400,000"‹Wavy Gravy

15. "It Just Keeps Goin'"‹ John Morris

16. Max Yasgur Speaks



Disc 5

1. "Feelin' Alright"‹ Joe ****er *

2. "Let's Go Get Stoned"‹ Joe ****er

3. "With A Little Help From My Friends" ‹ Joe ****er

4. The Rainstorm

5. "Rock & Soul Music"‹ Country Joe & The Fish

6. "Love" ‹ Country Joe & The Fish *

7. "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"‹ Country Joe & The Fish *

8. "Summer Dresses"‹ Country Joe & The Fish *

9. "Silver and Gold"‹ Country Joe & The Fish *

10. "Rock & Soul Music" (Reprise)‹ Country Joe & The Fish *

11. "Leland Mississippi Blues" ‹ Johnny Winter *

12. "Mean Town Blues" ‹ Johnny Winter

13. "You've Made Me So Very Happy"‹ Blood Sweat & Tears *



Disc 6

1. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" ‹ Crosby Stills & Nash

2. "Guinnevere"‹ Crosby Stills & Nash

3. "Marrakesh Express" ‹ Crosby Stills & Nash

4. "4 + 20" ‹ Crosby Stills & Nash

5. "Sea Of Madness" ‹ Crosby Stills Nash & Young

6. "Wooden Ships" ‹ Crosby Stills Nash & Young

7. "No Amount Of Loving"‹The Butterfield Blues Band *

8. "Love March" ‹ The Butterfield Blues Band

9. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" ‹ The Butterfield Blues Band

10. "Get A Job" ‹ Sha Na Na *

11. "At The Hop" ‹ Sha Na Na

12. "Get A Job" (Reprise) ‹ Sha Na Na *

13. "The Star Spangled Banner"‹ Jimi Hendrix

"Purple Haze"‹ Jimi Hendrix

"Woodstock Improvisation"‹ Jimi Hendrix

14. "Woodstock Farewell"‹ Chip Monck





*Previously Unissued = never before released



**Previously Unissued Full-Length Version = previously released on a Woodstock title in edited form.



***Previously Unissued Woodstock Recording = presenting the actual Woodstock performances here for the first time.





Woodstock Festival: August 15-16-17-18, 1969





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Repost: Ten Years After - Live at The Fillmore East (1970 uk classic hard blues, double CD - FLAC)

[ Tribute to Woodstock Series # 39 ]

This superbly recorded double disc (the original engineer was Eddie Kramer, best-known for his work with Hendrix) captured over a weekend worth of dates in February 1970 at the venerable New York City venue catches the Brit boogie quartet at the peak of their powers.

These shows were sandwiched between their triumphant Woodstock set and the release of Cricklewood Green, generally considered the band's best work.

They find the group primed through years of roadwork, as well as obviously excited to be playing in front of an appreciative N.Y.C. crowd. Kicking off with one of Bill Graham's patented individual-member intros, the group winds their way through the ominous riff of "Love Like a Man."

Mixing extended and rocking versions of blues standards — like Sonny Boy Williamson classics "Help Me" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," as well as Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" — with two Chuck Berry covers and some nuggets from their own catalog, Ten Years After burns through this show with enormous energy and infectious enthusiasm.

Alvin Lee and his flying fingers stay firmly in the spotlight, but the remastered sound is so immaculate you can finally appreciate the contributions of the other, generally overlooked TYA members: Chick Churchill on keyboards and especially Leo Lyons' fluid bass work, along with Ric Lee's jazzy drums.

The songs shift into overdrive on the jams — the longest of which pushes "I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes" to 20 minutes — and amazingly stay interesting for the majority of that time thanks to Lee's sense of flashy dynamics, as he quotes liberally from Hendrix and Cream licks.

Detailed liner notes from drummer Lee describe the scene, not only in terms of Ten Years After, but also of the musical camaraderie of the time.

Some of this is almost embarrassingly dated — the drum solo-laden "The Hobbit" is particularly guilty, as are the often-interminable guitar gymnastics — and the Chuck Berry numbers might have been live crowd-pleasers but don't add much to the originals.

Still, this is the best Ten Years After concert album, and proves just how vibrant these boogie boys could be when inspired by the crowd and each other on a perfect night. (review by Hal Horowitz - AMG).


CD1:
01.Love Like a Man
02.Good Morning Little School Girl
03.Working on the Road
04.Hobbit, The
05.50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain
06.a. Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob
b.Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
c.Extension On One Chord

CD2:
01.Help Me
02.I'm Going Home
03.Sweet Little 16
04.Roll Over Beethoven
05.I Woke up This Morning
06.Spoonful

TenYears After:
*Alvin Lee - vocals, guitar
*Leo Lyons - bass
*Chick Churchill - organ
*Ric Lee - drums

Ten Years After in Woodstock 1969 play at Sunday, August 17:
01.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
02.I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes
03.I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always
04.Hear Me Calling
05.I'm Going Home


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Quill - Quill (1969 us psychedelic the boston sound style blended experimental and proto-prog rock - 2010 Wounded Bird edition - MP3 320K and Wave)

[ Tribute to Woodstock Series # 21 ]

Quill was a popular Northeast USA band that played extensively throughout New England and New York in the late 1960s and that gained national attention by performing at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. The band was originally founded by two singer/songwriters and brothers from the Boston area, Jon and Dan Cole.

Quill's music was eclectic, social commentary, sometimes poetic, sometimes ironic, merged with very unusual, at times nearly atonal scales.

Although for some in the drug-induced haze of the '60's, Quill music could be quite stimulating, it was never intended to be psychedelic music, and actually had a somewhat anti-hedonist slant.

The Cole brothers were hoping to make their audiences think, even while the music was being enjoyed. The band's music was compared to a modern day "Three Penny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht by a local reviewer.

At Woodstock, in addition to playing the main festival stage on Saturday, Quill spent the week preceding the festival living at the setup crew's camp at a nearby motel, providing entertainment for the collection of stage crew, hog farmers, and festival workers.

Quill was also hired by festival promoters to play a series of goodwill concerts at nearby state prisons, mental institutions, and halfway houses as a gesture aimed at countering community concerns about the upcoming festival. (Note: In the history of Quill, this rated as one of the weird tours of all time.

Though enjoyed by the band, there were moments of unpredictability as many members of the very animated audiences were either certifiably insane or 'doin' time', depending on the venue.)

In the run up to Woodstock, seeing the market potential of the buzz that the band had already created with press, pundits and fans, and it's coming appearance at the Festival with the potential for film exposure, Ahmet Ertegün President of Atlantic Records agreed to sign Quill in the summer of 1969 to their Cotillion label.

At the festival, after relentless, and torrential rain all Friday and through the night, the skies miraculously cleared just before the band was to play. On a still soaking stage, under a now beaming sun, the band played a 40 minute set of 4 songs ("That's How I Eat", "They Live the Life", "Waiting For You", and "Driftin'"), and was received enthusiastically by the mud-caked, but drying 500,000 person throng.

As a result of its position as first on stage that day and the remaining disarray due to all of the rain, Quill missed a key opportunity to appear in the Woodstock film, although that was the original intent of Paret and the band.

The band was filmed, but a glitch in the film/audio system made it such that the audio and film were not synchronized properly. This rendered the footage unusable for the now famous film that made so many acts household names. The problem was fixed in time for Santana the next band up and their appearance in the film sealed the band's later success.

Shortly after the festival, Quill self-produced and then released its first Cotillion album, which made some impact, but did not gain national attention. The fact that the Quill footage could not be used for the Woodstock movie seriously disappointed Ertegün and the band's record was never actively promoted, even though over the years it has attained some cult status.

Jon, who was, in many ways, the driving creative force in the band, left several months after that release to pursue other production projects in which he had an interest.

With the assistance of New York producer, Tony Bongiovi, the other four members, in a collaborative effort composed enough material to produce and record a second album for Cotillion, but which the label chose not to release.

The remaining four disbanded Quill late in the Spring of 1970, going their separate ways, leaving a major asterisk in the history of the late '60's rock culture explosion (wikipedia).


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Track List:
01.Thumbnail Screwdriver - 5:22
02.Tube Exuding - 3:47
03.They Live The Life - 9:16
04.Bby - 4:58
05.Yellow Butterfly - 4:09
06.Too Late - 3:52
07.Shrieking Finally - 7:30

Quill:
*Dan Cole (vocals, guitar, trombone)
*Norm Rogers (guitar, bass, cello, vocals)
*Jon Cole (bass, guitar, vocals)
*Phil Thayer (keyboards, bass, saxophone, vocals)
*Roger North (drums, vocals)

Quill in Woodstock 1969 play at Saturday, August 16:
01.They Live the Life
02.BBY
03.Waitin' For You
04.Jam


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