An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.
VA - Woodstock - Three Days Of Peace and Music (25th Anniversary Collection) (1994) FLAC
EAC rip | 4CD | FLAC - Log - Cue | Release: 1994 | 1.49 GB Genre: Rock
Kathy McCord - New Jersey to Woodstock (2010) [FLAC]
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC(Tracks)+Cue+Log | Scans(29.53MB) | 620MB (+3% Rec) Release: 22 Feb 2010 | Label: ACE Records | Genre: Folk, Rock
Had events taken a different turn, Kathy McCord might now be regarded as a 60s pop icon, rather than a cult heroine. It was her early mentor Chip Taylor’s intention that she would record the original of the now-classic ‘Angel Of The Morning’, but his partner Al Gorgoni favoured Evie Sands. Instead Kathy got to record a single for their Rainy Day label in 1968 that fell stillborn from the presses.
Woodstock - 3 Days Of Peace And Music - The 25th Anniversary Collection (4CD) (1994)
4CDs | Genre: Rock/blues | Release: 1994 | Label: Atlantic / Wea | MP3 320 kbps | 611 MB
This four-disc box set was released commemorating the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival that took place in August 1969, and combined both of the Woodstock albums released in 1970 and 1971 with previously unreleased material. It's a well-known part of the festival's history that many of the participants played self-confessed lackluster sets. However, considering the surrounding circumstances in which this music was conceived -- not enough food or water, an abundance of drugs, and thunderstorms -- these artists manage to rise above it more often than not. What is most interesting about this box set are the unreleased tracks by the Band, Tim Hardin, Johnny Winter, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Ritchie Havens. A whittled down single-disc sampler featuring many of the aforementioned unreleased tracks are also available on Woodstock Diary containing Mountain's "Southbound Train," Sly and the Family Stone's "Love City," and CS&N's "Blackbird" which aren't included on the box set.
VA - Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm (2009)
6CDs | Genre: Rock | Release: 2009 | MP3 320 kbps | 1.01 GB
Much has been written about the significance of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair as a cultural event. Ironically, what has been least examined up to now is the very thing that brought nearly half a million together in 1969: the music itself. As the historic festival marks its 40-year anniversary, Rhino presents WOODSTOCK: 40 YEARS ON: BACK TO YASGUR'S FARM, six-CD collection that features the most comprehensive collection ever available of artists that performed at the original festival, sequenced in chronological order of performance, featuring previously unreleased recordings, including the Grateful Dead, The Who, Tim Hardin, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish, and others.