Woodstock - Music from the Original Soundtrack - Rare 1st Press Ft. Jimi Hendrix

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Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More by Various artistsReleasedMay 11, 1970RecordedAugust 15–18, 1969 on an 8-track recording console, , Length138:56/Eric BlacksteadWoodstock compilation chronologyMusic from the Original Soundtrack and More
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Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More is a live album of selected performances from the 1969   festival. Originally released on '  label as a set of 3 LPs in 1970 (later reissued on the Atlantic label), it was re-released as a  in 1994. Veteran producer  was the sound engineer during the three-day event. The date of release of the original LP set was May 11, 1970.

This album's version of the  performance of "Sea of Madness" was actually recorded a month after the festival, during a performance at the  auditorium in New York City. The live Woodstock version can be found on the 2009 album .

A second collection of recordings from the festival, , was released a year later. In 1994 the songs from both albums, as well as numerous additional, previously-unreleased performances from the festival, but not the stage announcements and crowd noises, were reissued by Atlantic as a 4-CD  titled . In 2009,  issued a 6-CD box, , which includes further musical performances as well as stage announcements and other ancillary material.

The couple on the album cover are Bobbi Kelly and Nick Ercoline.

Track listing

On the LP release, side one was backed with side six, side two was backed with side five, and side three was backed with side four. This was common on multi-LP sets of the time, to accommodate the popular  turntables.

Most of the tracks have some form of stage announcement, conversation by the musicians, etc., lengthening the tracks to an extent. Times are listed as the length of time the music was played in the song, while times in parentheses indicate the total running time of the entire track.

Side one "I Had a Dream" – 2:38 (2:53) Performed by . "" – 3:19 (5:53) Performed by  "Freedom"  – 5:13 (5:26) Performed by . "Rock and Soul Music" – 2:09 (2:09) Performed by . "Coming into Los Angeles" – 2:05 (2:50) Performed by . "" – 2:13 (2:33) Performed by . Side two "" – 3:02 (3:48) Performed by . "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" – 2:08 (2:38) Performed by  & Jeffrey Shurtleff. "Joe Hill" – 2:40 (5:34) Performed by . ""  – 8:04 (9:02) Performed by . "Sea of Madness" – 3:22 (4:20) Performed by . Side three ""  – 5:26 (5:26) Performed by . "We're Not Gonna Take It" – 4:39 (6:54) Performed by . (The song is listed on the sleeve as "We're Not Going to Take It" but the song played on the album is actually only the "See Me, Feel Me" portion.) The final 1:50 of the track is an emergency announcement and the statement to declare "it's a Free Concert from now". "" – 7:50 (10:06) Performed by . In the CD version, the first disc would close with this track, with a 1:30 long recording of the rainstorm. Side four "" – 8:05 (13:52) Performed by . The first 3 minutes of the track is the "Crowd Rain Chant," a chant started by the crowd as an attempt to stop the rainstorm. "I'm Going Home" – 9:20 (9:57) Performed by . Side five "" – 2:45 (3:31) Performed by . The final 34 seconds or so of the track is a speech by , praising the crowd for coming to the festival. "Medley" (Performed by ) – 13:47 (15:29)  – 2:11 Music Lover – 4:50  – 6:46 "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" – 2:05 (3:54) Performed by . Side six "Love March" – 8:43 (8:59) Performed by . "Medley" (Performed by .) – 12:51 (13:42)  – 5:40  – 3:28 Instrumental Solo – 3:43