Woodstock / 50th anniversary sets
39-disc uber box • 10CD super deluxe • 5LP set • 3CD
The 50th anniversary of legendary music festival Woodstock is to be celebrated with what one can only describe as a quite exhaustive, nay exhausting, set of releases later this year.
Between August 15-18, 1969, more than 400,000 people converged on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in upstate New York for Woodstock. 32 turns performed over the weekend including Joan Baez, The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, and The Who.
Woodstock 50: Back To The Garden: The Anniversary Collection is available as a 3CD, 5LP, 10CD and – Bloody Nora – a limited 38CD and blu-ray set! The 38CD experience has 432 songs, 267 of them previously unreleased, and features virtually every note played on the stage that weekend. As well as what they’re calling ‘sonic memorabilia’ such as stage announcements about brown acid, it being a ‘free concert from now on’ and – we’re presuming – any issues arising in the car park or people trying to locate their lost kids or minds (man).
The 10CD version features 162 tracks across and (along with the really big box) is the first Woodstock collection to feature live recordings of every performer at the festival. The vinyl version is a 42-track 5LP set with a 3CD edition mirroring this track listing.
The big 38CD+blu-ray package
The big 38CD edition is available from Rhino’s US site and also via the European store as well). It’s $800 in the USA and a bit over £600 over here. It looks like it’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) only.
Orders placed with Rhino for the big box will include exclusive Dale Saltzman 18×15 lithographs based on banners from the original festival. And a free hippy, a square inch of actual farmland and some vintage LSD* (*not really).
5LP edition of Woodstock 50: Back to the Garden
Think that’s probably enough? Oh no! Vinyl Me Please will have a special 10 LP package (due in early August) limited to 1,000 units pressed on tie-dyed-style coloured vinyl! This set contains Woodstock Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4, which haven’t been in print on vinyl since 2009.
The three-CD, ten-CD and 5LP vinyl editions of Woodstock: Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience are released 28 June 2019. The massive box will ship on 2 August.
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Woodstock 50 – Back to the Garden: The Anniversary Collection 10 CD set
CD 1
Richie Havens
- Hello!
- From The Prison /Get Together/ From The Prison
- High Flying Bird
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Handsome Johnny
- Freedom
- It seems there are a few cars blocking the road – John Morris
Sweetwater
- Look Out
- Day Song
- Two Worlds
Bert Sommer
- Jennifer
- And When It’s Over
- America
- Smile
- Let’s see how bright it can be – John Morris
Tim Hardin
- How Can We Hang On To A Dream
- If I Were A Carpenter
- Reason To Believe
- Misty Roses
- We’re a pretty big city right now- John Morris
CD 2
- Somebody, somewhere is giving out some flat blue acid – John Morris
Ravi Shankar
- Raga Manj Kmahaj
Melanie
- Momma Momma
- Beautiful People
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Birthday Of The Sun
- It’s a free concert from now on – John Morris
Arlo Guthrie
- Coming Into Los Angeles
- Lotta freaks!
- Wheel Of Fortune
- Walking Down The Line
- Every Hand In The Lan
- Let’s just make the festival, not the other stuff – John Morris
Joan Baez
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- I Shall Be Released
- He already had a very, very good hunger strike going
- Joe Hill
- Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man – featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff
- That brings us fairly close to the dawn – John Morris
- I guess the reason we’re here is music – John Morris
Quill
- They Live The Life
- That’s How I Eat
CD 3
- Can those of you in the back hear well? – Chip Monck
Country Joe McDonald
- Janis
- Donovan’s Reef
- The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag
- Those wishing to be lost, those wishing to be found – Chip Monck
Santana
- Savor
- Jingo
- Persuasion
- Soul Sacrifice
- An exciting set is understandable – Chip Monck
John B. Sebastian
- How Have You Been
- Rainbows All Over Your Blues
- I Had A Dream
- Darling Be Home Soon
The Keef Hartley Band
- Halfbreed Medley: Sinning For You>Leaving Trunk>Just To Cry>Sinning For You
- Bring Jerry’s nitroglycerin pills to the Indian Pavilion – Chip Monck
CD 4
- Go to Mr. Lang’s office right away – Chip Monck
The Incredible String Band
- Invocation
- The Letter
- Gather ‘Round
- When You Find Out Who You Are
- If things aren’t going well for you or whatever – Chip Monck & Hugh Romney
Canned Heat
- Going Up The Country
- Woodstock Boogie
- Can we have a little juice on this other microphone, please? – Bob Hite & Chip Monck
- On The Road Again
- It’s your own trip – Chip Monck
CD 5
- We’ll take care of that right away – Chip Monck
Mountain
- Theme For An Imaginary Western
- Long Red
- Who Am I But You And The Sun (For Yasgur’s Farm)
- Southbound Train
- Open your eyes wide – Chip Monck & Joshua White
- So many people have been able to participate in such a debacle – Ken Babbs
Grateful Dead
- Mama Tried
- It’s a sinister plot! – Ken Babbs, Country Joe McDonald, et al
- Dark Star
- High Time
- You’re carrying Janis’s wah-wah pedals – John Morris
Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Green River
- Bad Moon Rising
- I Put A Spell On You
- It’s going to be a very long evening – Chip Monck
CD 6
Janis Joplin
- To Love Somebody
- Kozmic Blues
- Piece Of My Heart
- Music’s for grooving, man
- Ball And Chain
- Just in case you should get any ideas about leaving – Chip Monck
Sly & The Family Stone
- Medley: Everyday People>Dance To The Music>Music Lover>I Want To Take You Higher
- Are you supposed to be up there rapping? No, man. – Abbie Hoffman & stagehand
The Who
- I Can’t Explain
- Pinball Wizard
- I can dig it – Abbie Hoffman & Pete Townshend
- We’re Not Gonna Take It
- Shakin’ All Over
- My Generation
- Welcome this new day – Chip Monck
CD 7
Jefferson Airplane
- The Other Side Of This Life
- Somebody To Love
- Let’s play it out of tune – Grace Slick
- 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds
- Won’t You Try/Saturday Afternoon
- We got a whole lot of orange and it was fine – Grace Slick
- Plastic Fantastic Lover
- Volunteers
- If you’re too tired to chew, pass it on – Hugh Romney
- The roads are fairly clear now – John Morris
- This is the largest group of people ever assembled in one place – Max Yasgur
Joe Cocker
- Dear Landlord
- Feelin’ Alright
- Let’s Go Get Stoned
- Hitchcock Railway
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Isn’t the rain beautiful? – John Morris, Barry Melton, rainstorm & audience
CD 8
Country Joe & The Fish
- Rock And Soul Music
- Love
- Silver And Gold
- Rock And Soul Music (Reprise)
Ten Years After
- Help Me
- I’m Going Home
- Come down and say hello to us – Chip Monck
The Band
- Chest Fever
- Tears Of Rage
- This Wheel’s On Fire
- I Shall Be Released
- The Weight
- We’ve just had a slight change in running order – Chip Monck
CD 9
- It’s really a drag – Chip Monck
Johnny Winter
- Leland Mississippi Blues
- Mean Town Blues
- Johnny B. Goode
- It just doesn’t seem to be necessary – Chip Monck
Blood, Sweat & Tears
- More And More
- Spinning Wheel
- Smiling Phases
- You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Tell ’em who we are, man
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
- Blackbird
- Marrakesh Express
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Sea Of Madness
- Wooden Ships
- Bummer!
- 49 Bye-Byes
CD 10
The Butterfield Blues Band
- No Amount Of Loving
- Love March
- Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
Sha Na Na
- Test – Chip Monck & Sha Na Na
- Get A Job
- Come Go With Me
- Silhouettes
- At The Hop
- Duke Of Earl
- Get A Job (Reprise)
- Thank you for making all this possible – Chip Monck
Jimi Hendrix
- Hear My Train A Comin’
- Izabella
- The Star Spangled Banner>Purple Haze
- Good wishes, good day, and a good life – Chip Monck
Woodstock 50 – Back to the Garden: The Anniversary Collection 3CD
CD 1
- Handsome Johnny – Richie Havens
- Freedom (Motherless Child) – Richie Havens
- Everybody’s ground getting comfortable? – John Morris
- Reason To Believe – Tim Hardin
- It’s deadly serious, man – John Morris
- Coming Into Los Angeles – Arlo Guthrie
- Lotta Freaks! – Arlo Guthrie
- Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man – Joan Baez With Jeffrey Shurtleff
- Please come down – Chip Monck
- The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag – Country Joe McDonald
- Jingo – Santana
- Soul Sacrifice – Santana
- Helen Savage, please call your father – Chip Monck
- Darling Be Home Soon – John B. Sebastian
- It’s not poison! – Hugh Romney
- Going Up The Country – Canned Heat
- On The Road Again – Canned Heat
CD 2
- Country common sense! – Chip Monck, Country Joe Mcdonald, Ken Babbs
- Dark Star – Grateful Dead
- We’ve got the keys to your house – John Morris
- Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- I Put A Spell On You – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Kozmic Blues – Janis Joplin
- Piece Of My Heart – Janis Joplin
- Medley: Dance To The Music /Music Lover /I Want To Take You Higher – Sly & The Family Stone
- We’re Not Gonna Take It – The Who
- My Generation – The Who
- Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane
- Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane
- We must be in heaven, man! – Hugh Romney
CD 3
- I think you people have proven something to the world – Max Yasgur
- With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker
- Looks like we’re gonna get a little bit of rain – John Morris
- I’m Going Home – Ten Years After
- The Weight – The Band
- Spinning Wheel – Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Sea Of Madness – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Wooden Ships – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Love March – The Butterfield Blues Band
- At The Hop – Sha Na Na
- It’s been a delight seeing you – Chip Monck
Woodstock – Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience (5LP)
- Handsome Johnny – Richie Havens
- Freedom (Motherless Child) – Richie Havens
- Everybody’s ground getting comfortable? – John Morris
- Reason To Believe – Tim Hardin
- It’s deadly serious, man – John Morris
- Coming Into Los Angeles – Arlo Guthrie
- Lotta Freaks! – Arlo Guthrie
- Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man – Joan Baez With Jeffrey Shurtleff
- Please come down – Chip Monck
- The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag – Country Joe McDonald
- Jingo – Santana
- Soul Sacrifice – Santana
- Helen Savage, please call your father – Chip Monck
- Darling Be Home Soon – John B. Sebastian
- It’s not poison! – Hugh Romney
- Going Up The Country – Canned Heat
- On The Road Again – Canned Heat
- Country common sense! – Chip Monck, Country Joe Mcdonald, Ken Babbs
- Dark Star – Grateful Dead
- We’ve got the keys to your house – John Morris
- Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- I Put A Spell On You – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Kozmic Blues – Janis Joplin
- Piece Of My Heart – Janis Joplin
- Medley: Dance To The Music / Music Lover / I Want To Take You Higher – Sly & The Family Stone
- We’re Not Gonna Take It – The Who
- My Generation – The Who
- Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane
- Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane
- We must be in heaven, man! – Hugh Romney
- I think you people have proven something to the world – Max Yasgur
- With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker
- Looks like we’re gonna get a little bit of rain – John Morris
- I’m Going Home – Ten Years After
- The Weight – The Band
- Spinning Wheel – Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Sea Of Madness – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Wooden Ships – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Love March – The Butterfield Blues Band
- At The Hop – Sha Na Na
- It’s been a delight seeing you – Chip Monck
Woodstock – Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience 38CD+blu-ray
Includes Full Performances by the Following Artists (In Chronological Order)
- Richie Havens
- Sweetwater
- Bert Sommer
- Tim Hardin
- Ravi Shankar
- Melanie
- Arlo Guthrie
- Joan Baez
- Quill
- Country Joe McDonald
- Santana
- John B. Sebastian
- The Keef Hartley Band
- The Incredible String Band
- Canned Heat
- Mountain
- Grateful Dead
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Janis Joplin
- Sly & The Family Stone
- The Who
- Jefferson Airplane
- Joe Cocker
- Country Joe & The Fish
- Ten Years After
- The Band
- Johnny Winter
- Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- The Butterfield Blues Band
- Sha Na Na
- Jimi Hendrix
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