Woodstock - 1969-08-15 - Bethel, NY (SBD + AUD)

Woodstock

1969-08-15 

Yasgur's Farm

Bethel, NY

Soundboard + Audience Recordings

320 kbps

Front Artwork

CD 1:

01. A Word From Sidney
02. Original WNEW-FM NYC Woodstock Radio Spot with Scott Muni
03. Original WNEW-FM NYC Woodstock Radio Spot with Rosko Source:
04. Original WNEW-FM NYC Woodstock Radio Spot (unknown DJ)
05. Original WNEW-FM NYC Woodstock Radio Spot with Pete Fornatale
06. Re-created WNEW-FM NYC Woodstock Radio Spot
07. Hugh Romney and the Hog Farm arrive at JFK Airport
08. Michael Lang ABC-TV Interview
09. Friday Radio News Report
10. Crowd Arrival and Announcements
11. Townspeople Interviews
12. John Morris Pre-Show Meeting
13. Directing Traffic with Hugh Romney
14. Jefferson Airplane Light Show Arrival
15. Free John Sinclair!
16. Earthlight Theater Performance
17. Bill Graham Discusses Crowd Control
18. Hugh Romney Wandering Around
19. Howard Smith Interviews Festival Attendees and Staff
20. Improvised Music In The Woods
21. Michael Lang Trailer Phone Call
22. A Chat with Two Hitchhikers
23. Friday Afternoon Stage Announcements (John Morris, Chip Monck and others)


CD 2:

Richie Havens:
01. John Morris/Richie Havens Intro
02. From The Prison (incl. Get Together)
03. I’m A Stranger Here
04. “You’re All Groovy”
05. High Flyin' Bird
06. I Can't Make It Anymore
07. With A Little Help From My Friends
08. Handsome Johnny
09. “A Hundred Million Songs”
10. Strawberry Fields Forever > Hey Jude
11. Improvisation and Tuning
12. Freedom (incl. Motherless Child) > John Morris Outro

13. Backstage Commotion
14. Artie Kornfeld Backstage
15. Stage Announcements: “Choppity Choppity”
16. Swami Satchidananda Backstage
17. Stage Announcements: “It’s A Free Concert From Now On”
18. Swami Satchidananda Speech
19. Swami Satchidananda Chants
20. Howard Smith WABC-FM Report: “Almost Unbelievable”

CD 3:

Sweetwater:
01. Motherless Child
02. Look Out
03. For Pete's Sake
04. Day Song
05. What's Wrong
06. My Crystal Spider
07. Two Worlds
08. Band Introductions
09. Why Oh Why (incl. Let The Sunshine In > Oh Happy Day)

10. Arlo Guthrie – “The New York State Thruway’s Closed!”
11. Howard Smith WABC-FM Report: “Grand Entrance”


CD 4:

Bert Sommer:
01. John Morris Intro > Jennifer
02. The Road To Travel
03. I Wondered Where You’d Be
04. She’s Gone
05. Things Are Going My Way
06. And When It’s Over
07. Jeanette
08. America
09. A Note That Read
10. Smile > John Morris

11. “A Little Puny Gathering” – Joan Baez Backstage
12. Stage Announcements: “There Goes Marilyn!”

Tim Hardin: 
13. John Morris Intro > How Can We Hang Onto A Dream
14. If I Were A Carpenter
15. Snow White Lady (possible fragment)
16. Blues On My Ceiling
17. Simple Song Of Freedom
18. Stage Announcements: “Flat Blue Acid”
19. Misty Roses
20. Stage Announcements - Hugh Romney - Its Just Bad Acid


CD 5:

Ravi Shankar: 
01. Ravi Shankar Intro > Raga Puriya-Dhanashri > Gat In Sawarital
02. Tabla Solo In Jhaptal Source:
03. Raga Manj Kmahaj Source:

04. Walking To The Free Stage
05. Eleanor Rigby (unknown Free Stage performer)
06. I’m Your Dream (unknown free Stage performer)

Melanie:
07. Momma Momma
08. Beautiful People
09. Animal Crackers
10. Mr. Tambourine Man
11. Tuning My Guitar
12. Birthday Of The Sun

13. Backstage Chatter and Ambiance (recorded during Melanie’s set)


CD 6:
01. Backstage Commotion (inside the Headquarters Trailer)

Arlo Guthrie:
02. Coming Into Los Angeles
03. Wheel Of Fortune
04. Walking Down The Line
05. The Story Of Moses
06. Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep
07. Every Hand In The Land
08. Amazing Grace

09. Incredible String Band Improvisation (backstage during Arlo’s set)

10. Stage Announcements: “All You Funny People”


CD 7: 

Joan Baez: 
01. John Morris Intro > Oh Happy Day
02. The Last Thing On My Mind
03. I Shall Be Released Source
04. “One Of David’s Favorite Songs” Rap
05. Joe Hill
06. Sweet Sir Galahad
07. Hickory Wind
08. Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man (with Jeffrey Shurtleff)
09. One Day At A Time (with Jeffrey Shurtleff)
10. Warm And Tender Love (with Jeffrey Shurtleff)
11. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
12. We Shall Overcome

13. Stage Announcements: “Bring Scully His Asthma Pills”

Woodstock - 1969-08-15 - Bethel, NY (SBD)

It was billed as an Aquarian Exposition (this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius), as 3 days of Peace and Music. It became 4 days of Peace, Music and Mud and closed the NY Thruway. As the song says, by the time “we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong, and everywhere was a song and a celebration”. The anti war, hippie, flower power, anti-establishment counter cultural revolution that was brewing among the youth of America was on full display at Yasgur’s Farm. More than anything, it was the moment that defined a generation, and continues to resonate with people a half century later. Michael Lang, one of the four young men who produced the festival, once said "That's what means the most to me – the connection to one another felt by all of us who worked on the festival, all those who came to it, and the millions who couldn't be there but were touched by it." More has probably been written about Woodstock than almost any other musical event in history, and I most certainly could never do justice to describing the events, emotions, impact and legacy of those 4 days. What I can do, however, is post some of the incredible music that was made at Woodstock in 1969. Thanks to our friends at the Woodstock project, we can bring you 33 CDs filled with music,  interviews, newscasts, and much more. Today we have 7 CDs from Friday, August 15, 1969, 5 decades ago today, featuring among others, Richie Havens and Joan Baez. Download these, then come back over the next 3 days for the rest of what Rolling Stone called “the most important event in rock history”.