Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music [25th Anniversary] (1995)

About this title: 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 ... read more

Tracks:

1. Handsome Johnny [Havens]
2. Freedom [Havens]
3. The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag [McDonald]
4. Rainbows All Over Your Blues [Sebastian]
5. I Had a Dream [Sebastian]
6. If I Were a Carpenter [Hardin]
7. Beautiful People [Safka]
8. Coming into Los Angeles [Guthrie]
9. Walkin' Down the Line [Dylan]
10. Joe Hill [Robinson/Hayes]
11. Sweet Sir Galahad [Baez]
12. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man [McGuinn/Parsons]
13. Soul Sacrifice [Areas/Brown/Carabel]
14. Blood of the Sun [West/Pappalardi/Col]
15. Theme from an Imaginary Western [Bruce/Brown]
16. Leaving This Town [De La Parra/Mandel/]
17. Going Up the Country [Wilson]
18. Commotion [Fogerty]
19. Green River [Fogerty]
20. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) [Cropper/Floyd/Picke]
21. I Put a Spell on You [Hawkins]
22. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) [Ragovoy/Taylor]
23. Work Me, Lord [Gravenites/Traditio]
24. Ball and Chain [Thornton]
25. Medley: Dance to the Music/Music Lover/I Want to Take You Higher [Stewart]
26. We're Not Gonna Take It [Townshend]
27. Volunteers [Kantner/Balin]
28. Somebody to Love [Slick/Slick]
29. Saturday Afternoon/Won't You Try [Kantner]
30. Uncle Sam Blues [Casady/Kaukonen/Tra]
31. White Rabbit [Slick]
32. Let's Go Get Stoned [Armstead/Ashford/Si]
33. With a Little Help from My Friends [Lennon/McCartney]
34. Rock & Soul Music [McDonald/Melton/Hir]
35. I'm Going Home [Lee]
36. Long Black Veil [Dill/Wilkin]
37. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [Wonder/Hunter]
38. The Weight [Robertson]
39. Mean Town Blues [Winter]
40. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes [Stills]
41. Guinnevere [Crosby]
42. Marrakesh Express [Nash]
43. 4 + 20 [Stills]
44. Sea of Madness [Young]
45. Find the Cost of Freedom [Stills]
46. Love March [Dinwiddie/Wilson]
47. At the Hop [Madara/Singer/White]
48. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)/Stepping Stone [Hendrix]
49. The Star Spangled Banner [Key/Smith]
50. Purple Haze [Hendrix]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.