Rhino Releasing Amazing 6-CD Woodstock: 40 Years On

Rhino Records has announced an August 18 release date for a major updating of the classic Woodstock soundtrack album.

Originally released in 1970 by Cotillion as a 3-CD set, the original soundtrack for the movie sold millions and went to number one on the pop album chart (19 on the R&B album chart). While it was billed as a soundtrack album, there were performances in the movie that didn't make the album and album tracks not in the movie. The real purpose was to give a retrospective of the festival including songs by many of the major acts and a lot of the stage announcements and crowd chants.

What was missing from that original album, though, were artists who played the festival but never found huge popularity (Sweetwater, Quill) along with a few huge artists that weren't included because of artistic decisions and licensing problems (i.e., Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blood Sweat and Tears).

The six-CD Woodstock - 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm tries to alleviate those problems by presenting more artists along with additional music from performers that were included the first time around. Still missing, though, are any songs by The Keef Hartley Band, Ten Years After and The Band who all would not clear their performances. The loss of Ten Years After's Goin' Home, to us, is a real loss as Alvin Lee's blistering guitar was one of the highlights of the album.

What you do get is 77-tracks sequenced in chronological order from Richie Haven's opening set on Friday afternoon to Hendrix' closer early on Monday morning. The production team also concentrated on full-length versions of songs instead of edits like on the earlier releases. That includes all of the Who's We're Not Going to Take It, a 30-minute Woodstock Boogie by Canned Heat and a 19-minute version of Dark Star by the Grateful Dead.

Replaced on the album are two performances where tapes from other shows were originally used, Arlo Guthrie's Coming Into Los Angeles and Mountain's Theme From An Imaginary Western (originally on the Woodstock 2 album).

Rhino VP Cheryl Pawelski told Billboard, "This will be the most comprehensive collection of Woodstock music yet. The goal was to make it as real as possible...as authentic an experience as possible. It feels like dirt. It feels like a field. We wanted to take you there. We worked very hard to make it a true document of that time."

After the cut is the full track list for the album.

• Disc 1
• Handsome Johnny - Richie Havens
• Freedom (Motherless Child) - Richie Havens
• Choppity Choppity - John Morris
• Look Out - Sweetwater
• Two Worlds - Sweetwater
• Jennifer - Bert Sommer
• And When It’s Over - Bert Sommer
• Smile - Bert Sommer
• There Goes Marilyn! - John Morris
• Hang On To A Dream - Tim Hardin
• Simple Song Of Freedom - Tim Hardin
• Flat Blue Acid - John Morris
• Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital - Ravi Shankar
• Momma Momma - Melanie
• Beautiful People - Melanie
• Birthday Of The Sun - Melanie
• Coming Into Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie
• Wheel Of Fortune - Arlo Guthrie
• Every Hand In The Land - Arlo Guthrie
• All You Funny People - John Morris
• Disc 2
• Joe Hill - Joan Baez
• Sweet Sir Galahad - Joan Baez
• Hickory Wind - Joan Baez
• Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man - Joan Baez w/Jeffrey Shurtleff
• Bring Scully His Asthma Pills - John Morris
• Insulin & Quill Intro - John Morris
• They Live The Life - Quill
• That’s How I Eat - Quill
• I Understand Your Wife Is Having A Baby - Chip Monck
• Donovan’s Reef - Country Joe McDonald
• The ‘Fish’ Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag - Country Joe McDonald
• Persuasion - Santana
• Soul Sacrifice - Santana
• How Have You Been - John B. Sebastian
• Rainbows All Over Your Blues - John B. Sebastian
• I Had A Dream - John B. Sebastian
• The Letter - Incredible String Band
• When You Find Out Who You Are - Incredible String Band
• She Is Lost - Chip Monck
• Disc 3
• We’re In Pretty Good Shape - Chip Monck
• Going Up The Country - Canned Heat
• Woodstock Boogie - Canned Heat
• The Brown Acid Is Not Specifically Too Good - Chip Monck
• Blood Of The Sun - Mountain
• Theme For An Imaginary Western - Mountain
• For Yasgur’s Farm - Mountain
• For Those Of You Who Have Partaken Of The Green Acid - Chip Monck
• Green Acid Advice - Jerry Garcia & Country Joe McDonald
• Dark Star - Grateful Dead
• Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Disc 4
• Work Me, Lord - Janis Joplin
• Ball And Chain - Janis Joplin
• Medley: Dance To The Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone
• The Politics Of The Situation - Abbie Hoffman
• Amazing Journey - The Who
• Pinball Wizard - The Who
• Abbie Hoffman vs. Pete Townshend
• We’re Not Gonna Take It - The Who
• The Other Side Of This Life - Jefferson Airplane
• Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
• Won’t You Try/ Saturday Afternoon - Jefferson Airplane
• We Got A Whole Lot Of Orange - Grace Slick
• Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
• Breakfast In Bed For 400,000 - Wavy Gravy
• It Just Keeps Goin’ - John Morris
• Max Yasgur Speaks
• Disc 5
• Feelin’ Alright - Joe Cocker
• Let’s Go Get Stoned - Joe Cocker
• With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
• The Rainstorm
• Rock & Soul Music - Country Joe & The Fish
• Love - Country Joe & The Fish
• Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - Country Joe & The Fish
• Summer Dresses - Country Joe & The Fish
• Silver and Gold - Country Joe & The Fish
• Rock & Soul Music (Reprise) - Country Joe & The Fish
• Leland Mississippi Blues - Johnny Winter
• Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter
• You’ve Made Me So Very Happy - Blood Sweat & Tears
• Disc 6
• Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby Stills & Nash
• Guinnevere - Crosby Stills & Nash
• Marrakesh Express - Crosby Stills & Nash
• 4 + 20 - Crosby Stills & Nash
• Sea Of Madness - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
• Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
• No Amount Of Loving -The Butterfield Blues Band
• Love March - The Butterfield Blues Band
• Everything’s Gonna Be Alright - The Butterfield Blues Band
• Get A Job - Sha Na Na
• At The Hop - Sha Na Na
• Get A Job (Reprise) - Sha Na Na
• The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
• Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
• Woodstock Improvisation - Jimi Hendrix
• Woodstock Farewell - Chip Monck