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Mud, exhaustion, and no toilets is how Mitch Mitchell described Woodstock, but it had its moments as we find here on this long (but not long enough) CD. The first couple of tracks are not recorded at the concert, and it seems to miss some tracks of the original 3 LP set. This was supplemented by a 2 LP 'Woodstock 2', which is also excellent but maybe not available? The variety of this album is tremendous, but perhaps what comes through most is an 'honesty' of performance. Although, much of it may seem cliched or hippy clap trap for us, John Sebastion really means it! The songwriting and musicianshipmore… displayed on this album and by this generation is yet to be surpassed in my opinion. There are particularly stellar and career making performances by Sly and the Family Stone and Santana, both of whom are almost genre defining bands. The latter bought the biggest amps they could get in the local music shop! They also feature the youngest musician at WS, Mike Shrieve - what a drummer at 18 years old! Richie Havens improvised 'Freedom' ended his set (the first one at the concert) and is a brilliant piece of improvised passion. For purity and pitch perfect vocals see Joan Baez. For songwriting and second gig nerves see Crosby, Stills, and Nash who also made their name here. Jefferson Airplane and Gypsy, Sun, and Rainbows (Hendrixs pick up band) produce great dawn performances - this is in the day when things really weren't well organised! Hendrix set was mixed but these performances where he gets away from the tethers of inadequate percussionists are just monstrously good. He sums up the angst of the 60's generation in SBB, produces an all time best (?) PH, and then improvisises as only he can!There's alot missing though - Ravi Shankar, Janis, Melanie, some live Canned Heat (stomping).You've got to see the film for a rounder picture but somebody needs to release more material...Anyone who wants to know about how to write or perform music must have this.Recording quality is OK thanks to Eddie Kramer

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Woodstock (1999) Retail CD

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