Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm

Woodstock - 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm
Live album by Various artists
Released	August 11, 2009
Recorded	August 15, 16, & 17, 1969 at Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY
Genre	Rock
Label	Rhino Records,
Producer	Andy Zax, Mason Williams and Cheryl Pawelski
Woodstock albums chronology
The Woodstock Experience (2009) Woodstock - 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm (2009)

Woodstock - 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm is a 6-CD live box-set album of the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York. Its release marked the 40th Anniversary of the festival. At six CDs, it is the most complete collection ever released of the festival. Every artist who performed at Woodstock is featured on the set, with the curious exception of Ten Years After, The Band and Keef Hartley. Keef Hartley have never been featured on any Woodstock recording, nor were they featured in the film version. After a labor-intensive process of reviewing every inch of multi-track tape, co-producer Andy Zax selected the very best from each of the 33 sets and furthered the collection’s authenticity by including stage announcements, set banter, the sounds of rain, a cameo appearance by Abbie Hoffman, and the graciousness of Max Yasgur’s address to the crowd, heard for the first time in its entirety. Over the years, many of the Woodstock albums have featured "doctored" recordings in which mistakes, feedback, and bad micing were either edited or re-recorded. This set features the recordings as close to the original versions as possible in order to simulate actually being at the festival. Also for the first time ever, the complete and accurate set lists are included in the box’s booklet.

Track listing

Disc One –

1. "Handsome Johnny"
2. "Freedom (Motherless Child)"
   • Tracks 1-2 performed by Richie Havens.
3. "Choppity Choppity" - John Morris
4. "Look Out"
5. "Two Worlds"*
   • Tracks 4-5 performed by Sweetwater.
6. "Jennifer"*
7. "And When It's Over"*
8. "Smile"*
   • Tracks 6-8 performed by Bert Sommer.
9. "There Goes Marilyn!" - John Morris
10. "Hang On To A Dream"*
11. "Simple Song Of Freedom"*
    • Tracks 10-11 performed by Tim Hardin.
12. "Flat Blue Acid" - John Morris
13. "Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarita!"*
    • Track 13 performed by Ravi Shankar.
14. "Momma Momma"*
15. "Beautiful People"
16. "Birthday Of The Sun"
    • Tracks 14-16 performed by Melanie
17. "Coming Into Los Angeles"***
18. "Wheel Of Fortune"*
19. "Every Hand In The Land"*
    • Tracks 17-19 performed by Arlo Guthrie.
20. "All You Funny People" - John Morris

Disc Two –

1. "Joe Hill"
2. "Sweet Sir Galahad"
3. "Hickory Wind"*
4. "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" - featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff
   • Tracks 1-4 performed by Joan Baez.
5. "Bring Scully His Asthma Pills" - John Morris
6. "Insulin" & Quill Intro - John Morris
7. "They Live The Life"*
8. "That's How I Eat"*
   • Tracks 7-8 performed by Quill.
9. "I Understand Your Wife Is Having A Baby" - Chip Monck
10. "Donovan's Reef"*
11. "The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag"
    • Tracks 10-11 performed by Country Joe McDonald.
12. "Persuasion"
13. "Soul Sacrifice"
    • Tracks 12-13 performed by Santana.
14. "How Have You Been"
15. "Rainbows All Over Your Blues"
16. "I Had A Dream"
    • Tracks 14-16 performed by John B. Sebastian.
17. "The Letter"*
18. "When You Find Out Who You Are"*
    • Tracks 17-18 performed by The Incredible String Band.
19. "She Is Lost" - Chip Monck

Disc Three –

1. "We're In Pretty Good Shape" - Chip Monck
2. "Going Up The Country"
3. "Woodstock Boogie"**
   • Tracks 2-3 performed by Canned Heat.
4. "The Brown Acid Is Not Specifically Too Good" - Chip Monck
5. "Blood Of The Sun"***
6. "Theme For An Imaginary Western"***
7. "For Yasgur's Farm"*
   • Tracks 5-7 performed by Mountain.
8. ""For Those Of You Who Have Partaken Of The Green Acid..." - Chip Monck
9. Green Acid Advice - Jerry Garcia & Country Joe McDonald
10. "Dark Star"*
    • Track 10 performed by The Grateful Dead.
11. "Green River"
12. "Bad Moon Rising"*
13. "I Put A Spell On You"
    • Tracks 11-13 performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Disc Four –

1. "Work Me, Lord"
2. "Ball And Chain"
   • Tracks 1-2 performed by Janis Joplin.
3. "Medley: Dance To The Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You Higher"
   • Track 3 performed by Sly & The Family Stone.
4. "The Politics Of The Situation" - Abbie Hoffman
5. "Amazing Journey"*
6. "Pinball Wizard"*
7. Abbie Hoffman vs Pete Townshend
8. "We're Not Gonna Take It"**
   • Tracks 5-8 performed by The Who.
9. "The Other Side Of This Life"*
10. "Somebody To Love"
11. "Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon"
12. "We Got A Whole Lot Of Orange" - Grace Slick
13. "Volunteers"
    • Tracks 9-13 performed by Jefferson Airplane.
14. "Breakfast In Bed For 400,000" - Wavy Gravy
15. "It Just Keeps Goin'" - John Morris
16. Max Yasgur Speaks

Disc Five –

1. "Feelin' Alright"*
2. "Let's Go Get Stoned"
3. "With A Little Help From My Friends"
   • Tracks 1-3 performed by Joe Cocker.
4. The Rainstorm
5. "Rock & Soul Music"
6. "Love"*
7. "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"*
8. "Summer Dresses"*
9. "Silver And Gold"*
10. "Rock & Soul Music (Reprise)"*
    • Tracks 5-10 performed by Country Joe & The Fish.
11. "Leland Mississippi Blues"*
12. "Mean Town Blues"
    • Tracks 11-12 performed by Johnny Winter.
13. "You've Made Me So Very Happy"*
    • Track 13 performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Disc Six –

1. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
2. "Guinnevere"
3. "Marrakesh Express"
4. "4 + 20"
   • Tracks 1-4 performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
5. "Sea Of Madness"
6. "Wooden Ships"
   • Tracks 5-6 performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
7. "No Amount Of Loving"*
8. "Love March"
9. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
   • Tracks 7-9 performed by The Butterfield Blues Band.
10. "Get A Job"*
11. "At The Hop"
12. "Get A Job (Reprise)"*
    • Tracks 10-12 performed by Sha Na Na
13. "The Star Spangled Banner/Purple Haze/Woodstock Improvisation"
    • Track 13 performed by Jimi Hendrix.
14. "Woodstock Farewell" - Chip Monck

[*] Previously Unissued
[**] Previously Unissued Full-Length Version
[***] Previously Unissued Woodstock Recording

References

• "Woodstock" on Rhino Records