Thanks for your service, GTG!

(hand salute)

Arjay

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Okay guys, I usually never do this and I do buy my music and software, but the complete Woodstock bootlegs are available for download. Do a Google search and you'll find it. Some of the performances were recorded better than others. You get to hear why some performances weren't used. They were horrible! It's fun to listen to the bootlegs, and you get to hear how much the studio doctored up a lot of the stuff on the album.

Oh there's also a museum there too. http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/museum.aspx pretty cool stuff. I plan on going this summer. I have a place I stay in the summer not far from Bethel NY. If I go I'll be sure to report back.

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Sweet thanks Supro...

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+1

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Thanks, guys. Forty years ain't that long. Mr Green Weinie.

Indeed!

Seems like just yesterday I was watching Neil Armstrong take his first step onto the moon during basic training on an Admiral B&W portable that our D.I.'s had set up in their canteen area next to the orderly room.



Arjay

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John Fogerty described the Dead's set as "two or three hours of tuning their guitars..."

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Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I do think that Woodstock was probably amazing, in terms of the "vibe" and sea of humanity and great music and everything.

But I think there's probably a lot of parts that are now (purposely) ignored or forgotten by the general public. We all know Hendrix, CSN&Y (even though Y wasn't credited on the album), Johnny Winter (Tommy Shannon was the bassist!), Sly and the Family Stone, the Who and all the other great bands we know & love...but there were a lot of "who the &^%$ is that?" performers, too...

Bert Sommer
Melanie
Quill
Keef Hartley Band
...and a few others not immediately recognizable to a guy of my age (almost 41)...and I'm somewhat of a historian about music of that era.

This was, after all, a "pop" festival, so there were some disposible pop bands in the lineup. I mean, good Lord, Sha-Na-Na was there.

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Here's the set list from the Woodstock Bootlegs. Some performers are missing, but there is a lot of stuff a lot of people never heard. The quality is just okay for the most part, but it's still a blast to listen to.

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DISC ONE:
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Richie Havens:
1. John Morris/Richie Havens Intro Sources: Film Outtake, B&W Video
2. High Flyin' Bird Source: Film Outtake
3. Unknown song Source: B&W Video
4. I Can't Make It Anymore Source: Film Outtake
5. Strawberry Fields Forever/Hey Jude Source: Film Outtake
6. With A Little Help From My Friends Source: Film Outtake

Sweetwater:
7. Motherless Child Source: Audience Tape
8. Day Song Source: B&W Video

Bert Sommer:
9. Jennifer Source: Film Outtake

Arlo Guthrie:
10. Amazing Grace Source: Film Outtake

Quill
11. John Morris Intro/They Live The Life Source: Diary Video, Audience Tape
12. BBY Source: Audience Tape
13. Waitin' For You Source: Diary Video, Audience Tap
14. Unknown song/jam

Country Joe McDonald:
15. Chip Monck/Country Joe Intro Source: Film Outtake
16. Janis Source: Film Outtake
17. Rockin' All Around The World Source: Film Outtake
18. Flyin' High All Over The World Source: Film Outtake
19. Seen A Rocket Source: Film Outtake

Santana
20. Waiting Source: Audience Tape
21. You Just Don't Care Source: Audience Tape


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DISC TWO:
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Keef Hartley Band
1. Spanish Fly Source: Audience Tape

Incredible String Band
2. Invocation Source: B&W Video
3. The Letter Source: Film Outtake, B&W Video
4. This Moment Source: Film Outtake
5. When You Find Out Who You Are/Chip Monck Outro Source: Film Outtake, Diary Video

Mountain
6. Stormy Monday Source: Soundboard Tape
7. Theme From An Imaginary Western Source: Soundboard Tape
8. Long Red Source: Soundboard Tape
9. For Yasgur's Farm Source: Soundboard Tape
10. You And Me Source: Soundboard Tape
11. Waiting To Take You Away Source: Soundboard Tape
12. Dreams Of Milk And Honey Source: B&W Video

13.Stage Problems Announcement Source: B&W Video

Grateful Dead (all tracks sourced from original Multitrack Master!! gaps in St. Stephen filled in by alt. Soundboard tape)
14. Ken Babbs/Chip Monck Intro-St. Stephen


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DISC THREE:
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Grateful Dead (track sourced from original Multitrack Master!! gaps in Lovelight filled in by alt. Soundboard tape)
1. Mama Tried
2. Equipment Failure And Stage Raps
3. Dark Star
4. High Time

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DISC FOUR:
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Grateful Dead (track sourced from original Multitrack Master!! gaps in Lovelight filled in by alt. Soundboard tape)
1. Turn On Your Lovelight


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DISC FIVE:
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Creedence Clearwater Revival Source: Soundboard Tape EXCEPT as noted
1. Chip Monck Intro/Born On The Bayou Source: Soundboard Tape, Blackstead Tapes MP3 File
2. Green River
3. Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do)
4. Bootleg
5. Commotion
6. Bad Moon Rising
7. Proud Mary
8. I Put A Spell On You
9. Night Time Is The Right Time
10. Keep On Chooglin'
11. Suzy Q

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DISC SIX:
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Janis Joplin Source: Soundboard Tape
1. Chip Monck Intro/Raise Your Hand
2. As Good As You've Been To This World
3. To Love Somebody
4. Summertime
5. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
6. Kosmic Blues
7. Can't Turn You Loose
8. Work Me Lord
9. Piece Of My Heart
10. Ball And Chain


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DISC SEVEN:
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Sly & The Family Stone Source: Soundboard Tape From "Down On the Farm" CD
1. Chip Monck Intro/M?Lady
2. Sing A Simple Song
3. You Can Make It If You Try
4. Everyday People/Dance To The Music
5. Music Lover
6. I Want To Take You Higher
7. Love City
8. Stand

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DISC EIGHT::
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The Who Source: Soundboard Tape EXCEPT where noted
1. Chip Monck Intro/Heaven And Hell
2. I Can't Explain
3. It's A Boy
4. 1921
5. Amazing Journey
6. Sparks
7. Eyesight To The Blind
8. Christmas
9. Acid Queen
10. Pinball Wizard
11. Abbie Hoffmann Incident
12. Fiddle About
13. -There's A Doctor I've Found
14. Go To The Mirror Boy
15. Smash The Mirror
16. I'm Free
17. Tommy's Holiday Camp
18. We're Not Gonna Take It
19. See Me Feel Me
20. Summertime Blues
21. Shakin' All Over/Chip Monck Intro/Pete Townshend Intro
22. My Generation-Naked Eye/Chip Monck Outro Source: Soundboard Tape, Soundtrack LP

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DISC NINE:
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1. Doctor Request/Chip Monck Intro/Grace Slick Intro Source: Diary Video

Jefferson Airplane
2. The Other Side Of This Life (segments only) Source: Director's Cut, Audience Tape

Joe Cocker
3. Something's Coming On Source: Acetate
4. Dear Landlord Source: Audience Tape

Country Joe & The Fish
5. Thing Called Love Source: Film Outtake
6. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine Source: Film Outtake

The Band Source: Soundboard Tape EXCEPT where noted
7. Chip Monck Intro/Chest Fever
8. Baby Don't Do It
9. Tears Of Rage
10. We Can Talk
11. Don't You Tell Henry
12. This Wheel's On Fire Source: Acetate

Johnny Winter
13. Mama Talk To Your Daughter Source: Blackstead Tapes MP3
14. Rock Me Baby Source: Blackstead Tapes MP3

Blood Sweat And Tears
15. Chip Monck Intro/More And More Source: Film Outtake
16. Something's Coming On/More Than You'll Ever Know Source: Film Outtake
17. Spinning Wheel Source: Film Outtake

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DISC TEN:
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
1. Blackbird Source: Film Outtake
2. Helplessly Hoping Source: Film Outtake
3. Mr Soul Source: Film Outtake
4. Long Time Gone Source: Film Outtake

Paul Butterfield Blues Band
5. All In A Day Source: Blackstead Tapes MP3
6. All My Love Comin' Through To You Source: Film Outtake
7. Drifting Blues Source: Film Outtake
8. Everything's Gonna Be Alright Source: Woodstock Two LP, Film Outtake

Sha-Na-Na
9. Teen Angel Source: Film Outtake
10. Wipe Out Source: Film Outtake
11. Who Wrote The Book Of Love Source: Film Outtake
12. Duke Of Earl Source: Film Outtake

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DISC ELEVEN:
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Jimi Hendrix Source: Soundboard Tape EXCEPT where noted
1. Chip Monck Intro/Introduction Source: Soundboard Tape, 2 CD Hendrix At Woodstock
2. Message To The Universe Source: Audience Tape
3. Getting My Heart Back Together Again
4. Spanish Castle Magic
5. Red House
6. Master Mind
7. Here Comes Your Lover Man
8. Foxy Lady
9. Jam Back At The House

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DISC TWELVE:
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Jimi Hendrix Source: Soundboard Tape EXCEPT where noted
1. Izabella
2. Gypsy Woman
3. Fire
4. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
5. Stepping Stone
6. Star Spangled Banner
7. Purple Haze
8. Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction
9. Hey Joe
10. Woodstock Farewell (Chip Monck, from single cd Jimi Hendrx at Woodstock - its only a bit of audio so we added it here. Buy both single and double cd Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock official cds if you?re a fan!)

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My eyes hurt from reading all of that!

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IF I DO SOMETHING STUPID,DON'T SAY A WORD...

Yep, but if you find the file, download and listen to it, you will be enlightened by the raw energy and all of the ways of us dumbasses from the 60's and 70's. It was a fun time and some of the best performers that ever existed. You just don't get that type of raw energy anymore. Everything's all over processed, over digitized, over auto tuned and over produced. In the early 70's, I saw Ten Years After for six bucks in Philly and they played for over 3 hrs! Just Google,
Woodstock Complete Bootlegs. You'll see why the Grateful Dead didn't make the album or the movie.

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If I could only hear Mountain from that list,I would be happy...Leslie West is a great guitarist and one who never really got the credit he deserves,JMHO.

I could've done without Richie Havens, Ravi Shankar and a few others...

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Don't leave home without it!

Did not Go....Wanted to but my parents just laughed when I said I wanted to go....
Of course I was only 13 at the time....
In retrospect I'm very glad I did not, even if I had been 18 at the time. Floundering about in the mud for three days is not all it's cracked up to be.
Considering the lack of medical, the fact that most bands were horrible due to a lot of factors, the nostalgia has taken a life of it's own thru rose colored glasses.

Is it worth remembering as a moment in history.. Of course it is but Woodstock is really about signalling the end of a very short era rather than the beginning of the Hippie cultural phenomenon.

An accurate portrayal of the times leading up to Woodstock would be the book by Harvey Kubernik " Canyon of Dreams " The magic and the music of Laurel Canyon
ISBN 978-1-4027-6589-6

I'm sure a few are going to post that I'm cynical but if you were around in the 60's, life was anything but a party. There were some critical events that were in direct opposition to the Peace, Love Culture or the actual myth of it all.
Political upheavals in this country were frightening. Civil rights and the demand to everyone's right was a major battle where too many people died because of standing for what they believed.
I think Woodstock was more of a relief valve than anything else. The expectations of the older generation that the up and coming younger generation would just fall in was in direct contrast to the general mood....

But then, I was only a teen....

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I went hear Richie Havens at The Narrows in Fallriver Mass. about 1-1/2 years. He was excellent, back up consisted of a Cellist and a Jazz Guitarist.

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