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Remembering Donna Summer
Donna Summer has passed at the age of 63. She'll forever be known as the Queen of Disco, but don't forget her ground-breaking electro work with Giorgio Moroder and her rock-tinged singles like "...
Channeling Led Zeppelin
In honor of Zeptember, we're giving you not one, not two videos, but a whole channel of Led Zeppelin! Sit back, relax, and...
Video - Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
This song was originally called "Drive Talkin," but Barry Gibb changed the words to play on the popular saying at the time. It went all the way to #1 in the summer of '75....
Listening Party: Manassas - Pieces
MANASSAS - PIECES, collects unreleased recordings from sessions for both of the band's albums. After recording his second solo album, Stills formed Manassas in 1971 with a talented group of...
Video - Devo - Girl U Want
In 1981, Devo recorded an instrumental E-Z Listening version of "Girl U Want" for their fan club.
Listening Party: Jan & Dean
Jan Berry and Dean Torrence were riding a tidal wave of hits in the 60s, but it all came crashing to a halt with Berry's tragic car accident. As Berry battled through a difficult recovery he...
Andrew Sandoval And Alec Palao On The Beau Brummels
Producers Andrew Sandoval and Alec Palao explore the Beau Brummels' turning point from psychedelia to rootsy country rock in an exclusive interview. Learn more about the Nashville recording...
Dan Peek, 1950 - 2011
Dan Peek, a cofounder of soft-rock hitmakers America, passed away on Sunday at his home in Missouri. He was 60. A singer and lead guitarist for America, he penned such hits as “Lonely People”...
Remembering Jimmy Castor
American funk musician Jimmy Castor, best known for the 1972 hit single "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and a signature saxophone sound which has been heavily sampled in hip-hop and films, passed away...
Michael Davis, 1943 - 2012
Michael Davis, bassist for the revolutionary Detroit band MC5, passed away on February 17, 2012. He was 68.
Originally enrolled in a fine arts program, Davis dropped out when MC5 singer...
Video - 10,000 Maniacs - These Are The Days
"These Are The Days" hit #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts in 1992.
Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 10:38 AM
This is how all live rock n' roll music recordings should sound-- passionate, loose, cathartic, and out of control-- with just enough audience ambience to heighten the excitement and energy of actually being there. There isn't one weak performance on this record, and the diversity of music contained within this soundtrack-- folk (Joan Baez/CSN), r&b soul (Sly & the Family Stone), boogie-amphetamine charged blues (Ten Years After/Santana), and of course rock n' roll -- the legendary live performances by Joe Cocker, Sha Na Na and Jimi Hendrix, remastered and sounding more brilliant than ever in this reissue, are in themselves enough to make this worth replacing your old scratchy vinyl.
Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 12:02 PM
Brilliant live performances... but keep in mind this is a "soundtrack", and some of the in-between song "hippie" rants and announcements can be annoying. I was hoping Rhino might've made these seperate tracks so that I can edit them out when ripping to mp3. Nevertheless, they typically appear at the end of the tracks, which helps if you want to jump directly to the next song. My other issue with this compilation is why was the Who's "We're Not Gonna Take It" chosen over "My Generation"? It seems to me it would have obviously been more suited to the Woodstock theme/film, not to mention the vibe of the other performances.
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 1:09 PM
The sound track to the movie is an excellent recording of an outside concert. All of my favorite bands, being live gives it a raw edge. My only complaint is that it isn't in order of appearance, it's in order of the movie.
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