| Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More | ||||
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| Live album by various artists | ||||
| Released | May 11, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | August 15–18, 1969 | |||
| Venue | Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York | |||
| Genre | Rock, folk | |||
| Length | 138:56 | |||
| Label | Cotillion | |||
| Producer | Eric Blackstead | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More is a live album of selected performances from the 1969 Woodstock counterculture festival officially known as "The Woodstock Music & Art Fair". The album was compiled & produced by Eric Blackstead. Originally released on Atlantic Records' Cotillion label as a triple album on May 11, 1970,[3] it was re-released as a 4 CD box (along with Woodstock Two) by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs in 1986 followed by a two-CD set released by Atlantic in 1987. Atlantic re-issued the two-CD set in 1994 correcting a few mastering errors found on their 1987 release. Veteran producer Eddie Kramer along with Lee Osbourne were the sound engineers during the three-day event.
Although largely authentic, a number of tracks feature truncated performances or overdubs recorded after the festival, and two tracks not recorded at the festival at all. Some of the audio material on the album was recorded by the sound crew of the Wadleigh-Maurice film crew. It was packaged in a triple-gatefold sleeve featuring a 3-panel photo of the crowd taken from the stage by photographer Jim Marshall.
A second collection of recordings from the festival, Woodstock Two, was released a year later. In 1994, the songs from both albums, as well as numerous additional, previously unreleased performances from the festival (but not the stage announcements and crowd noises) were reissued by Atlantic as a four-CD box set titled Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music. In 2009, Rhino Records issued a six-CD box set, Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm, which includes further musical performances as well as stage announcements and other ancillary material.[4] Rhino Records also reissued a remastered version of the original double CD album in 2009. Target issued a version exclusive to their stores that included a bonus disc of 14 tracks, including one previously unreleased track, "Misty Roses" by Tim Hardin.
It was certified Gold on May 22, 1970, and 2× Platinum in 1993.[5]
In 2014, Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[6]
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- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 9, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "This Date In Music History: Woodstock Soundtrack Released [Videos] - WJLT". Superhits1053.com. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ "Woodstock -- 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm boxed set" (Press release). Rhino.com. 2009-06-05. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.