Rock Festival (album) explained

Rock Festival
Type:	Live
Artist:	the Youngbloods
Cover:	Rock Festival (album).jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	March 29 – July 21, 1970
Genre:	Blues rock
Label:	Raccoon 1
Producer:	Zager and Evans
Prev Title:	Elephant Mountain
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	The Best of the Youngbloods
Next Year:	1970

Rock Festival is a live album by The Youngbloods and was released in 1970. It reached #80 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.^[1]

The album featured the single "It's a Lovely Day", which did not chart.^[2]

Track listing

1. "It's a Lovely Day" (Jesse Colin Young) – 2:35
2. "Faster All the Time" (Lowell Levinger) – 3:55
3. "Prelude" (Levinger, Young) – 1:01
4. "On Beautiful Lake Spenard" (Levinger) – 4:56
5. "Josiane" (Young) – 5:23
6. "Sea Cow Boogie" (Levinger, Young) – 0:22
7. "Fiddler a Dram" (Levinger) – 5:12
8. "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) – 4:05
9. "Interlude" (Levinger) – 2:12
10. "Peepin' 'N' Hidin' (Baby, What You Want Me To Do)" (Jimmy Reed) – 5:06
11. "Ice Bag" (Levinger, Young) – 2:22

Recording dates

• March 29, 1970 (at The Family Dog on the Great Highway in San Francisco, California)
• April 16, 1970 (at The Barn in Marshall, California)
• April 18, 1970 (at the University of Santa Clara)
• May 19, 1970 (at Provo Park in Berkeley, California)
• July 21, 1970 (at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco, California)^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-festival-mw0000594124/awards The Youngbloods, Rock Festival
2. http://www.45cat.com/record/7499raccoons4 The Youngbloods, "It's a Lovely Day" single release
3. http://www.discogs.com/Youngbloods-Rock-Festival/release/471350 The Youngbloods, Rock Festival recording dates