The Best of Woodstock explained

The Best of Woodstock
Type:Live
Artist:Various artists
Cover:BestofWoodstock.jpg
Recorded:August 15, 16, & 17, 1969 at Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY
Genre:Rock
Label:Atlantic Records
Chronology:Woodstock albums
Prev Title:Woodstock 2
Prev Year:1971
Next Year:1994

The Best of Woodstock is a 1-CD live compilation album of the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York. Its release marked the 25th anniversary of the festival. It contains tracks which were already released on the original album. Shortly after the album's release, Atlantic Records released a much longer 4-CD box set entitled , which contained tracks from the original album, Woodstock 2, and numerous additional, previously unreleased performances from the festival, but not the stage announcements and crowd noises.

Track listing

  1. John B. Sebastian – "I Had a Dream" : 2:41
  2. Canned Heat – "Going Up the Country" : 3:20
  3. Richie Havens – "Freedom" : 5:26
  4. Country Joe McDonald – "The Fish Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" : 3:08
  5. Joan Baez – "Joe Hill" : 3:13
  6. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – "Wooden Ships" : 5:56
  7. The Who – "We're Not Gonna Take It" : 5:05
  8. Joe Cocker – "With a Little Help from My Friends" : 8:39
  9. Santana – "Soul Sacrifice" : 11:09
  10. Jefferson Airplane – "Volunteers" : 2:58
  11. Ten Years After – "I'm Going Home" : 9:30
  12. Jimi Hendrix – "The Star-Spangled Banner" / "Purple Haze" / "Instrumental Solo" : 13:39

References

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