RHINO RELEASING ‘WOODSTOCK-40 YEARS ON: YASGUR’S FARM’ 6 CD SET

Rhino Marks The Festival’s 40th Anniversary With A 6-CD Set featuring the most comprehensive collection ever available Of artists that performed at the festival including 38 Previously Unreleased tracks

To assemble the most comprehensive document of the myth-steeped weekend, the boxed set’s co-producer Andy Zax pored over every inch of multitrack tape in search of the strongest parts of each of the 33 sets. “The way we approached all of the material was as if it was a cinema verite documentary — the raw record of the event,” Zax says. In addition to the music, the set offers considerable amount of ancillary material sprinkled throughout the discs — stage announcements, lysergic babble, the sounds of rain, a cameo appearance by Abbie Hoffman, and the graciousness of Max Yasgur’s address to the crowd, heard for the first time in its entirety.

Another significant byproduct of the WOODSTOCK — 40 YEARS ON: BACK TO YASGUR’S FARM boxed set is that, by virtue of its size and rigorously chronological sequence, it gets closer to a sense of the performances as they occurred in real time than any previous compilation. For the first time, the complete and accurate set lists will be available in the boxed set’s booklet. Some Woodstock aficionados will be taken aback by the actual order of the performances; it differs from both various written accounts and from Michael Wadleigh’s film Woodstock, which takes certain liberties with chronology in order to maintain its narrative flow.

Disc 1
1. “Handsome Johnny” ‹ Richie Havens
2. “Freedom (Motherless Child)” ‹ Richie Havens
3. “Choppity Choppity”‹ John Morris
4. “Look Out” ‹ Sweetwater
5. “Two Worlds”‹Sweetwater *
6. “Jennifer” ‹ Bert Sommer *
7. “And When It’s Over”‹ Bert Sommer *
8. “Smile” ‹ Bert Sommer *
9. “There Goes Marilyn!”‹ John Morris
10. “Hang On To A Dream” ‹ Tim Hardin *
11. “Simple Song Of Freedom” ‹ Tim Hardin *
12. “Flat Blue Acid”‹ John Morris
13. “Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital” ‹ Ravi Shankar *
14. “Momma Momma” ‹ Melanie *
15. “Beautiful People” ‹ Melanie
16. “Birthday Of The Sun” ‹ Melanie
17. “Coming Into Los Angeles” ‹ Arlo Guthrie ***
18. “Wheel Of Fortune” ‹ Arlo Guthrie *
19. “Every Hand In The Land” ‹ Arlo Guthrie *
20. “All You Funny People”‹ John Morris

Disc 2
1. “Joe Hill”‹ Joan Baez
2. “Sweet Sir Galahad”‹ Joan Baez
3. “Hickory Wind” ‹ Joan Baez *
4. “Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man” ‹ Joan Baez w/Jeffrey Shurtleff
5. “Bring Scully His Asthma Pills”‹ John Morris
6. “Insulin” & Quill Intro‹ John Morris
7. “They Live The Life” ‹ Quill *
8. “That’s How I Eat”‹ Quill *
9. “I Understand Your Wife Is Having A Baby”‹ Chip Monck
10. “Donovan’s Reef” ‹ Country Joe McDonald *
11. “The ‘Fish’ Cheer”/”I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” ‹ Country Joe
McDonald
12. “Persuasion” ‹ Santana
13. “Soul Sacrifice” ‹ Santana
14. “How Have You Been”‹ John B. Sebastian
15. “Rainbows All Over Your Blues” ‹ John B. Sebastian
16. “I Had A Dream” ‹ John B. Sebastian
17. “The Letter” ‹ Incredible String Band *
18. “When You Find Out Who You Are” ‹ Incredible String Band *
19. “She Is Lost”‹ Chip Monck

Disc 3
1. “We’re In Pretty Good Shape”‹ Chip Monck
2. “Going Up The Country” ‹ Canned Heat
3. “Woodstock Boogie” ‹ Canned Heat **
4. “The Brown Acid Is Not Specifically Too Good”‹ Chip Monck
5. “Blood Of The Sun” ‹ Mountain ***
6. “Theme For An Imaginary Western” ‹ Mountain ***
7. “For Yasgur’s Farm” ‹ Mountain *
8. “For Those Of You Who Have Partaken Of The Green Acid”‹ Chip Monck
9. “Green Acid Advice”‹ Jerry Garcia & Country Joe McDonald
10. “Dark Star” ‹ Grateful Dead *
11. “Green River”‹ Creedence Clearwater Revival
12. “Bad Moon Rising”‹ Creedence Clearwater Revival *
13. “I Put A Spell On You” ‹ Creedence Clearwater Revival

Disc 4
1. “Work Me, Lord” ‹ Janis Joplin
2. “Ball And Chain” ‹ Janis Joplin
3. Medley: “Dance To The Music”/”Music Lover”/”I Want To Take You
Higher”‹Sly & The Family Stone
4. “The Politics Of The Situation”‹ Abbie Hoffman
5. “Amazing Journey” ‹ The Who *
6. “Pinball Wizard” ‹ The Who *
7. Abbie Hoffman vs. Pete Townshend
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” ‹ The Who **
9. “The Other Side Of This Life” ‹ Jefferson Airplane *
10. “Somebody To Love”‹ Jefferson Airplane
11. “Won’t You Try”/ “Saturday Afternoon”‹ Jefferson Airplane
12. “We Got A Whole Lot Of Orange”‹ Grace Slick
13. “Volunteers” ‹ Jefferson Airplane
14. “Breakfast In Bed For 400,000″‹ Wavy Gravy
15. “It Just Keeps Goin’”‹ John Morris
16. Max Yasgur Speaks

Disc 5
1. “Feelin’ Alright”‹ Joe ****er *
2. “Let’s Go Get Stoned”‹ Joe ****er
3. “With A Little Help From My Friends” ‹ Joe ****er
4. The Rainstorm
5. “Rock & Soul Music”‹ Country Joe & The Fish
6. “Love” ‹ Country Joe & The Fish *
7. “Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine”‹ Country Joe & The Fish *
8. “Summer Dresses”‹ Country Joe & The Fish *
9. “Silver and Gold”‹ Country Joe & The Fish *
10. “Rock & Soul Music” (Reprise)‹ Country Joe & The Fish *
11. “Leland Mississippi Blues” ‹ Johnny Winter *
12. “Mean Town Blues” ‹ Johnny Winter
13. “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy”‹ Blood Sweat & Tears *

Disc 6
1. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” ‹ Crosby Stills & Nash
2. “Guinnevere”‹ Crosby Stills & Nash
3. “Marrakesh Express” ‹ Crosby Stills & Nash
4. “4 + 20″ ‹ Crosby Stills & Nash
5. “Sea Of Madness” ‹ Crosby Stills Nash & Young
6. “Wooden Ships” ‹ Crosby Stills Nash & Young
7. “No Amount Of Loving”‹ The Butterfield Blues Band *
8. “Love March” ‹ The Butterfield Blues Band
9. “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” ‹ The Butterfield Blues Band
10. “Get A Job” ‹ Sha Na Na *
11. “At The Hop” ‹ Sha Na Na
12. “Get A Job” (Reprise) ‹ Sha Na Na *
13. “The Star Spangled Banner”‹ Jimi Hendrix
“Purple Haze”‹ Jimi Hendrix
“Woodstock Improvisation”‹ Jimi Hendrix
14. “Woodstock Farewell”‹ Chip Monck

*Previously Unissued = never before released

**Previously Unissued Full-Length Version = previously released on a
Woodstock title in edited form.

***Previously Unissued Woodstock Recording = presenting the actual
Woodstock performances here for the first time.

Source: Rhino

CROSBY STILLS NASH ‘DEMOS’ CD

The Legendary Group Kicks Off A Summer Tour with The Release Of A Collection Of Group And Solo Demos, Including Early Versions Of “Marrakesh Express,” “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Long Time Gone” And “Love The One You’re With”

Album Available from Rhino June 2

LOS ANGELES – As members of one of rock’s first supergroups, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash helped define the Woodstock generation through their peerless harmonies, resonant songwriting and deep commitment to political and social causes. The trio will tour this summer in both the U.S. and Europe, with more dates to be added to the U.S. leg. In between the late-spring North American and early summer European segments of the tour, Crosby, Stills & Nash will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 18 in New York City, and before the tour begins, Rhino will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the group’s early days with a collection of 12 previously unreleased demos recorded between 1968 and 1971. CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS will be available June 2.

While many demos feature members performing solo, the opening cut includes all three harmonizing on the Nash-penned hit “Marrakesh Express,” recorded four months before the release of the trio’s eponymous debut in 1969. Crosby and Stills can be heard on another song from that blockbuster album, “Long Time Gone.” The two recorded the demo in June 1968, just a few weeks before Nash joined the group.

Neil Young, whose arrival in 1969 launched CSN&Y, performs with Crosby and Nash on “Music Is Love,” a song the three cowrote that appeared on Crosby’s 1971 solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name. Crosby flies his “freak flag” alone on the anthemic “Almost Cut My Hair,” a track featured on the group’s 1970 #1 album Déjà Vu. Stills performs unaccompanied on a 1968 demo of “My Love Is A Gentle Thing.” Recorded in 1968, the song was never released on a studio album, although a 1975 recording of the track did surface in 1991 on the boxed set CSN.

More than half of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS comprises early versions of songs destined for solo projects that each member focused on following the success of Déjà Vu. Stills released his self-titled debut in 1970, which introduced “Love The One You’re With,” his biggest solo hit to-date and a live favorite. Stills recorded this version in April 1970, more than six months before recording the album version in London. Another Stills demo, “Singing Call,” features a song that would appear on his follow-up, Stephen Stills 2.

Nearly all of the tracks on CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS were recorded at Wally Heider studios, a popular recording destination on the West Coast for everyone from Jefferson Airplane to Creedence Clearwater Revival. Nash chose Heider’s studio to record his 1971 solo debut, Songs For Beginners, demoing much of the album there as well. This collection includes three of those demos: “Sleep Song,” “Be Yourself,” and the politically charged “Chicago.” For more information on Crosby, Stills & Nash and for updated tour information, please visit www.crosbystillsnash.com.

CROSBY, STILLS & NASH DEMOS
Track Listing

1. “Marrakesh Express”
2. “Almost Cut My Hair”
3. “You Don’t Have To Cry”
4. “Déjà Vu”
5. “Sleep Song”
6. “My Love Is A Gentle Thing”
7. “Be Yourself”
8. “Music Is Love”
9. “Singing Call”
10. “Long Time Gone”
11. “Chicago”
12. “Love The One You’re With”