🇫🇷 Biographie (Français)
Sorti en mai 1970, cet album triple vinyle compile les performances live emblématiques du festival de Woodstock, tenu à Bethel, New York, en août 1969. Produit par Eric Blackstead, ce disque rend hommage à l'esprit d'une génération : pacifiste, contestataire, utopique. Les enregistrements bruts, parfois interrompus par des annonces de scène ou des sons de foule, participent de l’authenticité de l’expérience. On y retrouve des artistes majeurs de la contre-culture américaine, de Jimi Hendrix à Joan Baez, en passant par Santana, The Who, ou Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
🇬🇧 Biography (English)
Released in May 1970, this triple-LP album captures the legendary live performances from the Woodstock Festival held in Bethel, New York, in August 1969. Produced by Eric Blackstead, the album became a cultural landmark, conveying the peace-and-love ethos of a generation. It features raw, powerful performances from key artists of the era, with stage announcements and crowd ambiance preserved to reflect the festival's unique atmosphere.
💿 Trackliste
Face A
John B. Sebastian – "I Had a Dream" (00:11)
Canned Heat – "Going Up the Country" (03:04)
Stage Announcements / Richie Havens – "Freedom" (09:10)
Country Joe and The Fish – "Rock & Soul Music" (14:25)
Arlo Guthrie – "Coming Into Los Angeles" (16:35)
Sha-Na-Na – "At The Hop" (19:38)
Face B
Country Joe McDonald – "The 'Fish' Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" (22:07)
Joan Baez – "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (25:50)
Joan Baez – "Joe Hill" (28:29)
Stage Announcements / Crosby, Stills & Nash – "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (34:04)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – "Sea of Madness" (43:05)
Face C
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – "Wooden Ships" (47:38)
The Who – "We're Not Gonna Take It (From Tommy)" (52:54)
Stage Announcements / Joe Cocker – "With a Little Help from My Friends" (59:50)
Rainstorm, Crowd Sounds, Announcements
Face D
Crowd Rain Chant / Santana – "Soul Sacrifice" (1:10:23)
Stage Announcements / Ten Years After – "I'm Going Home" (1:23:51)
Face E
Jefferson Airplane – "Volunteers" (1:33:54)
Max Yasgur Speech / Sly & The Family Stone – Medley: "Dance to the Music / Music Lover / I Want to Take You Higher" (1:37:25)
John B. Sebastian – "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" (1:52:45)
Face F
The Butterfield Blues Band – "Love March" (1:56:50)
Jimi Hendrix – "Star Spangled Banner" (2:05:52)
Jimi Hendrix – "Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo" (2:11:34)
🎸 Musiciens
Richie Havens – guitare, chant
John B. Sebastian – guitare, chant
Canned Heat – formation complète (Alan Wilson, Bob Hite...)
Country Joe McDonald – guitare, chant
Country Joe and The Fish – groupe psychédélique
Arlo Guthrie – guitare, chant
Sha-Na-Na – ensemble doo-wop
Joan Baez – chant
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – guitares, claviers, harmonies vocales
The Who – Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Entwistle
Joe Cocker – chant, avec The Grease Band
Santana – Carlos Santana et son groupe latino-rock
Ten Years After – Alvin Lee (guitare, chant)
Jefferson Airplane – Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, etc.
Sly & The Family Stone – funk psychédélique
The Butterfield Blues Band – blues électrique
Jimi Hendrix – guitare, chant




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