I'm talking about the artists who were in the movie such as Richie Havens, the Who (you can now hear the legendary moment when Pete Townsend kicks Abbie Hoffman off the stage), the Jefferson Airplane, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in only their second live gig ever. Disregarding the few sets that might just as well remain in the vault, it is quite amazing to hear the complete sets to hear the familiar songs in context. There are the artists who you know from the movie and its soundtrack album. The music that you hear is in two basic categories. The main thing I take away from listening to the complete festival is not only that this box set makes you feel like you are there. They recorded everything with then-state of the art studio recorders. The producers of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair may have grossly underestimated the size of the crowd, rendering the physical facilities inadequate, but they sure did a tremendous job with the documentation of the event. If you ever recorded a live event, even a radio concert, you'll know the magnitude of this achievement. Only three songs are omitted: two Hendrix tunes, at the request of the Hendrix estate "for artistic reasons", and one tune by Sha Na Na, due to the tape running out. Included is every set, every stage announcement, literally every bit of tape that had something meaningful on it. It was/is a good illustration of the tagline for this blog: Music really does make life better.Īlbum of the Year: Various Artists - Woodstock - Back To The Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archiveįor the 50th anniversary, they set out to produce the end all and be all box set of the complete festival in chronological order. In the final preparation of this article, I was reminded (as if I needed a reminder) why I do this playing the albums again, all the way through, I didn't want to stop. So, here is my little snapshot of 2019, the music that moved me. What's more, if an album doesn't catch the wave of popularity or sales after release, a good record stands a better than even chance that it may disappear and not be heard from again. There is way too much music released every year for any one person or even one publication to have a handle on it all. The great fear is that for each fabulous discovery (this year's Ronnie Earl album for example), you might be overlooking several more. In today's world of streaming, the music seeker is presented with a seemingly endless array of new music to choose from and it's easier than ever to bite off more than one can chew. I only say that because I listened to more new releases in 2019 than ever before, I liked more of that new music than ever before, and I had to delete more items than ever before in the preparation of this article. Mark Goff Photography, Leah Demarco/Allison Goff via APĢ019 was another great year for music.
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