Best of Woodstock [Live]

The Corrs, Woodstock (Related Recordings), Various Artists - Rock - Classic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002IZH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Had a Dream

2. Going Up the Country

3. Freedom

4. The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

5. Joe Hill

6. Wooden Ships

7. We're Not Gonna Take It

8. With a Little Help from My Friends

9. Soul Sacrifice

10. Volunteers

11. I'm Going Home -Ten Years After

12. A)Star Spangled Banner B)Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo - Jimi Hendrix

Editorial Reviews

The finest moments from the three-day event, including Going Up the Country Canned Heat; Freedom Richie Havens; Wooden Ships CS&N; Soul Sacrifice Santana; We're Not Gonna Take It the Who; Star Spangled Banner Jimi Hendrix, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Butchered!!, April 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Woodstock (Audio CD)

There must be a better chronicle of the Woodstock festival than this CD. Many of the songs are severely edited. Santana's wonderful "Soul Sacrifice" is greatly shortened (you can get the full complete performance on the 30th anniversary CD of Santana's debut album), as well as Ten Years After's amazing performance of "I'm Going Home". "I'm Going Home" was MUCH longer than the version that's on this CD. They completely butchered a classic performance.

I really can't recommend this CD, it could have been so much more. They could have at least included the complete songs without editing them so drastically. It would have been much better as a 2-disc set. I have to give them kudos for including Richie Havens and Canned Heat, though.

If you want the best of Woodstock, then the 4-disc Woodstock box set would be your best bet.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars the best is missing..., April 8, 2003

By 

marc reinhardt (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Woodstock (Audio CD)

Overall this is a good selection from the first Woodstock-Double-CD (or triple-LP), but it should be retitled:

"Best of Woodstock, Sly Stone not included...".

So my advice is to buy the Double-CD, because Sly's performance (almost 15 minutes, so that is maybe the reason why it isn't included on this CD) is absolutely essential!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woodstock, still the greatest festival of all time...., October 18, 1999

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Jack Comer (Britain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Woodstock (Audio CD)

I think it's a great shame the the so called "critics comments" could be printed under such a timeless record. Admittedly, on first listening, some songs like Canned Heat's, "Going up country", seem a little jaunty and silly, I felt that when I first saw the festival in the cinemal three years ago; but in these last three years I have bought CD's/records by nearly all of the bands who performed there because they are so truly wonderful. I listen to Hip Hop and Jazz and other types of music but this CD, and this particular snapshot of psychedelia, is for me the pinnacle of modern music. The experimentation was at its height eg Hendrix... The chilled riffs of Crossby Stills and Nashes song, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" have not been surpassed for beauty and its layed back qualities; The haunting cries of Ravi Shankar's sitar, The proclamation of peace by Country Joe, Santana's orgasmic "Soul sacrifice".... there are so many more to mention. The truth is that during that festival many people did sacrifice their souls for the music and the love....