Life & Times of - From Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock

Country Joe & The Fish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EBM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,256 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Classic Rock

Track Listings

1. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

2. Bass Strings

3. Flying High

4. Porpoise Mouth

5. Who Am I

6. Grace

7. Waltzing in the Moonlight

8. Death Sound Blues

9. Janis

10. Sing Sing Sing

11. Superbird (Tricky Dick)

12. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine

13. Marijuana

14. Rock and Soul Music/Love

15. Crystal Blues

16. Masked Marauder

17. Love Machine

18. The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Starter..., August 2, 2004

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K. Kitchen (Montgomery, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life & Times of - From Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock (Audio CD)

If you are just discovering Country Joe & The Fish, this is the album (err...CD) to start with. Half studio and half live, if you don't own anything by Country Joe & The Fish, this is a great sampler to indoctrinate you to one of the great political and one of the most infamous (thanks to the "FISH" Cheer) band of the mid-to-late 1960's.

The studio selections include a demo of "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag", Joe's ode to Janis Joplin, entitled simply "Janis", the haunting anti-war "Untitled Protest" and the wonderful "Sing Sing Sing" from the band's swan song (which, unfortunately, only included Country Joe and Barry Melton from the original lineup).

The live set, culled from various Fillmore (East and West) concerts and previously unreleased tracks from the Woodstock festival, is excellent. "Superbird (Tricky Dick)" is a great jab at Richard Nixon, who was running for president at the time.
The absolute kicker is the two songs from the Woodstock set: Barry Melton's "Love Machine" and a totally, kick-ass electric version of the perenial "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag", which absolutely outshines the original studio version.

This serves best as a sampler so you can decide whether or not you'll like CJ & The Fish. They are an acquired taste and many will take a listen and say "No Thanks", but for many of us, this is the springboard album to the rest of the CJ & The Fish library.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great group; HORRIBLE compilation, May 20, 2002

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Aaron Gangross (Here and There) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life & Times of - From Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock (Audio CD)

This compilation features both live and studio cuts. The eleven studio tracks are excellent songs with okay sound quality (this was an early generation cd). Unfortunately, the last eight tracks are embarrassing live tracks that are awful in every way, both in terms of the performance and sound quality. Try the "Electric Music..." or "Fixin' to Die" cds for starters, or the other compilation ("Collected"), but avoid this at all costs. Now that Vanguard has begun remastering their catalogue, hopefully they will see fit to discontinue this cd and give Country Joe and the Fish a compilation disc they can be proud of.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get it before it disappears!!!!, February 24, 2006

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Steve E. Martin (Port Orchard, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life & Times of - From Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock (Audio CD)

I finally upgraded my cassette of this double album to CD. I have played this sucker a lot over the years. The live tracks smoke and are only available on this compilation (as far as I know). The studio part includes some of the choice cuts off their studio albums. An Untitled Protests never fails to send shivers down my spine and I've never seen it on another collection. I couldn't believe this was still in print, get it while you can...you won't be sorry