Monterey International Pop Festival [Live]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000PFU9RO
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,111 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #69 in Music > R&B > Soul > Southern Soul

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Along Comes Mary - The Association

2. San Francisco Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals.

3. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel (Prev. Unreleased)

4. Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel (Prev. Unreleased)

5. Down on Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company (w/Janis Joplin)

6. Ball and Chain - Big Brother & The Holding Company (w/Janis Joplin)

7. Section 43 - Country Joe & The Fish

8. Born in Chicago - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

9. Wine - The Electric Flag

10. Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song) - Hugh Masekela

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Somebody To Love - The Jefferson Airplane

2. White Rabbit - The Jefferson Airplane

3. Booker-Lo - Booker T & The MGs

4. Shake - Otis Redding

5. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Otis Redding

6. Duhn: Fast Teental (except) - Ravi Shankar

7. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (Prev. Unreleased)

8. Summertimes Blues - The Who

9. My generation - The Who

10. The Wind Cries Mary - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love and the first ever greatest rock festival ever - the Monterey International Pop Festival! This concert took place June 16 - 18 1967 and launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Otis Redding. All of the participating artists performed gratis, donating their fees to charity, ultimately resulting in the creation of the Monterey International Pop Foundation, a non-profit charitable and educational organization empowering music-related personal development, creativity and mental/physical health, which continues it's mission even today!

Product Description

An unbelievable double-disc collection featuring 26 beloved songs by the artists that wrote the history of rock 'n' roll. The 40th anniversary edition features previously unreleased songs by Simon & Garfunkel and Buffalo Springfield, in addition to classic performances from rock giants The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and more on this specially priced 2-disc set.

A portion of the proceeds from this release will go to the Monterey International Pop Foundation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Consider Purchasing the 3-DVD or 4-CD Box Instead, July 3, 2007

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Kenneth Sall (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monterey International Pop Festival (Audio CD)

First of all, if your interest in this June 1967 concert is only casual, or if you're on a budget, or if you're trying to conserve space in your home, then this 2-CD set will suffice. If so, then consider my rating 4-star. It contains some really great performances, has a total of 26 tracks and clocks in at around 95 minutes. It also boasts 3 previously unreleased on CD tracks (2 by Simon & Garfunkel, 1 by Buffalo Springfield). So, this is a fine compact collection For What It's Worth [sorry, I couldn't resist].

However, for those of you who really dig The Summer of Love sound, then I recommend getting the 3-DVD set The Complete Monterey Pop Festival - Criterion Collection which runs 238 minutes. This DVD set contains Pennebaker's original concert film, a second disk featuring the complete Hendrix and Otis Redding performances (possibly my 2 favorite sets), and the third disk has more than two hours of outtake footage including several major bands that never appeared in the Pennebaker film for various reasons. For details, search DVDJournal.com.

Or maybe if you're got money to burn and want a collectible, consider Amazon Used & New for 1997 4-CD set Monterey International Pop Festival [30th Anniversary Box Set] or the older 4-CD set from 1992: Monterey International Pop Festival. Both 4-CD sets have 70 tracks - close to 3 times what the new 2-CD set contains. Each CD is over 70 minutes with 5 cuts by Big Brother & Joplin, 7 by The Byrds, 5 by Jefferson Airplane, 5 by The Mamas & The Papas, 6 by The Who, 5 classic Otis Redding and 9 stellar Hendrix tracks (also available as Jimi Plays Monterey).

Like I said, the 2-CD set is a bargain for what it is. It's a real shame that Razor & Tie didn't produce two 70+ minute disks since there were so many other performances to include and over 45 minutes left to fill. But my money is on the other options. Still, I bought the 2-CD set anyway for the 3 unreleased cuts which augmented my 1992 set; those cuts are on the DVDs. I don't notice any difference in the sound quality between the new set and the 1992 version. As others who reviewed the original box sets noted, the sound quality isn't the best (generally not as good as Woodstock) and there are some performers who frankly aren't that interesting, even on the 2-CD version.

PS: The 40th anniversary is being celebrated the weekend of July 28th, 2007. Peace!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price, July 9, 2007

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Michael Wheeler "Stratocaster" (Las Vegas, Nevada United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monterey International Pop Festival (Audio CD)

For those of us who remember the Summer of Love and still enjoy the music of that era, this is lots of fun.
You get to hear Eric Burdon sing about Monterey. You also hear a very polished set of Simon and Garfunkel. Simon and Garfunkel play their two best songs of the time, Homeward Bound and the classic Sounds of Silence.
Janis Joplin is also in top forn with Big Brother singing the blues.
The Byrds with David Crosby finish the first CD
On the second CD you hear Grace Slick and the Airplane do their two classic songs, Somebody to Love and White Rabbit.
You get to hear two songs of Otis Redding and his classic performance at Monterey. The real find to me is Buffalo Springfield with Stills and Young doing, For What its Worth. This is the only recording where you can actually hear them live. The one thing of note here is the absence of Neil Young as David Crosby (at the time with the Byrds) stands in. C,S&N was already in the making. CS&M would play just 2 years later at Woodstock.
The Who seem out of place but sing the Eddie Cochoran standard Summertime Blues and the Classic My Generation.
Jimi Hendrix does The Wind Cries Mary and Bob Dylans' Like a Rolling Stone. I would have liked to see at least one more song included.
I do however have his performance on DVD and hope to purchase the CD when its released once again on CD.
The Mamas and the Papas end the CD with Straight Shooter, which to me is very weak. They do recover with California Dreamin. Scot McKenzie sings If youre going to San Francisco (Be sure to wear flowers in your hair)
For those who remember and love this music I would recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monterey Pop International Pop Festival, September 9, 2007

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Suzanne M. Olmsted (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monterey International Pop Festival (Audio CD)

CD from the famous music event of the 60's. WAY better than Woodstock. Music at it's peak, and the people/groups assembled is amazing. I only wish I could hear the entire contert(s)