Woodstock [videorecording] : 3 days of peace & music / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Wadleigh-Maurice, Ltd. production ; produced by Bob Maurice ; directed by Michael Wadleigh.
Museum at Bethel Woods: the story of the sixties & Woodstock.
Notes:
Performers: Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker and the Grease Band, The Who, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Santana, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Sha Na Na, Country Joe and the Fish, John Sebastian, Sly & the Family Stone, Ten Years After. Filmed at Woodstock in 1969. Special features: new retrospective: The Museum at Bethel Woods : the story of the sixties & Woodstock. Warner Home Video: 2000007993--2000007994.
Contents:
disc 1. Director's cut documentary film. Spontaneous combustion -- Too big for the world -- Long time gone / Crosby, Stills & Nash -- If it works-- -- Going up the country / Canned Heat -- Wooden ships / Crosby, Stills & Nash -- The invasion of Sullivan County -- Out of the skies -- Acid alert and other announcements -- Handsome Johnny ; Freedom / Richie Havens -- Free from now on -- A change is gonna come / Canned Heat -- Joe Hill ; Swing low, sweet chariot / Joan Baez -- We're not gonna take it (from Tommy) ; Summertime blues / The Who -- In search of -- In the spirit -- At the hop / Sha Na Na -- Getting high on yoga -- With a little help from my friends / Joe Cocker & the Grease Band -- Downpour -- Rain chant -- What it's all about -- Rock and soul music / Country Joe & The Fish -- Coming into Los Angeles / Arlo Guthrie -- Suite ; Judy blue eyes / Crosby, Stills & Nash. disc 2. Director's cut documentary film. Won't you try / Jefferson Airplane -- Scenes from a disaster area -- Emotional colors -- Uncle Sam's blues / Jefferson Airplane -- Younger generation / John Sebastian -- I-feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to-die rag / Country Joe McDonald -- Coping with the mess -- The bodies beautiful -- Soul sacrifice / Santana -- I want to take you higher / Sly and the Family Stone -- Work me, Lord / Janis Joplin -- Mess call -- The Port-o-San man -- Max Yasgur's benediction -- VoodoChild ; The star-spangled banner ; Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix -- Picking up and going home.
Summary:
The entire performance of every artist was filmed at Woodstock. This footage has been archived since that history-making weekend and has only recently been re-discovered. Never before has the complete performance been shown, before now.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.