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Originally released in 1970 as a triple-LP, MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AND MORE: WOODSTOCK topped Billboard’s pop albums chart for four weeks, and was a Top 20 R&B album as well. As potent a musical time capsule as ever existed, it captures the three-day, 1969 concert event that united close to half a million members of what came to be known as the ‘Woodstock Generation.’ Rhino’s deluxe, 40th anniversary, 2-CD reissue of this sprawling and era-defining sonic document-featuring CSN&Y, The See more>>>
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Woodstock
Woodstock Festival
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Planning and preparation br Woodstock was initiated through the efforts of Michael Lang John Roberts Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld It was Roberts and Rosenman who had the finances They placed the following advertisement in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal under the name of Challenge International Ltd oung men with unlimited capital looking for interesting legitimate investment opportunities and business propositions 4 br Lang and Kornfeld noticed the ad and the four men got together originally to discuss a retreat like recording studio in Woodstock but the idea evolved into an outdoor music and arts festival although even that was initially envisioned on a smaller scale perhaps featuring some of the big name artists who lived in the Woodstock area such as Bob Dylan and The Band There were differences in approach among the four Roberts was disciplined and knew what was needed in order for the venture to succeed while the laid back Lang saw Woodstock as a new relaxed way of bringing business people together There were further doubts over the venture as Roberts wondered whether to consolidate his losses and pull the plug or to continue pumping his own finances into the project br In April 1969 newly minted superstars Creedence Clearwater Revival were the first act to sign a contract for the event agreeing to play for 10 000 The promoters had experienced difficulty landing big name groups prior to the Bay Area swamp rockers committing to play Creedence drummer Doug Clifford later commented Once Creedence signed everyone else jumped in line and all the other big acts came on Given their 3 a m start time and non inclusion at Creedence frontman John Fogerty s insistence in the Woodstock film Creedence members have expressed bitterness over their experiences at the famed festival br Woodstock was designed as a profit making venture aptly titled Woodstock Ventures It famously became a free concert only after it became obvious that the event was drawing hundreds of thousands more people than the organizers had prepared for Tickets for the event cost US 18 in advance equivalent to approx US 105 in 2009 after adjusting for purchasing power and US 75 after adjusting for inflation and 24 at the gate for all three days Ticket sales were limited to record stores in the greater New York City area or by mail via a post office box at the Radio City Station Post Office located in Midtown Manhattan Around 186 000 tickets were sold beforehand and organizers anticipated approximately 200 000 festival goers would turn up br Woodstock Ventures made Warner Bros an offer to make a movie about Woodstock All Artie Kornfeld required was 100 000 on the basis that it could have either sold millions or if there were riots be one of the best documentaries ever made according to Kornfeld br Selection of the venue br The crowd and stage in 1969 br The concert was originally scheduled to take place in the 300 acre 1 2 160 km2 Mills Industrial Park 412839 742149 41 477525N 74 36358W 41 477525 74 36358 Mills Industrial Park in the town of Wallkill New York which Woodstock Ventures had leased for 10 000 in the Spring of 1969 Town officials were assured that no more than 50 000 would attend Town residents immediately opposed the project In early July the Town Board passed a law requiring a permit for any gathering over 5 000 people On July 15 1969 the Wallkill Zoning Board of Appeals officially banned the concert on the basis that the planned portable toilets would not meet town code Reports about the ban however turned out to be a publicity bonanza for the festival br Max Yasgur s farm in 1968 br According to Elliot Tiber in his 2007 book Taking Woodstock Tiber offered to host the event on his 15 160 acres 61 000 160 m2 motel clarification needed and had a permit for such an event He claims to have introduced the promoters to dairy farmer Max Yasgur Lang however disputes Tiber s account and says that Tiber introduced him to a real estate salesman who drove him to Yasgur s farm without Tiber Sam Yasgur Max s son agrees with Lang s account Yasgur s land formed a natural bowl sloping down to Filippini Pond on the land s north side The stage would be set at the bottom of the hill with Filippini Pond forming a backdrop The pond would become a popular skinny dipping destination br The organizers once again told Bethel authorities they expected no more than 50 000 people br Despite resident opposition and signs proclaiming Buy No Milk Stop Max s Hippy Music Festival Bethel Town Attorney Frederick W V Schadt and building inspector Donald Clark approved the permits but the Bethel Town Board refused to issue them formally Clark was ordered to post stop work orders br Free concert br The late change in venue did not give the festival organizers enough time to prepare At a meeting three days before the event organizers felt they had two options One option was to improve the fencing and security which might have resulted in violence the other involved putting all their resources into completing the stage which would cause Woodstock Ventures to take a financial hit The crowd which was arriving in greater numbers and earlier than anticipated made the decision for them The fence was cut the night before the concert by UAW MF Family prompting many more to show up br The festival br The influx of attendees to the rural concert site in Bethel created a massive traffic jam Fearing chaos as thousands began descending on the community Bethel did not enforce its codes Eventually announcements on radio stations as far away as WNEW FM in Manhattan and descriptions of the traffic jams on television news programs discouraged people from setting off to the festival Arlo Guthrie made an announcement that was included in the film saying that the New York State Thruway was closed The director of the Woodstock museum discussed below said this never occurred To add to the problems and difficulty in dealing with the large crowds recent rains had caused muddy roads and fields The facilities were not equipped to provide sanitation or first aid for the number of people attending hundreds of thousands found themselves in a struggle against bad weather food shortages and poor sanitation br On the morning of Sunday August 17 New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller called festival organizer John Roberts and told him he was thinking of ordering 10 000 New York State National Guard troops to the festival Roberts was successful in persuading Rockefeller not to do this Sullivan County declared a state of emergency br We were ready to rock out and we waited and waited and finally it was our turn there were a half million people asleep These people were out It was sort of like a painting of a Dante scene just bodies from hell all intertwined and asleep covered with mud br And this is the moment I will never forget as long as I live a quarter mile away in the darkness on the other edge of this bowl there was some guy flicking his Bic and in the night I hear Don t worry about it John We re with you I played the rest of the show for that guy br John Fogerty regarding Creedence Clearwater Revival s 3 a m start time at Woodstock br Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved there were two recorded fatalities one from what was believed to be a heroin overdose and another caused in an accident when a tractor ran over an attendee sleeping in a nearby hayfield There also were two births recorded at the event one in a car caught in traffic and another in a hospital after an airlift by helicopter and four miscarriages Oral testimony in the film supports the overdose and run over deaths and at least one birth along with many logistical headaches br Yet in tune with the idealistic hopes of the 1960s Woodstock satisfied most attendees There was a sense of social harmony the quality of music and the overwhelming mass of people many sporting bohemian dress behavior and attitudes br After the concert Max Yasgur who owned the site of the event saw it as a victory of peace and love He spoke of how nearly half a million people filled with possibilities of disaster riot looting and catastrophe spent the three days with music and peace on their minds He states that if we join them we can turn those adversities that are the problems of America today into a hope for a brighter and more peaceful future br Sound br Sound for the concert was engineered by Bill Hanley whose innovations in the sound industry have earned him the prestigious Parnelli Award It worked very well he says of the event I built special speaker columns on the hills and had 16 loudspeaker arrays in a square platform going up to the hill on 70 foot 21 meter towers We set it up for 150 000 to 200 000 people Of course 500 000 showed up ALTEC designed 4 15 marine ply cabinets that weighed in at half a ton apiece stood 6 160 feet 1 8 160 m straight up almost 4 160 feet 1 2 160 m deep and 3 160 feet 0 91 160 m wide Each of these woofers carried four 15 inch 380 160 mm JBL LANSING D140 loudspeakers The tweeters consisted of 4×2 Cell amp 2×10 Cell Altec Horns Behind the stage were three transformers providing 2 000 amperes of current to power the amplification setup For many years this system was collectively referred to as the Woodstock Bins br Performing artists br The Original Woodstock Poster with the Wallkill New York location br Main article List of performances and events at Woodstock Festival br Thirty two acts performed over the course of the four days br Friday August 15 br Richie Havens br Swami Satchidananda gave the invocation for the festival br Sweetwater br The Incredible String Band br Bert Sommer br Tim Hardin br Ravi Shankar br Melanie br Arlo Guthrie br Joan Baez br Saturday August 16 br Quill forty minute set of four songs br Keef Hartley Band br Country Joe McDonald br John Sebastian br Santana br Canned Heat br Mountain br Grateful Dead br Creedence Clearwater Revival br Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band br Sly amp the Family Stone br The Who began at 4 a m kicking off a 25 song set including Tommy br Jefferson Airplane br Sunday August 17 to Monday August 18 br The Grease Band br Joe Cocker br Country Joe and the Fish br Ten Years After br The Band br Blood Sweat amp Tears br Johnny Winter featuring his brother Edgar Winter br Crosby Stills Nash amp Young br Paul Butterfield Blues Band br Sha Na Na br Jimi Hendrix br Declined invitations br The Beatles woodstockstories com presents two scenarios as to why The Beatles did not perform The first is that promoters contacted John Lennon to discuss a Beatles performance at Woodstock and Lennon said that the Beatles would not play unless there was also a spot at the festival for Yoko Ono s Plastic Ono Band whereupon he was turned down The website claims the more likely explanation is that Lennon wanted to play but his entry into the United States from Canada was blocked by President Nixon unreliable source br The Doors were considered as a potential performing band but canceled at the last moment according to guitarist Robby Krieger they turned it down because they thought it would be a second class repeat of Monterey Pop Festival and later regretted that decision Furthermore lead singer Jim Morrison was said to be uneasy about performing in front of enormous crowds Doors drummer John Densmore attended however and in the film he can be seen on the side of the stage during Joe Cocker s set br Led Zeppelin were asked to perform their manager Peter Grant stating We were asked to do Woodstock and Atlantic were very keen and so was our U S promoter Frank Barsalona I said no because at Woodstock we d have just been another band on the bill Instead the group went on with their hugely successful summer tour playing that weekend south of the festival at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey Their only time out taken was to attend Elvis Presley s show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 12 br Jethro Tull declined to perform According to Ian Anderson when his manager told him there would be lots of drugs mud and hippies he refused the invitation Although Jethro Tull did not perform their music was played over the public address system In the film during the interview with the promoters where they are discussing how much money they will be losing on the venture the songs Beggar s Farm and Serenade to a Cuckoo from the album This Was can be heard in the background br The Byrds were invited but chose not to participate figuring Woodstock to be no different from any of the other music festivals that summer There were also concerns about money As bassist John York remembers We were flying to a gig and Roger McGuinn came up to us and said that a guy was putting on a festival in upstate New York But at that point they weren t paying all of the bands He asked us if we wanted to do it and we said No We had no idea what it was going to be We were burned out and tired of the festival scene So all of us said No we want a rest and missed the best festival of all br Tommy James and the Shondells declined an invitation Lead singer Tommy James stated later We could have just kicked ourselves We were in Hawaii and my secretary called and said Yeah listen there s this pig farmer in upstate New York that wants you to play in his
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