The Best of Woodstock

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Had a Dream
John Sebastian2:42
2Going Up the Country
live recording of:
Going Up the Country
lyricist, writer and composer:
Alan Wilson (Canned Heat member)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Metric Music Co (publisher), SBK United Partnership Ltd. and United Artists Music Ltd.
version of:
Bull Doze Blues
Canned Heat3:21
3Freedom
recorded at:
Yasgur’s Farm in Bethel, New York, United States (on 1969-08-15)
live recording of:
Freedom (on 1969-08-15)
composer:
Richie Havens
Richie Havens5:26
4The “Fish” Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag
Country Joe and the Fish3:08
5Joe Hill
Joan Baez3:13
6Wooden Ships
live recording of:
Wooden Ships
lyricist:
Paul Kantner and Stephen Stills
composer:
David Crosby, Paul Kantner and Stephen Stills
publisher:
Guerrilla Music (David Crosby publisher), Gold Hill Music (BMI) (from 1969 to present) and Stay Straight Music (from 1969 to present)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young5:57
7We’re Not Gonna Take It
live recording of:
We’re Not Gonna Take It
lyricist:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
composer:
Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969)
publisher:
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd. and Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!)
The Who5:05
8With a Little Help From My Friends
live cover recording of:
With a Little Help From My Friends
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (from 1967 to present) and Northern Songs Ltd. (in 1967)
Joe Cocker8:39
9Soul Sacrifice
Santana11:10
10Volunteers
live recording of:
Volunteers
writer:
Marty Balin and Paul Kantner
Jefferson Airplane2:59
11I’m Going Home
Ten Years After9:30
12Star Spangled Banner / Purple Haze / Instrumental Solo
recorded at:
Yasgur’s Farm in Bethel, New York, United States (on 1969-08-18)
live recording of:
Purple Haze (on 1969-08-18)
lyricist and composer:
Jimi Hendrix
publisher:
Bella Godiva Music, Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. (company, not a label), Interworld Music Ltd. and Sea-Lark Enterprises, Inc.
quotes music from:
The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix
live recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner (on 1969-08-18)
anthem of:
USA (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
live recording of:
Star Spangled Banner (trad. arr. by Jimi Hendrix)
composer:
John Stafford Smith
arranger:
Jimi Hendrix
publisher:
Arch Music Co., Inc.
arrangement of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
Jimi Hendrix13:39