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Woodstock Complete is an ambitious project to combine all known sources and re-create the Woodstock Festival of 1969 as it took place. There are a lot of pieces of music scattered over official and unofficial media (LP, CD, tape, VHS, DVD, etc.). So the idea was to put it all together, find the longest and best quality versions, rearrange the material and distribute it under fans.

Since Warner Brothers (who own the rights of all Woodstock audio and video material) are not willing to release the missing music, Woodstock Complete is the essential and most comprehensive source for every Woodstock fan.

Contents


[edit] History

This chapter covers some information of the history of the Woodstock Complete project.

[edit] V.1: Woodstock Complete

Work was begun on in the year 2000 as the idea arised to put together all material and listen to the whole historic festival at once. Actually two people (who are still major contributors to the project) worked on it independently who later met via Internet and put their knowlegde and music together: Woodstock Complete was born.

This first version, released to the public in 2003, covered 17 CDs and had 219 tracks. It combined bootleg sources and official material in one package in order to offer a complete feeling of the festival. It already contained complete sets in excellent quality (e.g. Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone and Jimi Hendrix) and tried to arrange the sets in the assumed correct running order.

One of the major points of Woodstock Complete is that a lot of stage comments are included, too. This gives a drastically better impression of the festival in contrast to official releases like Woodstock - Three Days of Peace and Music. The comments were mostly taken from bootlegs or video material and were combined with the songs. For instance almost every band gets a nice introduction by stage manager Chip Monk.

[edit] V.2: From Havens to Hendrix

The first version of Woodstock Complete was heavily discussed under fans. More and qualitative better material was discovered and missing songs were officially released (e.g. the complete almost set from Santana on the Legacy Editon of their debut album). It was time for the second, revised version: From Havens to Hendrix.

Improvements over the first version[1]:

  • General rearrangements of some band's sets based on given audience recordings, logic and to some part even guessing
  • The running order of day two was corrected
  • The Sweetwater set was expanded with new songs
  • Added "America" to the Bert Sommer set
  • Complete Santana set from Santana (Legacy Edition) added
  • Canned Heat expanded with new audience recordings

Version 2 was released in spring 2006, totalling 20 CDs with 234 tracks.

[edit] V.3: The Third Trip

It didn't take long and a third version appeared, this time entitled The Third Trip (and subtitled Three Days of Music, Masses, Mud and Mushroom). Actually there were two "Woodstock Complete V.2" versions, the before mentioned From Haven to Hendrix and another personal edition which also made the rounds in trader circles and had its advantages. So it was just logical to combine these two and make a proper third version.

Improvements[2]:

  • Again changes in the day two running order (see Time Schedule)
  • Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter" replaced with longer version
  • Joan Baez' "Warm and Tender Love" added
  • Quill set expanded with two additional tracks ("BBY" and "Waiting for You")
  • Replaced the complete The Grateful Dead set with an excellent new source of a soundboard tape
  • Replaced the complete The Band set with an excellent new source of a soundboard tape and added an additional song
  • Added "Long Time Gone" to the Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) set
  • Added a stage comment from Chip Monk to the Jimi Hendrix set
  • Further the compilation includes now the "WoodODDS & WoodSODS" bonus CD which contains a few recordings from the free stage and other places (e.g. the well known Jerry Garcia and Rosalie Sorrels jam behind the stage), unused audience tape segments and additional leftovers

Version 3 was released in February 2008, totalling 19 CDs (plus one bonus CD) with 236 tracks (plus 36 bonus tracks). Though five songs were added, V.3 has only two more tracks. This results because of different track splicing. No songs of V.2 were left out on V.3!

[edit] V.4: Untitled

Followed by the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival in 2009 a new version of Woodstock Complete will be created which merges the new tracks into the existing compilation. There will probably be some more running order corrections. The fourth version is yet untitled.

Currently, we've set up a page where all new ideas are put together to create the definite Woodstock Complete v.4. Visit Ideas for Woodstock Complete V.4 and leave a comment or inform us via the Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list.

[edit] Track Listing

This is the complete track list of the current Woodstock Complete - The Third Trip.

[edit] Woodstock Complete

DISK 1:

  1. Pre-Show Announcements (John Morris, Chip Monck and others)

    2. RICHIE HAVENS:
  2. John Morris > Richie Havens Intro
  3. High Flyin' Bird
  4. Unknown Song
  5. I Can't Make It Anymore
  6. With A Little Help From My Friends
  7. Strawberry Fields Forever > Hey Jude
  8. Handsome Johnny
  9. Freedom

  10. Doctor Request, There Goes Marilyn!
  11. John Morris Free Festival Speech
  12. Swami Satchidananda

    13. SWEETWATER:
  13. Introduction
  14. Motherless Child
  15. For Petes Sake
  16. Day Song
  17. What's Wrong
  18. My Crystal Spider
  19. Band Introduction
  20. Why Oh Why

DISK 2:

    BERT SOMMER:
  1. Jennifer
  2. America

    3. TIM HARDING:
  3. If I Were A Carpenter > John Morris Outro

    4. RAVI SHANKER:
  4. Raga Puriya-Dhanashri (Gat in Sawarital)
  5. Tabla Solo In Jhaptal
  6. Raga Manj Kmahaj

    7. MELANIE:
  7. Beautiful People > John Morris Outro
  8. Birthday Of The Sun

    9. ARLO GUTHRIE:
  9. John Morris Intro > Coming Into Los Angeles > Lotta Freaks Rap
  10. Walking Down The Line
  11. Amazing Grace

DISK 3:

    JOAN BAEZ:
  1. John Morris > Joan Baez Intro > Joe Hill
  2. Sweet Sir Galahad
  3. Drug Store Truck Driving Man (featuring Jeffrey Shurtleff)
  4. Warm And Tender Love
  5. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  6. We Shall Overcome

  7. John Morris End Of Friday Announcement
  8. Hugh Romney Rap: The First Free City In The World!
  9. Lets Make It Work! (Tom Law Yoga Exercises)
  10. They Are With Us! (John Morris U.S. Army Rap)
  11. George Broke His Arm (Abbie)
  12. John Morris Thanks Abbie

    13. QUILL:
  13. John Morris Intro > They Live The Life
  14. BBY
  15. Waitin' For You

    16. COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD:
  16. Chip Monck > Country Joe McDonald Intro
  17. Janis
  18. Rockin' All Over The World
  19. Flyin' High All Over The World
  20. Seen A Rocket
  21. Fish Cheer > I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixing-To-Die Rag

DISK 4:

    SANTANA:
  1. Chip Monck Intro > Waiting
  2. You Just Don't Care
  3. Savor
  4. Jingo
  5. Persuasion
  6. Soul Sacrifice
  7. Chip Monck Intro > Fried Neckbones

  8. Stage Announcements Buried Under Dialogue
  9. Chip Monck Announcement: Your Wife Is Having A Baby

    10. JOHN B. SABASTIAN:
  10. Chip Monck Intro > How Have You Been
  11. Rainbows All Over Your Blues
  12. I Had Dream
  13. Darlin' Be Home Soon > Chip Monck Intro
  14. Younger Generation

  15. Cousin Al Is Sick

DISK 5:

    KEEF HARTLEY BAND:
  1. Spanish Fly

  2. Faint Stage Announcements Under Tuning

    3. THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND:
  3. Invocation
  4. The Letter
  5. This Moment
  6. When You Find Out Who You Are > Chip Monck Outro

    7. CANNED HEAT:
  7. Chip Monck Intro > I'm Her Man
  8. Going Up The Country
  9. A Change Is Gonna Come > Leaving This Town
  10. I Know My Baby
  11. Woodstock Boogie (Fried Hockey Boogie)
  12. On The Road Again

DISK 6:

    MOUNTAIN:
  1. Chip Monck Intro
  2. Blood Of The Sun
  3. Stormy Monday
  4. Theme From An Imaginary Western
  5. Long Red
  6. Who Am I But You And The Sun
  7. Beside The Sea
  8. Waiting To Take You Away
  9. Dreams Of Milk And Honey
  10. Guitar Solo
  11. Southbound Train

DISK 7:

  1. Stage Problems Announcements

    2. THE GRATEFUL DEAD:
  2. Ken Babbs > Chip Monck Intro > St. Stephen
  3. Mama Tried
  4. Equipment Failure And Stage Raps
  5. Dark Star
  6. High Time

DISK 8:

    THE GRATEFUL DEAD:
  1. Turn On Your Lovelight

DISK 9:

    CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL:
  1. Chip Monck Intro > Born On The Bayou
  2. Green River
  3. Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do)
  4. Bootleg
  5. Commotion
  6. Bad Moon Rising
  7. Proud Mary
  8. I Put A Spell On You
  9. The Night Time Is The Right Time
  10. Keep On Chooglin'
  11. Suzy Q

DISK 10:

    JANIS JOPLIN:
  1. Chip Monck Intro > Raise Your Hand
  2. As Good As You've Been To This World
  3. To Love Somebody
  4. Summertime
  5. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
  6. Kozmic Blues
  7. Can't Turn You Loose
  8. Work Me Lord > Chip Monck Intro
  9. Piece Of My Heart
  10. Ball And Chain

DISK 11:

    SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE:
  1. Chip Monck Intro > M'lady
  2. Sing A Simple Song
  3. You Can Make It If You Try
  4. Everyday People > Dance To The Music
  5. Music Lover
  6. I Want To Take You Higher
  7. Love City
  8. Stand!

DISK 12:

    THE WHO:
  1. Chip Monck Intro > Heaven And Hell
  2. I Can't Explain
  3. It's A Boy
  4. 1921
  5. Amazing Journey
  6. Sparks
  7. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
  8. Christmas
  9. Acid Queen
  10. Pinball Wizard
  11. Abbie Hoffmann Incident
  12. Do You Think It's Alright?
  13. Fiddle About
  14. There's A Doctor I've Found
  15. Go To The Mirror
  16. Smash The Mirror
  17. I'm Free
  18. Tommy's Holiday Camp
  19. We're Not Gonna Take It
  20. See Me Feel Me
  21. Summertime Blues
  22. Shakin' All Over > Chip Monck Intro > Pete Townsend Intro
  23. My Generation > Naked Eye > Chip Monck Outro

DISK 13:

  1. Doctors Request > Chip Monck Intro > Grace Slick Intro

    2. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE:
  2. The Other Side Of This Life (cut segments)
  3. Plastic Fantastic Lover
  4. Volunteers
  5. Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon
  6. Eskimo Blue Day
  7. Uncle Sam's Blues
  8. Somebody To Love
  9. White Rabbit

  10. Breakfast Time
  11. Muskrat Reads The Times
  12. Taking A Break
  13. Max Yasgur

    14. JOE COCKER:
  14. John Morris Intro
  15. Something's Coming On
  16. Dear Landlord (fragment only)
  17. I Shall Be Released
  18. Let's Go Get Stoned
  19. With A Little Help From My Friends

DISK 14:

  1. No Rain!
  2. Stage Announcements > Crowd Rain Chant
  3. Let The Sunshine In

    4. COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH:
  4. Chip Monck Intro > Rock And Soul Music
  5. Thing Called Love
  6. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
  7. Chip Monck Intro > Love Machine
  8. Fish Cheer > I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixing-To-Die Rag

    9. TEN YEARS AFTER:
  9. I'm Going Home

DISK 15:

    THE BAND:
  1. Chip Monck Intro > Chest Fever
  2. Baby Don't Do It
  3. Tears Of Rage
  4. We Can Talk
  5. Long Black Veil
  6. Don't You Tell Henry
  7. Ain't No More Cane
  8. This Wheel's On Fire
  9. I Shall Be Released
  10. The Weight
  11. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

    12. JOHNNY WINTER:
  12. Mama Talk To Your Daughter (cut)
  13. Leland Mississippi Blues (cut)
  14. Mean Town Blues

    15. BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS:
  15. Chip Monck Intro > More And More
  16. Something's Coming On > I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
  17. Spinning Wheel

DISK 16:

    CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG:
  1. Suite Judy Blue Eyes
  2. Blackbird
  3. Helplessly Hoping
  4. Guinnevere
  5. Marrakesh Express
  6. 4 + 20
  7. Mr Soul
  8. Long Time Gone
  9. Introduction > Sea Of Madness
  10. Wooden Ships
  11. Find The Cost Of Freedom

DISK 17:

    PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND:
  1. All In A Day
  2. All My Love Comin' Through To You
  3. Drifting Blues
  4. Love March
  5. Everything's Gonna Be Alright

    6. SHA-NA-NA:
  6. Teen Angel
  7. Wipe Out
  8. Who Wrote The Book Of Love
  9. Duke Of Earl
  10. At The Hop > Na Na Theme

DISK 18:

    JIMI HENDRIX:
  1. Chip Monck Thanks The Audience
  2. Chip Monck Intro > Jimi Intro
  3. Message To The Universe
  4. Getting My Heart Back Together Again > Hear My Train a-Comin'
  5. Spanish Castle Magic
  6. Red House
  7. Master Mind
  8. Here Comes Your Lover Man
  9. Foxy Lady
  10. Jam Back At The Roadhouse

DISK 19:

    JIMI HENDRIX:
  1. Jimi Chat > Izabella
  2. Gypsy Woman
  3. Fire
  4. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
  5. Stepping Stone
  6. Star Spangled Banner
  7. Purple Haze
  8. Woodstock Improvisation
  9. Villanova Junction
  10. Hey Joe
  11. Final Stage Announcements By Chip Chip Monck

[edit] WoodODDS & WoodSODS

DISK 20:

  1. THE FREE STAGE TRACKS
    1. Unknown: Walking To The Free Stage
    2. Joan Baez (possibly): Eleanor Rigby
    3. Unknown: I'm Your Dream
  2. UNUSED AUDIENCE TAPE SEGMENTS
    1. Richie Havens - With A Little Help From My Friends
    2. Country Joe McDonald - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag
    3. Santana - Waiting
    4. Santana - You Just Don't Care
    5. Santana - Savor
    6. Santana - Soul Sacrifice
    7. John Sebastian - Stage chat
    8. Janis Joplin - Raise Your Hand
    9. The Who - Heaven And Hell
    10. The Who - Naked Eye (end)
  3. OTHER UNUSED AUDIO SEGMENTS

    4. Some interesting items from the Wadleigh film outtakes:

    1. I Wish I Could Be The Rain (Jerry Garcia and Rosalie Sorrels, in the field behind the main stage, early Friday evening)
    2. A Ride To Michigan (Furthur Bus, Saturday afternoon)
    3. The Red Shoes (Furthur Bus, Saturday afternoon)
  4. THE GREAT DECEPTIONS

    5. For some reason Arlo Guthrie, CSN&Y, and Mountain (and maybe more?) were not happy with their performance at Woodstock, and several officially released items from their sets were either not recorded at Woodstock or altered considerably. Still, we decided to retain these versions within the artists' set list as the songs themselves were actually played at the festival and the artists found them important enough to have them appear on the official releases, albeit in a different - and hopefully really better - version. Here are the three officially released tracks we did not use for the proper set:

    1. Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles
      2. This version here is from the Woodstock Soundtrack LP/CD. The version on the Director's Cut movie and Woodstock Diaries is actually from the festival and therefore we used it on disc 2. It's an obviously very loose version and Arlo sounds pretty stoned which sure was the reason why he (or the powers-that-be) wanted it to be replaced for the audio Woodstock Soundtrack LP/CD by a tighter version from another, unknown to us show.

    2. Mountain - Blood Of The Sun
      3. This non-Woodstock "Blood Of The Sun" may have been used for the official releases because the soundboard tape the band had at hand was perhaps the same as ours, and this doesn't start before midway through their second song, STORMY MONDAY. Seems they implicitly wanted their then (up until mid-1970) standard opener to appear on Woodstock Two. Hence, it's safe to assume they really played this number at the festival, and to reconstruct their set as closely as possible we decided to include it.

    3. Mountain - Theme For An Imaginary Western
      4. Like "Blood Of The Sun", this version was not recorded at the festival but sometime from late 1969 to early 1970; you can tell by the drumming style which is Corky Laing's and he didn't join the band before Sept. 12, 1969; Mountain's original drummer at Woodstock was Norman D. Smart II (Laing was his roadie at Woodstock, though). This non-Woodstock version of "Theme For An Imaginary Western" was most likely chosen because there is a fault in the real one (though it sounds as it could have easily been edited out).

    4. Mountain - Southbound Train
      5. Two things were done to this number:
      1. The track was edited down from c. 5:30 min. to 3:50 min. (the original uncut version is the one we used on Disc 6)
      2. Since Leslie West screwed up the lyrics the band obviously opted for using the backing tracks from the festival with a re-recorded Leslie West vocal according to the lyrics of the studio version on West's first solo album "Mountain", released earlier in 1969 - most likely done in 1970. Tone shudders to think that they erased the lead vocal from the multitrack, but it would seem so. That is the version that appeared on the 1994 Woodstock Diary CD. Since this track obviously underwent so much fumbling, it may be guessed that it was considered for the Woodstock Soundtrack or Woodstock Two, but eventually dropped (perhaps in favour of the band's other two numbers), and entually unearthed from the vaults for the 1994 Woodstock Diary CD. The version that appeared on the official 1994 Woodstock Diary video/DVD is the unworked version but faded out at c. 2 min. into the song.

    5. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Marrakesh Express

      6. This version contains overdubbed extra acoustic guitar solo runs that weren't played onstage at the festival as the film reveals - as well as band member statements; the virgin version is on disc 16.

  5. THE COMPLETE "BLACKSTEAD TAPES" EXCERPTS

    6. In 2001, the estate of Eric Blackstead, the late producer of both the Soundtrack and Woodstock Two LPs, auctioned off a number of tapes recorded at Woodstock. To promote this on a specially-created website, several MP3 excerpts were made available. Although we have used very few of them in the set itself, they are worth having, so here is the full set. This is the only multitrack source available for several cuts.

    1. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
    2. Jimi Hendrix - Stage Chat
    3. Jimi Hendrix - Getting My Heart Back Together Again
    4. Johnny Winter - Mama Talk To Your Daughter
    5. Johnny Winter - Leland Mississippi Blues
    6. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Blackbird
    7. The Band - Chest Fever
    8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
    9. Paul Butterfield - All In A Day
    10. Country Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
    11. Sha Na Na - Wipe Out
    12. Joe Cocker - Let's Go Get Stoned
    13. The Who - My Generation
    14. Janis Joplin - Work Me Lord
    15. Janis Joplin - Summertime

[edit] Artwork

Artwork was created for the compilation. You can download the images (PNG) and print them out.

Woodstock Complete V.3 Artwork

Disc 01+02 front

Disc 01+02 back

Disc 03+04 front

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Disc 05+06 front

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Disc 07+08 front

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Disc 09+10 front

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Disc 11+12 front

Disc 11+12 back

Disc 13+14 front

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Disc 15+16 front

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Disc 17+18 front

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Disc 19+20 front

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[edit] Links

  • Woodstock Project: This website, dedicated to Woodstock and other major rock festivals, describes how to assemble the compilation.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - information about Woodstock Complete v.2.0
  2. ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - information about Woodstock Complete v.3.0
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