| Product Summary | | Label: Rhino Records | | UPC: 00081227985080 | | Release Date: 8/25/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 211420658 | | Item#: M4PN3P | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Freedom - Richie Havens ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Taking Woodstock Titles - Danny Elfman ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 4. China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Maggie M'gill - The Doors ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Elliot's Place - Danny Elfman ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Coming Into Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 8. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe McDonald (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Going Up the Country - Canned Heat (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) - Janis Joplin (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Happening, A (Office #2) - Danny Elfman ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Red Telephone, The - Love ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Beautiful People - Melanie (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 14. I Shall Be Released - The Band (live) ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 15. Perspective Extended - Danny Elfman ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 16. One More Mile - Paul Butterfield Blues Band ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | | | 17. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane ~ Various Artists/Original Soundtrack | |
| | A generation began in his backyard..., From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. The Soundtrack CD features songs from a collection of music icons including Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and more. Many of the tracks are by artists who performed at Woodstock and are of the era. The soundtrack also includes a newly recorded version of "Freedom" called "Freedom 2009" by Richie Havens and score selections by Danny Elfman. All songs and score are from the movie. Taking Woodstock is a joyous voyage to a moment in time when everything seemed possible. Track Listing
1. Freedom (2009) - Richie Havens
2. Taking Woodstock Titles - Danny Elfman
3. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash
4. China Cat Sunflower (Live) - Grateful Dead
5. Maggie M'Gill - The Doors
6. Elliot's Place - Danny Elfman
7. Coming Into Los Angeles (Live) - Arlo Guthrie
8. I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag (Live) - Country Joe McDonald
9. Going Up The Country (Live) - Canned Heat
10. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) (Live) - Janis Joplin
11. A Happening (Office #2) - Danny Elfman
12. The Red Telephone - Love
13. Beautiful People (Live) - Melanie
14. I Shall Be Released (Live) - The Band
15. Perspective Extended - Danny Elfman
16. One More Mile - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
17. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Photographer: Ken Regan. | | TAKING WOODSTOCK, the 2009 comedy by director Ang Lee, was inspired by the diaries of Elliot Tiber, whose family was, by happenstance, a big part of making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival the cultural event it was. The original score was written by Danny Elfman and is a separate release from this accompanying soundtrack. Many of the acts that performed at the festival are present here, along with some that were not and some of Elfman's own cues. The disc opens with a new recording of Richie Havens' "Freedom," which closed his set at Woodstock. It's different, but just as powerful, and certainly one of the better things here. A Hendrixian cut by Elfman follows this and then enters the studio version of Crosby, Stills & Nash's cover of "Wooden Ships." The Grateful Dead perform a live "China Cat Sunflower" (that sounds too pristine to have been recorded at the festival itself), and the Band plays a live "I Shall Be Released." Inexplicably, the Doors are here, as is Love with studio tracks we are all familiar with--"Maggie McGill" and "Red Telephone," respectively. Country Joe McDonald's "I-Feel-Like I'm Fixin'-to-Die Rag" is here, as are cuts by Janis Joplin, Canned Heat, the Jefferson Airplane, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (the latter two are studio cuts). In sum, this is an enjoyable collection of songs that reflects the era more than the festival itself, but then it's a soundtrack. It also feels like a solid memento from the film. | | Taking Woodstock, the 2009 comedy by director Ang Lee, was inspired by the diaries of Elliot Tiber, whose family was, by happenstance, a big part of making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival the cultural event it was. The original score was written by Danny Elfman and is a separate release from this accompanying soundtrack -- there are a number of packages on the market, and some combine both releases. Many of the acts that performed at the festival are present here, along with some that were not and some of Elfman's own cues. The disc opens with a new recording of Richie Havens' "Freedom," which closed his set at Woodstock. It's different, but just as powerful, and certainly one of the better things here. A Hendrixian cut by Elfman follows this and then enters the studio version of Crosby, Stills & Nash's cover of "Wooden Ships." The Grateful Dead perform a live "China Cat Sunflower" (that sounds too pristine to have been recorded at the festival itself), and the Band plays a live "I Shall Be Released." (Though they played the festival, they were left off the six-disc box set released by Rhino in 2009, presumably for licensing reasons). Inexplicably, the Doors are here, as is Love with studio tracks we are all familiar with -- "Maggie McGill" and "Red Telephone," respectively. Country Joe McDonald's "I-Feel-Like I'm Fixin'-to-Die Rag" is here, as are cuts by Janis Joplin, Canned Heat, the Jefferson Airplane, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (the latter two are studio cuts). In sum, this is an enjoyable collection of songs that reflects the era more than the festival itself, but then it's a soundtrack. It also feels like a solid memento from the film. ~ Thom Jurek |
Producer: Cheryl Pawelski; Jeff Roth |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/25/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : 20987 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 61m : 17s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227985080 |
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