Sweetwater at Woodstock 1969
Category #66, BOXED SETS,
Category #68, HISTORICAL.
The wonderful part for SWEETWATER is
over an hour of SWEETWATER music is included on this
2019 grammy- nominated re-master!
Congrats and big thanks to Andy Z. and Co. On their project. Well-done.
Rhino rocks, too.
Among them was one limited edition, particularly massive, extremely
inclusive box set, "WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN: THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE",
which includes every single auditory thing that occurred
throughout the entire festival!
The intention is to give today’s listeners
the sonic experience of having been there fifty years ago – every minute
of the three days of that iconic festival!
Consequently, this includes not only every song played and sung by every act
throughout the festival (including SWEETWATER), but EVERY NOTE, played,
sung, tuned or unintentionally made, as well as every announcement made over their
massive PA system, crowd responses, helicopters coming and going,
and even periods of silence between all of the above.
We heard our set during the mixing process – it’s eerily like being there!
Producer Andy Zax has magically made all of the original music sound clearer
(without altering or overdubbing any note), while still allowing the listener
to feel immersed in the event as it happened!
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From Rhino Records: The massive, extremely inclusive, limited Edition box set of the entire festival! WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN: THE DEFINITIVE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE 38 CDs, 432 Tracks - 267 Previously Unreleased * Limited, Numbered Edition Of 1969"
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In August we were invited to play at Rhino for the celebration of the release of the WOODSTOCK - BACK TO THE GARDEN: Boxed set.
In March we participated in several Q & A panels at The MUSEUM at BETHEL WOODS, the original site of the 1969 WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL (a place that was once Yasgur’s Dairy Farm), to speak about our experiences in 1969 and since. Needless to say, it brought back intense memories of us playing on that stage and the time we spent there . . . all those years ago.
We also completed a TV special in Los Angeles on KTTV (the Fox affiliate, who were celebrating their 70th anniversary in LA!) on “nostalgia” hosted by long-time anchor Hal Eisner. It included a short SWEETWATER special about our music, history and current activities, along with a spare live performance by Nancy & Alex.
In July, we played in New York at
the Great South Bay Music Festival on Long Island.
We also appeared at a Port Washington, NY
SWEETWATER multimedia & live music event.
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40th Anniversary Boxed sets: Rhino Records issued several different variations of WOODSTOCK box sets, featuring the live music from those three days in 1969, most with Sweetwater songs included. "WOODSTOCK -- 40 YEARS ON: BACK TO YASGUR'S FARM BOXED SET" |
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The Ang Lee movie, 'Taking Woodstock' has optioned our song 'Motherless Child'
for use in it.
There was also a Best of Woodstock - Various Artists [Limited Edition] CD  with Jimi Hendrix (Author), Sweetwater (Author), Melanie (Author), Arlo Guthrie (Author), Joan Baez (Author), Santana (Author), John Sebastian (Author), Canned Heat (Author), Mountain (Author), Creedence Clearwater Revival (Author) Available from Amazon: |
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Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World (Hardcover)
by Mike Evans (Editor), Paul Kingsbury (Editor), Martin Scorsese (Foreword) |
Join Together! Forty Years of the Rock Festival (Paperback)
by Brant (Author), Marley (Author)
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Woodstock - Peace, Music & Memories by Brad Littleproud and Joanne Hague
(Paperback - Jul 3, 2009) |
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(1st album)
Label: Reprise Record# 6313 Title: SWEETWATER Year: 1968 |
(2nd album)
Label: Reprise Record# 6417 Title: JUST FOR YOU Year: 1970 |
(3rd album) Label: Reprise Record# 6473 Title: MELON Year: 1971 |
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Barnes and Noble sold a 60s music compilation CD
called "Hippie."
The disc featured a Sweetwater cut, the pre-accident "Motherless Child!"
Warner Brothers Special Projects edited and re-mastered the music, including Arlo Guthrie,
The Grateful Dead and others. Barnes and Noble is also selling a coffee table book. The book, also, is called "Hippie" The book was #4 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2009 It's a sweet collection.
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