Tunis, Walter. “Remastered and reissued, these are the albums that started it all.” PopMatters 19 June 2009 19 June 2009 <http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/102245-remastered-and-reissued-these-are-the-albums-that-started-it-all/>.
With the 40 year anniversary approaching of Woodstock, a plethora of albums and performance tapes from all the artists will be released in its entirety. The music festival took place in 1969 during political unrest and was the defining moment of the cultural revolution that had been taking place. Three days worth of music has still left an impact on popular music today as such great acts came out for the concert and others found their starts at the festival. In 1970, the original soundtrack from the concert accompanied with the Oscar-winning documentary was a hit. It contained the mind-melting rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s “Star Spangled Banner.” It also had the important performance of Santana and The Who.
In 1971, Woodstock 2 was released. This soundtrack contained even more songs and sound clips from the festival. While it did not contain as many gems as Hendrix and Santana, it still was popular. It contained a trippy song by Jefferson Airplane and the little known band of Hendrix, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows. Walter Tunis writes that these two albums is what started the Woodstock enterprise and the material expected to be released in August will have its similarities (obviously) with these two albums.
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