Fifty years on, America remains obsessed with Woodstock. Here are the best recordings, movies and books to accompany your weekend nostalgia trip.
On the eve of Woodstock’s 50th anniversary, attendee Robert Christgau revisits one of the most galvanizing moments in rock history.
The result is nothing short of stunning. As Zax notes in an opening essay, some of the Woodstock myths have come to be understood as fact:"[I]f we’re still thinking and arguing and opining about the meaning of Woodstock after half a century, shouldn’t we at least have a set of baseline facts about what happened there?” By the end of that last disc, those facts are incontrovertible.
Another notable untruth: that all of the songs on the album were recorded at Woodstock. According to Zax, some tracks were sourced from entirely different concerts. The album sold a ton, and the proof is all over the vinyl collecting site Discogs. It currently lists the triple album for sale at $10. Looking for extra authenticity? Buy the double 8-track tape for $13.99.
In its newest season, the long-running PBS documentary series offers an informative overview and history of the production, from its seeds as a would-be Woodstock, N.Y., recording studio concept that united the four partners, to an escape-for-the-weekend music and art festival inspired by the Monterey Pop Festival two years earlier .
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