In a year filled with them, Rhino offers its own homage to Woodstock's 40th anniversary by rolling out this lavish six-CD box set. Perhaps the most significant aspect of this set is that it contains tracks by almost every single artist who appeared ... Full Descriptionon the Woodstock stage in their proper sequence. We also hear from artists such as Sweetwater, Tim Hardin, Johnny Winter, Mountain, Ravi Shankar, Quill, the Incredible String Band, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, and Blood, Sweat & Tears, and, of course, stage announcements by Chip Monck, John Morris, and Wavy Gravy.

The producers researched the original set lists exhaustively and present them here along with the music and their choices. The sound, which was done by Eddie Kramer, is as good as it can possibly get. The book is a monster, loaded with photos and featuring Bud Scoppa's wonderfully researched and presented liner essay, whose chapters account for each day, act by act.

Ultimately, however, it all comes down to the music. While we only get "Dark Star" by the Dead, we get (a bit) more music from the Who. The three tracks by CCR are all monsters, and hearing the five tracks by Crosby, Stills & Nash and then Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young all in correct sequence between BS&T and the Butterfield Blues Band is a treat.

Audio Mixers: Eddie Kramer; Allen Sides; Vic Anesini; Brian Kehew.

Liner Note Authors: Andy Zax; Budd Scoppa.

Photographers: Tom Miner; Rowland Scherman; Peter Tarnoff; Leonard Eisenberg; Ken Regan; John Dominis; Jason Laure; Elliott Landy; Bill Eppridge; Barry Levine; Baron Wolman; Dan McCoy; Henry Diltz; Jim Marshall; Lisa Law; Charles Harbutt.Entertainment Weekly (p.59) - "[With a] trove of unreleased material, some of it -- three tunes from folkie Bert Sommer, the Grateful Dead's beatific 'Dark Star' -- truly breathtaking." -- Grade: B
Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The first real previously-unheard gems come when Tim Hardin wrenches a fragile 'Hang On To A Dream' from his doomed soul, before a rousing 'Sing A Simple Song Of Freedom'..."

Track:
Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm CD DISC 1:

1. Handsome Johnny - Richie Havens
2. Freedom
3. "Choppity Choppity" - John Morris
4. Look Out - Sweetwater
5. Two Worlds - (previously unreleased)
6. Jennifer - Bert Sommer (previously unreleased)
7. And When It's Over - Bert Sommer (previously unreleased)
8. Smile - Bert Sommer (previously unreleased)
9. "There Goes Marilyn!" - John Morris
10. Hang On To a Dream - Tim Hardin (previously unreleased)
11. Simple Song of Freedom - (previously unreleased)
12. "Flat Blue Acid" - John Morris
13. Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital - Ravi Shankar (previously unreleased)
14. Momma Momma - Melanie (previously unreleased)
15. Beautiful People - Melanie
16. Birthday of the Sun - Melanie
17. Coming Into Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie (previously unreleased)
18. Wheel of Fortune - (previously unreleased)
19. Every Hand In the Land - (previously unreleased)
20. "All You Funny People" - John Morris
    

Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm Songs DISC 2:

1. Joe Hill - Joan Baez
2. Sweet Sir Galahad
3. Hickory Wind - (previously unreleased)
4. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man - Jeffrey Shurtleff/Joan Baez
5. "Bring Scully His Asthma Pills" - John Morris
6. "Insulin" & Quill Intro - John Morris
7. They Live the Life - The Quill (previously unreleased)
8. That's How I Eat - (previously unreleased)
9. "I Understand Your Wife is Having a Baby" - Chip Monck
10. Donovan's Reef - Country Joe McDonald (previously unreleased)
11. "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag, The - Country Joe McDonald
12. Persuasion - Santana
13. Soul Sacrifice
14. How Have You Been - John Sebastian
15. Rainbows All Over Your Blues - John Sebastian
16. I Had a Dream - John Sebastian
17. Letter, The - Incredible String Band (previously unreleased)
18. When You Find Out Who You Are - (previously unreleased)
19. "She is Lost" - Chip Monck
    

Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm Album DISC 3:

1. "We're In Pretty Good Shape" - Chip Monck
2. Going Up the Country - Canned Heat
3. Woodstock Boogie [Full-Length Version] - (previously unreleased)
4. "the Brown Acid is Not Specifically Too Good" - Chip Monck
5. Blood of the Sun - Mountain (previously unreleased)
6. Theme For an Imaginary Western - (previously unreleased)
7. For Yasgur's Farm - (previously unreleased)
8. "For Those of You Who Have Partaken of the Green Acid..." - Chip Monck
9. Green Acid Advice - Country Joe McDonald/Jerry Garcia
10. Dark Star - Grateful Dead (previously unreleased)
11. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
12. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival (previously unreleased)
13. I Put a Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    

Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm CD DISC 4:

1. Work Me, Lord - Janis Joplin
2. Ball and Chain - Janis Joplin
3. Medley: Dance To the Music/Music Lover/I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone
4. "the Politics of the Situation" - Abbie Hoffman
5. Amazing Journey - The Who (previously unreleased)
6. Pinball Wizard - (previously unreleased)
7. Abbie Hoffman Vs. Pete Townshend
8. We're Not Gonna Take It [Full Length Version] - (previously unreleased)
9. Other Side of This Life, The - Jefferson Airplane (previously unreleased)
10. Somebody To Love
11. Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon
12. "We Got a Whole Lot of Orange" - Grace Slick
13. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
14. "Breakfast In Bed For 400,000" - Wavy Gravy
15. "It Just Keeps Goin'" - John Morris
16. Max Yasgur Speaks - Max Yasgur
    

Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm Songs DISC 5:

1. Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker/The Grease Band (previously unreleased)
2. Let's Go Get Stoned - Joe Cocker/The Grease Band
3. With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker/The Grease Band
4. Rainstorm, The
5. Rock & Soul Music - Country Joe & The Fish
6. Love - Country Joe & The Fish (previously unreleased)
7. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - Country Joe & The Fish (previously unreleased)
8. Summer Dresses - Country Joe & The Fish (previously unreleased)
9. Silver and Gold - Country Joe & The Fish (previously unreleased)
10. Rock & Soul Music (Reprise) - Country Joe & The Fish (previously unreleased)
11. Leland Mississippi Blues - Johnny Winter (previously unreleased)
12. Mean Town Blues
13. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears (previously unreleased)
    

Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm Album DISC 6:

1. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash
2. Guinnevere - Crosby, Stills & Nash
3. Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash
4. 4 + 20 - Crosby, Stills & Nash
5. Sea of Madness - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
7. No Amount of Loving - Paul Butterfield Blues Band (previously unreleased)
8. Love March
9. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
10. Get a Job - Sha Na Na (previously unreleased)
11. At the Hop
12. Get a Job (Reprise) - (previously unreleased)
13. Star Spangled Banner/Purple Haze/Woodstock Improvisation, The - Jimi Hendrix - (featuring Gypsy S...
14. Woodstock Farewell - Chip Monck

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Porcupine Tree, have found a way to incorporate both prog rock's '70s, with its 10-minute-plus suites and bombast, and its more refined, rock heavy '80s, into their 2009 effort, THE INCIDENT. Set up similarly to Rush's 1978 classic, HEMISPHERES, ... Full DescriptionTHE INCIDENT is comprised of a single long song -- the title track -- that features many different movements, followed by a handful of shorter compositions to close the album. Unlike early proggers who favored meandering instrumental doodling over succinct songwriting, Porcupine Tree always favor the importance of memorable songs over flashy solos, which certainly makes the group one of the top modern-day prog rock bands.

Photographer: Susana Moyaho.

Personnel: Steven Wilson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Barbieri (keyboards, synthesizer); Colin Edwin (double bass); Gavin Harrison (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst (10/2008-05/2009); The Artillery (10/2008-05/2009); Monkey Puzzle (10/2008-05/2009); Nightspace (10/2008-05/2009); Bourne Place (10/2008-05/2009); Red Room Recorders (10/2008-05/2009); No Man's Land (10/2008-05/2009).

Q (Magazine) (p.115) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a sprawling beast, but for all its occasional spots of indulgence it's a towering achievement."

Track:
The Incident CD DISC 1:

1. Occam's Razor
2. Blind House, The
3. Great Expectations
4. Kneel and Disconnect
5. Drawing the Line
6. Incident, The
7. Your Unpleasant Family
8. Yellow Windows of the Evening Train, The
9. Time Flies
10. Degree Zero of Liberty
11. Octane Twisted
12. Seance, The
13. Circle of Manias
14. I Drive the Hearse
    

The Incident Songs DISC 2:

1. Flicker
2. Bonnie the Cat
3. Black Dahlia
4. Remember Me Lover
   

A medley of extracts from The Incident is now available to listen to on the Porcupine Tree myspace page, or the Roadrunner UK website (from 4PM UK today).

In the meantime an audio only version of Way Out of Here from the work in progress DVD is currently available as a free download if you buy The Incident from play.com in the UK.

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Recording information: Mountain Bird Studios, CO.

Photographers: Henry Diltz; Dan Fogelberg.

Personnel: Dan Fogelberg (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Elliot Scheiner.

Track:
Love In Time
2. Soft Voice
3. So Many Changes
4. Come To The Harbor
5. Growing Time, A
6. Colors Of Eve, The
7. Diamonds To Dust
8. Nature Of The Game, The
9. Sometimes A Song
10. Days To Come
11. Birds

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When Layne Staley died from a drug overdose in 2002, it had already been several years since most Alice in Chains fans stopped hoping for a new album. The singer had become a recluse since the late-`90s, and there was little indication that ... Full DescriptionAIC would ever again produce much in the way of new music. As a result, when the remaining members reunited to release BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE in 2009, expectations were low. To the delight of all however, the album proved to be perhaps the Seattle combo's most energetic and consistent effort since its masterpiece DIRT. Perhaps the most surprising element of the new record was how much it sounded exactly like Alice in Chains. While new singer William DuVall was not an exact Staley soundalike, he managed to evoke both the unique timbre and sense of deep angst that were the late vocalist's trademarks. Throughout, the sound is heavier and sturdier than ever before, with songs like the first single "A Looking In View" and "Check My Brain" borrowing a bit from the nu-metal bands Alice in Chains inspired, and beating the upstarts at their own game.

Audio Mixer: Randy Staub .

Recording information: Studio 606, Northridge, CA; Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA.Q (Magazine) (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he quartet sound reborn, with new vocalist William DuVall's eerie melodies perfectly complimenting Jerry Cantrell's lead-bottomed riffs. A stunning return."

Track:

1. All Secrets Known
2. Check My Brain
3. Last of My Kind
4. Your Decision
5. Looking In View, A
6. When the Sun Rose Again
7. Acid Bubble
8. Lesson Learned
9. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue

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Some of guitarist Robben Ford's weaknesses, such as song composition and vocals, are rectified or at least made less obvious, on this predominantly live release. On his fourth release for the Concord label, Ford is able to cherrypick better ... Full Descriptionmaterial from inconsistent albums, unearth choice covers, and generally broaden the music with his fiery playing. This, along with the natural energy generated by the stage environment, focuses attention on the guitarist's skills as a creative six-string bluesman who expands the narrow confines of the genre by adding soul and jazz influences. He kicks off the set with a lazy, wah-wah enhanced "Supernatural," the title track to his 1999 disc, and revs up the energy from there, jumping into the instrumental "Indianola." This is where Ford seamlessly combines rock, blues, jazz, and surf into a five-minute tour de force, leading one to believe that a vocal-free show might display his superb guitar talents even better.

Recording information: The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, CA; The Independent, San Francisco, CA.

Photographer: George Wells.

Personnel:

• Robben Ford (vocals, guitar)
• Neal Evans (Hammond b-3 organ)
• Toss Panos (drums).

Audio Mixer: John Paterno.

Track:

1. Supernatural
2. Indianola
3. There'll Never Be Another You
4. Spoonful
5. Nothin' To Nobody
6. Please Set a Date/You Don't Have To Go
7. Earthquake
8. How Deep In the Blues (Do You Want To Go)
9. Don't Worry 'Bout MeThoughtless
10. Thoughtless

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