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Woodstock 40

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Woodstock 40

95 tracks in all, commemorating the fabled festival, including The Who, Grateful Dead, Airplane, Canned Heat

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Rhino
UK Release date
18/08/2009
  1. 8.0 |   The Independent

    The most welcome of the new material derives from the hippie scene’s San Francisco cohort, particularly The Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star”, a soaring 20 minutes of essential psychedelia
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    There are 36 previously unheard tracks, and lots of colourful documentary snippets – but which falls short of being the fully immersive experience.
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  4. 5.2 |   Pitchfork

    Some bands managed to pull off ace performances, even under Woodstock's ghastly conditions. The Who were apparently miserable, tripping on acid they hadn't realized they were ingesting in the backstage refreshments, and unable to hear themselves in the monitors when they finally got to go on at 4 a.m
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  5. 4.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Ploughing through all six discs, it’s hard to argue against posterity’s view that the real winners were Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix
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