{"id":41632,"date":"2009-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/woodstock-two\/"},"modified":"2009-08-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T00:00:00","slug":"woodstock-two","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/woodstock-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodstock Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If at first you succeed, then issue another album quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Woodstock<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> movie and resulting number one-selling soundtrack had both been commercially successful. The festival itself had attained mythological proportions. The summer of 1971 found the release of <i>Woodstock Two<\/i>, which gathered more music from the festival onto a double-disc release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It was a far different affair than its predecessor, however. While the first release came across as a concert experience complete with announcements and stage patter, this second issue only presents a number of live performances alone (plus, the Mountain tracks were not even from <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Woodstock<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>). <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All is not lost, though. There is still some worthwhile music to be explored \u2013 and honestly, some to be avoided as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The first side of the original LP release is all live Hendrix, which is always a good thing. At six and eight minutes, \u201cJam Back At The House\u201d and \u201cGet My Heart Back Together\u201d give him room to stretch and improvise. On the other hand, \u201cIsabella\u201d clocks in at three and a half minutes and is an interesting counterpoint to the other two tracks, showing Hendrix keeping himself in check and within the set structures of the song. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Side two keeps the momentum going, with The Jefferson Airplane checking in with two tracks. Live Airplane is also a very good thing. They were the last act of the day (or early morning, I should say) and their performance is loose and excellent. I have since heard their entire set and the tracks contained here, \u201cSaturday Afternoon\/Won\u2019t You Try\u201d and \u201cEskimo Blue Day,\u201d present them at the top of their game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Side three is where things begin to drag. Joan Baez, CSN&#038;Y, and Melanie just cannot measure up to Hendrix and The Airplane. It is like ordering a milkshake in a bar; it\u2019s pleasant, but missing an edge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Never play side four of the original vinyl release. As I mentioned earlier, the Mountain tracks are not from <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Woodstock<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. \u201cWoodstock Boogie\u201d by Canned Heat is basically filler, and the album limps to a close with the audience singing \u201cLet The Sunshine In\u201d during the rainstorm. They may have just run out of available material, but it does not do justice to the festival\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The music of <i>Woodstock Two <\/i>is now available elsewhere, as many complete performances by artists have been released. This album is now a historical artifact and should be treated as such.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5827],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-41632","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-various-artists","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41632"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}