The Woodstock Experience

The Woodstock Experience
Live album by Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, Johnny Winter
Released	June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)
Recorded	August 15, 16, & 17, 1969 at Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY
Genre	Rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock, soul
Label	Sony BMG / Legacy
Producer	Bob Irwin
Woodstock albums chronology
Woodstock 1999 (1999) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm (2009)
Santana chronology
The Very Best of Santana (Live in 1968) (2007) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (2010)
Janis Joplin chronology
The Lost Tapes (2008) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Move Over! (2011)
Sly and the Family Stone chronology
Ain't But the One Way (1983) The Woodstock Experience (2009) —
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Sweeping Up the Spotlight (2007) The Woodstock Experience (2009) —
Johnny Winter chronology
I'm a Bluesman (2004) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Roots (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Allmusic (Santana)
Allmusic (Janis Joplin)
Allmusic (Sly & the Family Stone)
Allmusic (Jefferson Airplane)
Allmusic (Johnny Winter)

The Woodstock Experience is a box consisting of a set of studio albums and live performances from the 1969 Woodstock Festival by the artists Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, and Johnny Winter. Each set consists of the 1969 studio album by the artist as well as each artist's entire Woodstock performance. The set was released as both a box containing all five artists, and also as individual releases separated by artist, each containing the studio album and live performance of that artist.

Track listing

Studio albums

• The Santana studio album included is their debut album, Santana.
• The Janis Joplin studio album included is I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!.
• The Sly & the Family Stone studio album included is Stand!.
• The Jefferson Airplane studio album included is Volunteers.
• The Johnny Winter studio album included is Johnny Winter.

Santana Live

All songs by Santana Band except where noted

1. "Waiting" – 4:49
2. "Evil Ways" (Sonny Henry, Jimmy Zack) – 4:00
3. "You Just Don't Care" – 4:46
4. "Savor" – 5:23
5. "Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 5:31
6. "Persuasion" – 2:52
7. "Soul Sacrifice" – 11:35
8. "Fried Neckbones and Some Home Fries" (Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie) – 6:41

Janis Joplin Live

1. "Raise Your Hand" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper, Alvertis Isbell) – 5:31
2. "As Good as You've Been to This World" (Nick Gravenites) – 6:25
3. "To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 5:16
4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) – 5:05
5. "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Jerry Ragovoy, Chip Taylor) – 5:13
6. "Kozmic Blues" (Janis Joplin, Gabriel Mekler) – 4:56
7. "Can't Turn You Loose" (Otis Redding) – 4:25
8. "Work Me, Lord" (Gravenites) – 8:42
9. "Piece of My Heart" (Ragovoy, Bert Berns) – 4:57
10. "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton) – 7:42

Sly & the Family Stone Live

All songs by Sylvester Stewart.

1. "M'Lady" – 7:46
2. "Sing a Simple Song" – 5:13
3. "You Can Make It If You Try" – 5:36
4. "Everyday People" – 3:15
5. "Dance to the Music" – 4:28
6. "Music Lover" / "Higher" – 7:50
7. "I Want to Take You Higher" – 6:43
8. "Love City" – 6:04
9. "Stand!" – 3:20

Jefferson Airplane Live

1. "Introduction" – 0:23
2. "The Other Side of This Life" (Fred Neil) – 8:17
3. "Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 4:31
4. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (Marty Balin) – 5:30
5. "Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon" (Paul Kantner) – 5:06
6. "Eskimo Blue Day" (Grace Slick, Kantner) – 6:55
7. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (Balin) – 4:35
8. "Wooden Ships" (David Crosby, Kantner, Stephen Stills) – 21:25
9. "Uncle Sam Blues" (Traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady) – 6:12
10. "Volunteers" (Balin, Kantner) – 3:16
11. "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" (Kantner) – 15:29
12. "Come Back Baby" (Traditional, arranged by Kaukonen) – 6:05
13. "White Rabbit" (G. Slick) – 2:27
14. "The House at Pooneil Corners" (Balin, Kantner) – 9:17

Johnny Winter Live

1. "Mama, Talk to Your Daughter" (J. B. Lenoir) – 5:05
2. "Leland Mississippi Blues" (Johnny Winter) – 4:58
3. "Mean Town Blues" (Winter) – 10:54
4. "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" (B. B. King) – 14:45
5. "I Can't Stand It" (Bo Diddley) – 6:09
6. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) – 10:40
7. "Tell the Truth" (Lowman Pauling) – 6:51
8. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 5:36

Personnel

Santana

• Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals
• Gregg Rolie – keyboards, vocals
• Dave Brown – bass
• Mike Carabello – percussion
• José Chepitó Areas – percussion
• Michael Shrieve – drums

Janis Joplin

• Janis Joplin – vocals
• Kozmic Blues Band – guitar, bass, drums, Snooky Flowers on horns.

Sly & the Family Stone

• Sly Stone – vocals, Keyboards
• Freddie Stone – guitar, vocals
• Larry Graham – bass, vocals
• Rose Stone – keyboards, vocals
• Cynthia Robinson – trumpet, vocals
• Jerry Martini – saxophone
• Greg Errico – drums

Jefferson Airplane

• Marty Balin – percussion, vocals
• Grace Slick – vocals
• Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals
• Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Jack Casady – bass
• Spencer Dryden – drums
• Nicky Hopkins – piano

Johnny Winter

• Johnny Winter – guitar, vocals
• Tommy Shannon – bass
• Uncle John Turner – drums
• Edgar Winter – keyboards, vocals