This is my first ever Airplane CD to purchase so I thought I would review it. This was recorded on Sunday morning, August 17, 1969. This summer is the 40 year anniversary of this legendary concert.
This is the first time their full concert has been offered and it is a good and long one, coming in at about 90 minutes. Two months after their performance they would release their album Volunteers which is also included as a studio CD. In my opinion, I wish they would have just offered the woodstock concert as a stand-alone product. However, this is neither here nor there.
This concert finds the airplane at the top of their game and indeed, they were one of the top groups around at the time. This is a very enjoyable CD and one I would highly recommend. Sound quality is very good. Highlights include monster-long versions of Wooden Ships, The House at Pooneil Corners, and The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil.
If you want to understand the drug, sex, and anti-war culture of the 60's, check out the lyrics from the Airplane. Take these for instance (from the song Won't you try/Saturday afternoon):
yellow clouds rising in the lune
acid incense and ballons
saturday afternoon
people dancing everywhere
love is shouting
i dont care its a time for growing
and a time for knowing
saturday afternoon
Check out White Rabbit performed live at woodstock here.
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