At the Woodstock Festival

At the Woodstock Festival

Live album by Ravi Shankar
Released	late 1969
Recorded	15 August 1969
Label	World Pacific
Producer	Richard Bock

At the Woodstock Festival is a live album by Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar that was released in 1969 on World Pacific Records. It was recorded on 15 August 1969 at the Woodstock Festival in upstate New York. Shankar was the first artist to have anything released from the festival. The album was issued on CD in 1991 by BGO Records (BGO CD 117).

Track listing

"Raga Puriya - Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital" (11 Beats) (This was recorded in a studio for the album) – 11:04
"Tabla Solo In Jhaptal" (10 Beats 2-3-2-3) – 8:48
"Raga Manj Khamaj" (Alap, Jor <Sitar Solo>, Dhun In Kaharwa Tal (8 Beats), Medium And Fast Gat In Teental (16 Beats)) – 21:31

Personnel

Ravi Shankar – sitar
Alla Rakha – tabla
Maya Kulkarni – tamboura
Richard Bock – producer
Eddie Kramer – engineer

In 2009 on the six-CD box set Woodstock 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital the actual Woodstock Recording was released.

Woodstock Festival

Founders	Michael Lang John P. Roberts Joel Rosenman Artie Kornfeld

August 15, 1969	Richie Havens Swami Satchidananda Sweetwater Bert Sommer Tim Hardin Ravi Shankar Melanie Arlo Guthrie Joan Baez

August 16, 1969	Quill Country Joe McDonald John Sebastian Santana Keef Hartley The Incredible String Band Canned Heat Mountain Grateful Dead Creedence Clearwater Revival

August 17, 1969 August 18, 1969	Janis Joplin Sly and the Family Stone The Who Jefferson Airplane Joe Cocker and The Grease Band Country Joe and the Fish Ten Years After The Band Blood, Sweat & Tears Johnny and Edgar Winter Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Paul Butterfield Blues Band Sha Na Na Jimi Hendrix

Related	Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Hog Farm Collective List of performances and events My Generation The Road to Woodstock Taking Woodstock (book film) Wavy Gravy Woodstock (film) Woodstock '79 Woodstock Reunion 1979 Woodstock '89 Woodstock '94 Woodstock '99 Woodstock '09 Woodstock Nation Woodstock Nation (1969 book by Abbie Hoffman) Woodstock Revisited Max Yasgur

Recordings	At the Woodstock Festival (1970) Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More (1970) Woodstock 2 (1971) The Best of Woodstock (1994) Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music (1994) Woodstock Diary (1994) Live at Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album) (1999) Live at Woodstock (Joe Cocker album) (2009) The Woodstock Experience (2009) Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm (2009) "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (Melanie song) "Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell song)

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