- Pusher, The / Steppenwolf
- Born To Be Wild / Steppenwolf
- The Weight / The Band
- I Wasn't Born To Follow / The Byrds
- If You Want To Be A Bird / Holy Modal Rounders
- Don't Bogart Me / Fraternity Of Man
- If Six Was Nine / Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Kyrie Eleison Mardi Gras / Electric Prunes
- It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) / Roger McGuinn
- Ballad Of Easy Rider / Roger McGuinn
- Pushin' Too Hard / The Seeds
- I Had too Much to Dream Last Night / Electric Prunes
- We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet / Blue Magoos
- San Franciscan Nights / Eric Burdon & The Animals
- White Rabbit / Jefferson Airplane
- I Can See For Miles / The Who
- Whiter Shade of Pale / Procol Harum
- Groovin' / Young Rascals
- High Flyin' Bird / Richie Havens
- The Weight / The Band
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / The Byrds
- The Time Has Come Today / The Chambers Brothers
- With a Little Help From My Friends / Joe Cocker
- Summertime Blues / Blue Cheer
- Nights in White Satin (huh?) / Moody Blues
- Mendicino / Sir Douglas Quintet
- Get Together / Youngbloods
- My Uncle / Flying Burrito Brothers
- Something in the Air / Thunderclap Newman
発売日:2004年3月23日(火)
レーベル:Hip-O Records
レビュー (Amazon)After 1968's political assassinations and street riots, the once vaunted idealism the 60's went south for good in 1969. The artistic metaphors for the unraveling of The Age of Aquarius encompassed variously
Gimme Shelter, the documentary of The Stones' disastrous Altamont free concert, and Dennis Hopper's idealism-gone-sour road picture,
Easy Rider. It's rock score was an instant counter-culture classic, a collection anchored by Steppenwolf's road anthem chestnut "Born to Be Wild" and its cautionary "The Pusher," a song that underscored the film's frank portrayal of drug use (one that's given a more lighthearted hearing on Fraternity of Man's "Don't Bogart Me"). Other standouts include the Holy Modal Rounders' loopy "If You Want To Be A Bird" and Byrds' leader Roger McGuinn's "Ballad of Easy Rider" and faithful cover of Dylan's "It's Alright , Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)." Licensing concerns kept the soundtrack from compact disc until 2000, but this deluxe, slip-cased double-disc set not only expands on that edition's shortcoming (returning The Band's version of "The Weight" to its rightful place), but adds an additional 18 emblematic tracks "inspired" by the film and its turbulent times. While some of these are either a bit too obvious (The Seeds' "Pushin' Too Hard") or themeatically inappropriate (The Who's "I Can See For Miles"), gems like Thunderclap Newman's haunting "Something In the Air" make it more inviting.
--Jerry McCulley