[Harp-L] Re: Woodstock/harp

[Bill Hines <billhines4@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's some Butterfield songs too aren't there? Can you say which ones 
and how good the audio/video are?

I think I saw something about there being some Canned Heat on the Target 
version too.

Thanks, Bill

Patrick Lines wrote:
> I have the Amazon edition because I wanted the added Canned Heat 
> songs. I haven't watched the main feature yet, but on the added 
> material the only other harp content I can find is John Fogarty on " 
> Keep on Chooglin".
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Patrick Lines" <plines@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:49 AM
> Subject: Woodstock/harp
>
>
> > What edition do you have? I was very interested in this after reading 
> > your post Patrick. But it appears that Amazon, Target and maybe 
> > others have their *own* special collectors ultimate blah editions 
> > with different songs on them. what a mess and pita this is.
> >
> > and to top it off, they re-recorded and overdubbed some of the 
> > performances with new stuff!! some say this is "fixing problems" but 
> > I say it's "BS" because now i'm listening to some music that was 
> > played in 2008, not 1969 and being heard over a visual of musicians 
> > supposedly playing that music. wth is up with that, unbelievable. and 
> > this was done by the original audio engineer who was there that day 
> > (michael kramer)!
> >
> > but still, anyone who can fill us in on the harp content of various 
> > editions would be great. aside from canned heat, any other harp 
> > that's in the new editions, such as any in CCR's set or others?
> >
> > Thanks, Bill
> >
> > Patrick Lines wrote:
> > > Okay, well I bought the ultimate collector's edition of  Woodstock 
> > > because I was interested in the additional footage that hadn't been 
> > > available before. In particular Canned Heat, Butterfield and 
> > > Creedance. I was not disappointed.
> > > Canned Heat does, " I'm her man" and Alan Wilson is phenomenal. At 
> > > first I thought he was playing a chromatic, but it's a red comb 
> > > Hohner something? My big question is about his microphone. It looks 
> > > like it might be a 545 stick but he has a large control taped to it. 
> > > At first I thought it was a volume control but when he fiddles with 
> > > it, it sounds like there is a tone change backup by the fact that at 
> > > one point it seems like there are multiple cables coming out the 
> > > end. Anybody have a clue?