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1.StopThe Pusher – Steppenwolf 05:51
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2.StopBorn to Be Wild – Steppenwolf 03:39
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3.StopThe Weight – Smith 04:36
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4.StopWasn't Born to Follow – The Byrds 02:05
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5.StopIf You Want to Be a Bird – The Holy Modal Rounders 02:40
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6.StopDon't Bogart Me – Fraternity of Man 03:08
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7.StopIf 6 Was 9 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience 05:35
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8.StopKyrie Eleison/Mardi Gras – The Electric Prunes 04:01
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9.StopIt's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) – Roger McGuinn 03:41
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10.StopThe Ballad of Easy Rider – Roger McGuinn 02:14
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11.StopPushin' Too Hard – The Seeds 02:36
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12.StopI Had Too Much to Dream Last Night – The Electric Prunes 02:59
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13.StopWe Ain't Got Nothin' Yet – Blues Magoos 02:17
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14.StopSan Franciscan Nights – Eric Burdon, The Animals 03:22
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15.StopWhite Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane 02:31
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16.StopI Can See for Miles – The Who 04:07
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17.StopA Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum 04:04
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18.StopGroovin' – The Young Rascals 02:28
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19.StopHigh Flyin' Bird – Richie Havens 03:36
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20.StopThe Weight – The Band 04:34
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21.StopYou Ain't Going Nowhere – The Byrds 02:35
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22.StopThe Time Has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers 04:57
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23.StopWith a Little Help from My Friends – Joe Cocker 05:12
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24.StopSummertime Blues – Blue Cheer 03:47
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25.StopNights in White Satin – The Moody Blues 04:26
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26.StopMendocino – The Sir Douglas Quintet 02:44
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27.StopGet Together – The Youngbloods 04:37
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28.StopMy Uncle – The Flying Burrito Brothers 02:37
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29.StopSomething in the Air – Thunderclap Newman 03:55
This two-CD expanded version of the Easy Rider soundtrack actually is more like the original soundtrack joined by a second CD of similar music than a solid two CDs of music actually heard in, or even related to, the classic 1969 film. The first CD does indeed present the original soundtrack -- nothing more, nothing less -- which has an assortment of good late-'60s rock appropriate to the themes and moods of the movie. The second CD, with 19 cuts and 67 minutes of music, is actually a good half-hour longer than the soundtrack, offering more classic countercultural (but pretty popular) rock from the same era. The concept might be a little tenuous, to say the least -- it's basically an excuse to build a two-CD oldies compilation around. For a marketing ploy, though, it must be admitted that the music's pretty ******in'. The actual soundtrack material on disc one balances well-known performers (Steppenwolf, the Byrds, Jimi Hendrix) with relatively little-heard items by lesser-known psychedelic acts (the Holy Modal Rounders' "If You Want to Be a Bird," Fraternity of Man's "Don't Bogart Me," and the Electric Prunes' "Kyrie Eleison"), even if only one cut (Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild") was an actual hit. Too, the original soundtrack benefits from two fine Roger McGuinn performances, a cover of Bob Dylan's "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and "Ballad of Easy Rider." Disc two is a more conventional assortment of classic rock from the psychedelic era, including its share of massive hits -- the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)," Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," the Who's "I Can See for Miles," the Rascals' "Groovin'," Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," the Chambers Brothers' "The Time Has Come Today," the Youngbloods' "Get Together," and Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air." It also has the Band's version of "The Weight," which though used in the film could not be included on the original soundtrack LP for contractual reasons (a cover of the song by Smith was used in its place). Nothing on disc two's actually obscure, but there are a few cuts you won't hear often or ever on commercial classic rock or oldies radio, including the Flying Burrito Brothers' "My Uncle" and Richie Havens' "High Flyin' Bird." It all makes for a very good package of some of the more adventurous but popular music of the psychedelic era, though there's not much here to tempt specialized collectors. Richie Unterberger, Rovi
- Genre: Soundtrack, Rock
- Subgenre: Film Music, Art-Rock/Experimental, Folk/Country Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic/Garage
- Category Psychedelic, Acid Rock, Folk-Rock, Film Music, Soundtracks, Hard Rock
- Label: HIP-O RECORDS
- Release Date: March 23, 2004
- Artist: Easy Rider