Easy Rider (soundtrack)

Easy Rider is the soundtrack to the cult classic 1969 film Easy Rider. The songs that make up the soundtrack were carefully selected to form a "musical commentary" within the film.[1] The album of the soundtrack was released by ABC-Dunhill Records in August 1969 (catalog no. DSX 50063).[2] It peaked at #6 on the Billboard album charts in September of that year,[3] and was certified gold in January 1970.[1]

Easy Rider (soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 1969
GenreSoundtrack, psychedelic rock, acid rock, folk rock, country rock, hard rock
Length37:38
LabelDunhill Records
Reprise Records
ProducerVarious artists
Singles from Easy Rider (soundtrack)
  1. "Ballad of Easy Rider"
    Released: August 1969

Description

The songs on the soundtrack album are sequenced in the same order as they appear in the film, with the following differences:

Distribution of the album transferred from the ABC-Dunhill label to Warner Bros. Records' Reprise Records subsidiary (catalog no. MS 2026) in late 1969.[8] Easy Rider subsequently went out of print, but was reissued in June 2000 by the Universal Music Group's MCA Records label, which had acquired the ABC and Dunhill labels in 1979.[5][9]

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Track listing

Most of the tracks on the Easy Rider soundtrack were previously released on other albums by their respective artists.

On LP, cassette and reel-to-reel releases of Easy Rider, tracks 1-5 appeared as side 1, and tracks 6-10 as side 2.

  1. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton) – 5:49
  2. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:37
    • Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
  3. "The Weight" (Jaime Robbie Robertson) – 4:29
  4. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) – 2:03
  5. "If You Want to Be a Bird (Bird Song)" (Antonia Duren) – 2:35
  6. "Don't Bogart Me" (Elliot Ingber/Larry Wagner) – 3:05
  7. "If 6 Was 9" (Jimi Hendrix) – 5:35
  8. "Kyrie Eleison/Mardi Gras (When the Saints)" (Traditional, arranged by David Axelrod) – 4:00
  9. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (Bob Dylan) – 3:39
  10. "Ballad of Easy Rider" (Roger McGuinn/Bob Dylan) – 2:14
    • Roger McGuinn (1969)

2004 deluxe edition

Disc one

Remastered re-release of the original 1969 soundtrack.

Disc two - Something in the Air: 1967 - 1969
  1. "Pushin' Too Hard"
  2. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"
  3. "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"
  4. "San Franciscan Nights"
  5. "White Rabbit"
  6. "I Can See for Miles"
  7. "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
  8. "Groovin'"
  9. "High Flyin' Bird"
  10. "The Weight"[10]
  11. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
  12. "Time Has Come Today"
  13. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
  14. "Summertime Blues"
  15. "Nights in White Satin"
  16. "Mendocino"
  17. "Get Together"
  18. "My Uncle"
  19. "Something in the Air"

Charts
Chart (1970) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 4

Notes and references
  1. Denisoff, R. Serge; Romanowski, William D. (1991). Risky Business: Rock in Film. Transaction Publishers. p. 169. ISBN 9780887388439.
  2. Osborne, Jerry; Ihnken-Ebner, Judith (2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks & Original Cast Albums Reference Book & Price Guide (4th ed.). Jerry Osborne Enterprises/House of Collectables. p. 162. ISBN 9780932117373.
  3. Both Sides Now Publications, Dunhill Album Discography, https://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/dunhill/dunhill.html. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. Kubernik, Harvey (2006). Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Films & on Your Screen. UNM Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780826335425.
  5. Ruhlmann, William. "Easy Rider (Music from the Soundtrack)". AllMusic. AllMusic, Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  6. "Let's Turkey Trot" and "Flash, Bam, Pow" are acknowledged in the film's closing credits.
  7. "Flash, Bam, Pow" was originally recorded by the Electric Flag for Roger Corman's 1967 film The Trip. Easy Rider stars Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper both appeared in The Trip, and co-star Jack Nicholson was the film's screenwriter.
  8. Both Sides Now Publications, Reprise Album Discography, Part 5: F/FS-2001 to MS-2199 (1961-1974), https://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/reprise/reprise2000.html. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. Refer to Wikipedia's web page on ABC Records for details on ABC's labels' acquisition by MCA.
  10. Kubernik, p. 105.
  11. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 281. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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