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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. "The Pusher" – 5:49 Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:37
Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records. [1] The album was named after the song "Ballad of Easy Rider", which had been written by the Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn (with help from Bob Dylan), as the theme song for the 1969 film, Easy Rider. [2]
The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper is a double album recorded at the Fillmore West venue; the album is a successor to the studio album Super Session, which included Stephen Stills in addition to Bloomfield and Kooper, and had achieved commercial and critical success earlier in 1968.
"Ezy Ryder" is a song written and recorded by American musician Jimi Hendrix. It is one of the few studio recordings to include both Buddy Miles on drums and Billy Cox on bass, with whom Hendrix recorded the live Band of Gypsys album (1970).
The lyrics of "Wasn't Born to Follow" celebrate the freedom that hippies enjoyed in the late 1960s. [1] They express the need for escape and independence. [2] Music critic Johnny Rogan describes the lyrics as an "evocation of pastoral freedom and the implicit desire to escape from the restrictions of conventional society."
"Ballad of Easy Rider" is a song written by Roger McGuinn, with input from Bob Dylan (although Dylan is not credited as a co-writer), for the 1969 film Easy Rider. [1] The song was initially released in August 1969 on the Easy Rider soundtrack album as a Roger McGuinn solo performance. [ 2 ]
The Byrds' recording of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" first saw release on October 29, 1969, as part of the band's Ballad of Easy Rider album. [39] [40] The song also appeared on the B-side of the band's December 1969 single, "Jesus Is Just Alright", which reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [40] [41]
"Don't Bogart That Joint"), which was released on LP in 1968, and subsequently used in the 1969 road movie Easy Rider. [1] The original members included three musicians from Lowell George 's band The Factory – Richie Hayward (later of Little Feat ), Warren Klein , and Martin Kibbee – who joined Elliot Ingber from the Mothers of Invention ...