20,000 vinyl LPs 380: Easy Rider Soundtrack & Peter Fonda

 ~  

Easy Rider  ~ poster

Today is the birthday of Peter Fonda, born on February 23, 1940, at the LeRoy Hospital in New York City. He was a member of the Fonda acting family, the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda, the father of actress Bridget Fonda and uncle of Troy Garity, son of  Jane Fonda and political activist Tom Hayden.       

 

 

Peter Fonda - 1970

promo photo 

 

In 1969 Peter Fonda starred in and co-wrote, with Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern, the film Easy Rider; Hopper also directed the film. 

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP front cover detail

photo of album cover by Styrous®

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP back cover 

photo of album back cover by Styrous®

Through his friendships with members of the rock band The Byrds, whose song appears on the film soundtrack years later, Fonda visited The Beatles in their rented house in Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles in August 1965. While John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Fonda were under the influence of LSD, Lennon heard Fonda say, "I know what it's like to be dead." Lennon used the phrase in the lyrics for his song, She Said She Said, which was included on their 1966 album, Revolver.       

 

 

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP back cover 

detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®

 

 

I've liked the Easy Rider soundtrack album as it is a small time capsule of the music of that long vanished period. It featured music by Steppenwolf, The Electric Prunes, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix; greats of the era.      

 

 

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP back cover 

detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®

The film itself is a time capsule of the world at that time. It explored the societal landscape, issues, and tensions towards adolescents in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.     

 

 

 

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP back cover 

detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®

 

An independent production, the film was released by Columbia Pictures on July 14, 1969, and earned $60 million worldwide compared to a modest filming budget of $400,000. Critics praised the performances, directing, writing, soundtrack, and visuals. It received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson.

In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".     

        

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP back cover 

detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®

Peter Fonda began his acting career in 1961 with the Broadway play, Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole, by James and William Goldman, for which he won a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Theatre World Award.        

 

In 1964, Fonda impressed director Robert Rossen who cast him in the totally weird (on many levels) movie, Lilith, alongside Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg and Gene Hackman.      

 

In 1966, Fonda appeared in The Wild Angels, the first of the outlaw biker films, produced and directed by Roger Corman, it also featured Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. The film associated Fonda with Harley-Davidson motorcycles and 1960s counterculture and inspired the biker film genre that continued into the early 1970s.         

The Wild Angels movie still

 

After the success of Easy Rider, both Hopper and Fonda were sought for film projects. In 1971 Hopper directed the film The Last Movie, in which Fonda co-starred with singer Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas.         

He appeared in the 1999 television mini series, The Passion of Ayn Rand, one of my heroes, which starred Helen Mirren and Eric Stoltz, and in the sixties, a spot on the The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.   

In 2002, Fonda was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. In 2000, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.   

In 2011, Fonda and Tim Robbins produced The Big Fix, a documentary that examined the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its effects on the Gulf of Mexico.        

Peter Fonda died from respiratory failure caused by lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles on August 16, 2019, at the age of 79.        

       

 

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP side 1

photos by Styrous®

Easy Rider  ~ vinyl LP side 2

photos by Styrous®

   

Tracklist:
       
Side 1:

        

A1 - Steppenwolf - The Pusher - 5:48

A2 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 3:29

A3 - Smith (3) - The Weight - 4:29

A4 - The Byrds - Wasn't Born To Follow - 2:03

A5 - The Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird - 2:35

       
Side 2:
       
B1 - The Fraternity Of Man - Don't Bogart Me - 3:02

B2 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If Six Was Nine - 5:32

B3 - The Electric Prunes - Kyrie Eleison - 4:02

B4 - Roger McGuinn - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - 3:03

B5 - Roger McGuinn - Ballad Of Easy Rider - 2:13
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Record Company – ABC Records, Inc.
    Published By – Lady Jane Music
    Published By – Duchess Music Corp.
    Published By – Dwarf Music
    Published By – Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc.
    Published By – Obscure Music
    Published By – Terrible Tunes, Inc.
    Published By – Sea-Lark Enterprises, Inc.
    Published By – E.H. Morris & Co., Inc.
    Published By – M Wittmark & Sons
    Published By – Blackwood Music
    Published By – Patian Music
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
       
Credits:
       

Director: Dennis Hopper

Writers: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern

Producer: Peter Fonda

Cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs

Editor: Donn Cambern

Production Designer: Jerry Kay

Production Companies: Raybert Productions, Inc. and The Pando Company, Inc.

Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Toni Basil

Other cast members: Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector, Mac Mashourian, Warren Finnerty, Tita Colorado, Luke Askew, Luana Anders, Sabrina Scharf, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Robert Walker Jr., Robert Ball, Carmen Phillips, Ellie Wood Walker, Michael Pataki, and George Fowler Jr.

       
Notes:
       
A3: The song is performed in the motion picture by "The Band" and is not available for this album. We have taken the liberty of including the song as recorded by "Smith" in this package.

The Byrds and Roger McGuinn appear courtesy of Columbia Records.
The Holy Modal Rounders appears courtesy of Elektra Records.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Electric Prunes appear courtesy Reprise Records.

Runouts are primarily etched. Stamped characters include A B 2 12.

       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
 

    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Rights Society: BMI
    Pressing Plant ID (Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute): T
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): DS-50063-A
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): DS-50063-B
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): DSX 50063 A -1D T I
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): DSX 50063 B -1A T I
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): DSX 50063 A -1A C 3 T Z
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): DSX 50063 B -1J G V
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): DSX 50063 A-1A C3 T Ƨ
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): DSX 50063 B-1J A 9
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): DSX 50063 A -1A 2 XT
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): o DSX 50063 B -1C 12 2
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): DSX 50063 A-1A B5 T 1
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): DSX 50063 B -1A A 10 o T Ƨ
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): DSX 50063 A -1B oO B
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): DSX 50063 B -1L B
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): DSX 50063 A -1A A8 T I
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): DSX 50063 B -1D D T I
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): DSX 50063 A -1A A6 T 1
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): DSX 50063 B -1D A T 2
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): DSX 50063 A -1A. T
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): DSX 50063 B -1D. C T

        

Various – Easy Rider (Music From The Soundtrack)
Label: Dunhill – DSX 50063, ABC Records – DSX 50063
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing
Country: US
Released: Aug 1969
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock

         

Viewfinder links:        

         

All things Beatles         

The Byrds       

Roger Corman                

Bruce Dern         

Henry Fonda        

Jane Fonda        

Peter Fonda          

George Harrison          

Dennis Hopper         

John Lennon              

The Mamas and the Papas          

Helen Mirren                      

Jack Nicholson      

Michelle Phillips             

Nancy Sinatra           

Ringo Starr             

Steppenwolf           

Eric Stoltz       

        

Net links:        

        

Criterion ~ Easy Rider        

        

        

         

        

        

YouTube links:        

                    

The Byrds - Wasn't Born To Follow       

The Electric Prunes - Kyrie Eleison               

Peter Fonda - November night        

The Fraternity Of Man - Don't Bogart Me                   

The Holy Modal Rounders - If You Want To Be A Bird         

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If Six Was Nine                

Roger McGuinn -    

        Ballad Of Easy Rider          

        it's alright ma         

Steppenwolf ~                  

        Born To Be Wild    

        The Pusher      

The Weight ~ 

        The Band              

            A Group Named Smith   

        

          

         

         

Styrous® ~ Sunday, February 23, 2025       
       

 

 

~

20,000 Vinyl LPs Archive
MAIN MENU - Blog Articles
~

20,000 vinyl LPs 329: Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies

 ~  

Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies

vinyl LP front cover

cover photo by Jan Blom 

photo of album cover by Styrous®

Fifty-three years ago today, on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1969, Jimi Hendrix introduced his group Band of Gypsies at a show at the Fillmore East in New York. Parts of that show and the following show on January 1 were recorded and later released as this live album, Band of Gypsys.        

Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies

vinyl LP back cover

cover photos by Jan Blom 

photo of album cover by Styrous®

 

It the first and only album without his original group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and featured Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums. Some of the songs represent a change in Hendrix's music from his Experience repertoire and became the basis of funk rock. Band of Gypsies contains previously unreleased songs and was the last full-length Hendrix album released before his death.     

 

 

Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies

vinyl LP label, side 1

photo by Styrous®  

 

According to Sean Westergaard of AllMusic, Band of Gypsies is one of the best live albums of all time and an important recording for Hendrix.        

Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies

vinyl LP label, side 2

photo by Styrous® 

 

Sputnikmusic's Hernan M. Campbell believed Machine Gun is one of Hendrix's most captivating performances. Miles Davis commented about the song that "Jimi liked what I had done with Kind of Blue and some other stuff and wanted to add more jazz elements to what he was doing. He liked the way Coltrane played with all those sheets of sound, and played his guitar in a similar way. Machine Gun is as much about the late 1960s American race riots as the war in Vietnam. Guitarist Vernon Reid describes it as "like a movie about war without the visuals. In many commentaries about Band of Gypsies, Machine Gun is singled out as the highlight of the album.      

What a way to end the year!

 

   

Tracklist:
       
Side 1:

        

A1        Who Knows    9:34
A2        Machine Gun    12:38

       
Side 2:
       
B1        Changes - Written by B. Miles*  5:11
B2        Power To Love    6:55
B3        Message Of Love    5:24
B4        We Gotta Live Together, written by B. Miles*  5:51
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Mastered At – Sterling Sound
    Published By – Bella Godiva Music, Inc.
    Published By – Miles Ahead Music Inc.
       
Credits:
       
    Design – Victor Kahn (2), Victor Kahn (2)
    Lacquer Cut By – RL*, LH*
    Performer – Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Jimi Hendrix
    Photography By – Jan Blom (2)
    Producer – Heaven Research
    Recorded By [Live] – Wally Heider
    Supervised By [Remixing & Engineering Supervision] – Eddie Kramer
    Written-By – B. Miles* (tracks: B1, B4), J. Hendrix* (tracks: A1, A2, B2, B3)
       
Notes:
       
Recorded Live-New Year's Eve 69-70 At Fillmore East New York City
Green Capitol labels. Labels with Capitol™, not Capitol ® as shown on other green labels.

       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
       
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout (Variant 1)): STAO-1-472-A Z5#1 LH Sterling RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout (Variant 1)): STAO-2-472-B Z5#1 LH Sterling RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout (Variant 2) ): STAO-1-472 X1#1 STERLING RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout (Variant 2)): STAO-2-472 X1#1 STERLING RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side A label): STAO 1-472
    Matrix / Runout (Side B label): STAO 2-472
    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (Variant 3)): STAO-1-472 X1#2 STERLING RL 0
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (Variant 3)): STAO-2-472 X1#3 STERLING RL 0

 

Jimi Hendrix* – Band Of Gypsys
Label:    Capitol Records – STAO-472
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country:    US
Released:    1970
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

         

Viewfinder links:        

         

John Coltrane         

Billy Cox           

Miles Davis        

Jimi Hendrix        

Buddy Miles        

        

         

        

Net links:        

        

         

        

        

         

        

        

YouTube links:        

        

Changes         

Machine Gun         

Message Of Love         

Power To Love         

We Gotta Live Together        

Who Knows                  

         

        

        

         

        

        

Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 31, 2022       
       

 

 

~

20,000 Vinyl LPs Archive
MAIN MENU - Blog Articles
~

Billy Cox articles/mentions

 ~        

      

     

     

mentions:     

Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies           

Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ Smash Hits           

     

     

     

     

Billy Cox - 1969    

photographer unknown     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

~

Music People

MAIN MENU - Blog Articles 
~

 

 

 

 

Buddy Miles articles/mentions

 ~        

      

     

     

mentions:      

Casablanca Records ~ Disco Daze 3      

Betty Davis ~ They Say I'm Different

Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies     

     

     

     

     

     

Buddy Miles - 1969    

photographer unknown     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

~

Music People

MAIN MENU - Blog Articles 
~

 

 

 

 

20,000 vinyl LPs 286: The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

 ~       

                   

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

vinyl LP front cover 

Artwork – Don Brautigam 

photo by Styrous® 

On April 22, 1966, The Troggs released their single, Wild Thing and it landed like a lead balloon! Sometimes things need a little getting used to.    

 

But it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1966. Their version of the song was ranked at number 257 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.   

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

vinyl LP back cover 

Artwork – Don Brautigam 

photo by Styrous® 

Wild Thing was written by American songwriter Chip Taylor and popularized by The Troggs. The first studio version was recorded by the The Wild Ones, a band based in New York. They had contacted composer Taylor to ask him to write a song for them to release as a single. He composed it very quickly: within a couple of minutes, he had the chorus and a "sexual-kind-of-feeling song" emerged. On his demo version, Taylor banged on a tambourine while producer Ron Johnson "was doing this little thing with his hands", as Taylor related it. The result sounded "cool". Producer Gerry Granahan approved the song and then produced the Wild Ones' recording, with vocals by Chuck Alden. However, on its release in November 1965, the record failed to sell, and Alden later said that he regretted not performing the song in the same way as Taylor's demo. The solo in the middle of the song was performed by the recording engineer using his hands as a whistle. This sound was subsequently imitated by The Troggs in their version using an ocarina.   

 

 

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

vinyl LP back cover 

Artwork – Don Brautigam 

photo by Styrous® 

 

The Troggs were introduced to the song by their manager Larry Page, and they considered it "so weird and unusual that we just had to record it"    

 

It was ultimately covered by many groups including The Jimi Hendrix Experience; they gave a performance of the song, at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967; in the documentary Monterey Pop, Jimi Hendrix lit his guitar on fire at the song's conclusion (link below).   

Wild Thing

 

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
I love you

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
You move me

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Come on, come on, wild thing
Shake it, shake it, wild thing

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

vinyl LP back cover

photo by Styrous® 

I Got Lovin' If You Want It is one of my top songs from this album; it moves like a train out of control and it's got some great guitar work by Richard Moore.            

 

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

vinyl LP, side 1

photo by Styrous® 

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing

vinyl LP, side 1

photo by Styrous® 

   

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - I Got Lovin' If You Want It, written by J. Moore* - 3:25
A2 - Good Vibrations, written by Wilson*, Love* - 3:18
A3 - No Particular Place To Go, written by Berry* - 2:43
A4 - Summertime, written by Presley*, Bond*, Murray* - 4:12
A5 - Satisfaction, written by Jagger/Richard* - 5:30

Side 2:

B1 - Full Blooded Band, written by Presley*, Bond*, Murray* - 4:06
B2 - Memphis Tennessee, written by Berry* - 3:26
B3 - Peggy Sue, written by Allison*, Petty* - 2:38
B4 - Jenny Come Down, written by Presley*, Bond*, Murray* - 2:10
B5 - Wild Thing, written by Taylor* - 3:24

Companies, etc.

    Produced For – Penny Farthing Records Limited
    Manufactured By – ATV Records Incorporated
    Distributed By – ATV Records Incorporated
    Licensed From – Pye Limited
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Penny Farthing Records Limited
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
    Lacquer Cut at – Sterling Sound
    Published By – Excellorec Music Co.
    Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
    Published By – Arc Music Corp.
    Published By – Dick James Music, Inc.
    Published By – ABKCO Music, Inc.
    Published By – McCartney Music Inc.
    Published By – Blackwood Music Inc.

Credits:

    Acoustic Guitar – Peter Green (2)
    Art Direction – David Krieger, DFK*
    Artwork – Don Brautigam
    Bass – Tony Murray
    Drums – Ronnie Bond
    Electric Guitar – Richard Moore (3)
    Lacquer Cut By – RL*
    Liner Notes – Greg Shaw (2)
    Producer – Larry Page
    Vocals – Reg Presley

Notes:

 Manufactured & Distributed by ATV Records Inc. NY

 
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Side A label): PYE 12112 A
    Matrix / Runout (Side B label): PYE 12112 B
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout [variant 1]): T1 PYE-12112-A-1B STERLING RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout [variant 1]): T1 PYE-12112-B-1B
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Etched [STERLING and 2nd B = stamped] [variant 2]): T\ PYE-12112-A-1B STERLING RL B2
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Etched [second B = stamped] [variant 2]): T\ PYE-12112-B-1B B3
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Etched [STERLING and 2nd B = stamped] [variant 3]): T\ PYE-12112-A-1B STERLING RL B1
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Etched [ A = stamped] [variant 3]): T\ PYE-12112-B-1B A4
    Pressing Plant ID (Etched in runout): T
    Rights Society: BMI

 

The Troggs – The Troggs
Label: Pye Records – PYE 12112
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

 

   

         

Viewfinder links:        

        

Jimi Hendrix        

The Troggs        

        

Net links:        

       

The Troggs website                 

Ultimate Classic Rock ~ Top 10 Troggs Songs        

        

YouTube links:        

        

The Jimi Hendrix Experience ~ Wild Thing (Live at Monterey Pop festival, 1967)      

The Troggs ~ Wild Thing        

The Wild Ones ~ Wild Thing                 

         

        

        

        

Styrous® ~ Thursday, April 21, 2021       
       

~

20,000 Vinyl LPs Archive
MAIN MENU - Blog Articles
~