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. The album of the soundtrack was released by ABC-Dunhill Records in August 1969. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard album charts in September of that year, and was certified gold in January 1970.

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 in late 1969. 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.

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" – 5:49
  2. *Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
  3. "Born to Be Wild" – 3:37
  4. *Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
  5. "The Weight" – 4:29
  6. *Smith
  7. "Wasn't Born to Follow" – 2:03
  8. *The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
  9. "If You Want to Be a Bird " – 2:35
  10. *The Holy Modal Rounders - The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders
  11. "Don't Bogart Me" – 3:05
  12. *Fraternity of Man - Fraternity of Man
  13. "If 6 Was 9" – 5:35
  14. *The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
  15. "Kyrie Eleison/Mardi Gras " – 4:00
  16. *The Electric Prunes - Mass in F Minor
  17. "It's Alright, Ma " – 3:39
  18. *Roger McGuinn
  19. "Ballad of Easy Rider" – 2:14
  20. *Roger McGuinn

    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. *The Seeds - The Seeds
  3. "I Had Too Much to Dream "
  4. *The Electric Prunes - '
  5. " Nothin' Yet"
  6. *Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop
  7. "San Franciscan Nights"
  8. *Eric Burdon & The Animals - Winds of Change
  9. "White Rabbit"
  10. *Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
  11. "I Can See for Miles"
  12. *The Who - The Who Sell Out
  13. "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
  14. *Procol Harum - Procol Harum
  15. "Groovin'"
  16. *The Young Rascals - Groovin
  17. "High Flyin' Bird"
  18. *Richie Havens - Mixed Bag
  19. "The Weight"
  20. *The Band - Music From Big Pink
  21. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
  22. *The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  23. "Time Has Come Today"
  24. *The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come
  25. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
  26. *Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends
  27. "Summertime Blues"
  28. *Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
  29. "Nights in White Satin"
  30. *The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
  31. "Mendocino"
  32. *Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino
  33. "Get Together"
  34. *The Youngbloods - The Youngbloods
  35. "My Uncle"
  36. *The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
  37. "Something in the Air"
  38. *Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream''