Easy Rider - Deluxe Edition Review
since the original Soundtrack for Easy Rider was basically the songs that appeared in the movie itself, and blend perfectly within the plot, the first part of this Deluxe Edition is certainly enjoyable as the original issue was.
as for the bonus CD, it gathers songs of the psychedelic/folk genre of the era from before and around the time the movie occurs in - 1967-1969. although some of these songs can be found in countless other compilations (i particularly found it much like the "Summer of Love: Gold" which was released in 2007), they nevertheless blend real well and very naturally into the atmosphere of the movie and the original soundtrack.
the booklet added is nice, but doesn't add that much information as one would expect. it deals more with issues of the movie than with its music.
all in all, this Deluxe Edition does evidently turns this into a more complete psychedelic soundtrack of this special era - the end of the sixties, the end of innocence in the US.
Easy Rider - Deluxe Edition Overview
After 1968's political assassinations and street riots, the once vaunted idealism the 60's went south for good in 1969. The artistic metaphors for the unraveling of The Age of Aquarius encompassed variously Gimme Shelter, the documentary of The Stones' disastrous Altamont free concert, and Dennis Hopper's idealism-gone-sour road picture, Easy Rider. It's rock score was an instant counter-culture classic, a collection anchored by Steppenwolf's road anthem chestnut "Born to Be Wild" and its cautionary "The Pusher," a song that underscored the film's frank portrayal of drug use (one that's given a more lighthearted hearing on Fraternity of Man's "Don't Bogart Me"). Other standouts include the Holy Modal Rounders' loopy "If You Want To Be A Bird" and Byrds' leader Roger McGuinn's "Ballad of Easy Rider" and faithful cover of Dylan's "It's Alright , Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)." Licensing concerns kept the soundtrack from compact disc until 2000, but this deluxe, slip-cased double-disc set not only expands on that edition's shortcoming (returning The Band's version of "The Weight" to its rightful place), but adds an additional 18 emblematic tracks "inspired" by the film and its turbulent times. While some of these are either a bit too obvious (The Seeds' "Pushin' Too Hard") or themeatically inappropriate (The Who's "I Can See For Miles"), gems like Thunderclap Newman's haunting "Something In the Air" make it more inviting. --Jerry McCulley
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