Easy Rider is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 to the cult classic

Cult Classic

Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...

 1969 film Easy Rider

Easy Rider

Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...

, a film often remembered for its epic late 1960s rock music

Rock music

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. The album was released by ABC-Dunhill

Dunhill Records

Dunhill Records was started by Lou Adler, Al Bennett, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts in 1964 as Dunhill Productions, originally for the purpose of releasing Johnny Rivers recordings on Imperial Records. It became a record label in 1965 and was distributed by ABC Records...

 Records in August 1969 (catalog no. DSX 50063), and was a strong success along with the film, peaking at #6 on the Billboard album charts in September of that year.

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

• "The Weight
  The Weight
  "The Weight" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and...
  
  ," as originally recorded by The Band
  The Band
  The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
  
   for their 1968 debut album Music From Big Pink
  Music from Big Pink
  Music from Big Pink is the 1968 debut album by rock band The Band. It features the well-known song, "The Weight". The music was composed partly in 'Big Pink', a house shared by Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson in West Saugerties, in upstate New York...
  
  , was used in the film but could not be licensed for the soundtrack. To deal with this, ABC-Dunhill commissioned Smith
  Smith (band)
  Smith were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1969. They had a blues based sound and had a Top 5 hit in 1969 with a cover of the song "Baby It's You", with the lead vocals sung by Gayle McCormick...
  
  , who recorded for the label at the time, to record a cover version of the song for the soundtrack album.
• Two songs used in the film, Little Eva
  Little Eva
  Eva Narcissus Boyd , known by the stage name of Little Eva , was an American pop singer.-Biography:...
  
  's "Let's Turkey Trot" and The Electric Flag's "Flash, Bam, Pow," were omitted from the soundtrack album.

Distribution of the album transferred from the ABC-Dunhill label to Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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' Reprise Records

Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

 subsidiary (catalog no. MS 2026) in 1970, and Reprise published the album through much of the 1970s. The album is currently published by the Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

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, of which ABC-Dunhill is a legacy imprint.

Track listing

1. "The Pusher
   The Pusher
   "The Pusher" is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton, made popular by the 1969 movie Easy Rider which used Steppenwolf's version to accompany the opening scenes of drug trafficking....
   
   " (Hoyt Axton
   Hoyt Axton
   Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
   
   ) – 5:49
   • Steppenwolf
     Steppenwolf (band)
     Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
     
      - Steppenwolf (1968)
2. "Born to Be Wild
   Born to Be Wild
   "Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...
   
   " (Mars Bonfire
   Mars Bonfire
   Dennis Edmonton , also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf....
   
   ) – 3:37
   • Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968)
3. "The Weight
   The Weight
   "The Weight" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and...
   
   " (Jaime Robbie Robertson
   Robbie Robertson
   Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...
   
   ) – 4:29
   • Smith
     Smith (band)
     Smith were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1969. They had a blues based sound and had a Top 5 hit in 1969 with a cover of the song "Baby It's You", with the lead vocals sung by Gayle McCormick...
     
      (1969)
4. "Wasn't Born to Follow" (Carole King
   Carole King
   Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
   
   /Gerry Goffin
   Gerry Goffin
   Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
   
   ) – 2:03
   • The Byrds
     The Byrds
     The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...
     
      - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
     The Notorious Byrd Brothers
     The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in January 1968 on Columbia Records . Musically, the album represents the pinnacle of The Byrds' psychedelic experimentation, with the band blending together elements of folk rock, psychedelic rock,...
     
     (1968)
5. "If You Want to Be a Bird (Bird Song)" (Antonia Duren) – 2:35
   • The Holy Modal Rounders
     Holy Modal Rounders
     The Holy Modal Rounders were an American folk music duo from the Lower East Side of New York City which started in the early 1960s, consisting of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber. Their unique blend of folk music revival and psychedelia gave them a cult-like following from the late 1960s into the 1970s...
     
      - The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders (1969)
6. "Don't Bogart Me" (Elliot Ingber
   Elliot Ingber
   Elliot Ingber is an American guitarist. In 1966, he was a founding member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and was featured on their debut album Freak Out! After being fired from the band by Frank Zappa, Ingber helped form Fraternity of Man, which released two albums...
   
   /Larry Wagner) – 3:05
   • Fraternity of Man
     Fraternity of Man
     The Fraternity of Man is an American blues rock and psychedelic rock group from the 1960s. They are most famous for their 1968 song "Don't Bogart That Joint," which was featured in the 1969 road movie Easy Rider...
     
      - Fraternity of Man (1968)
7. "If 6 Was 9" (Jimi Hendrix
   Jimi Hendrix
   James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
   
   ) – 5:35
   • The Jimi Hendrix Experience
     The Jimi Hendrix Experience
     The Jimi Hendrix Experience were an English-American psychedelic rock band that formed in London in October 1966. Comprising eponymous singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until June 1969, in which...
     
      - Axis: Bold as Love
     Axis: Bold as Love
     Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Under pressure from their record company to follow-up the successful debut of their May 1967 album Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love was released on Track Records in the UK in December 1967...
     
     (1967)
8. "Kyrie Eleison/Mardi Gras (When the Saints)" (Traditional, arranged by David Axelrod
   David Axelrod (musician)
   David Axelrod is an American composer, arranger and producer, working in several musical genres.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 4:00
   • The Electric Prunes
     The Electric Prunes
     The Electric Prunes are an American rock band who first achieved international attention as an experimental psychedelic group in the late 1960s. Their song "Kyrie Eleison" was featured on the soundtrack of Easy Rider...
     
      - Mass in F Minor
     Mass in F Minor
     Mass in F Minor is the third studio album by The Electric Prunes, released in 1968, consisting of a musical setting of the mass sung in Latin and arranged in the psychedelic style of the band...
     
     (1968)
9. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
   It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
   "It's Alright, Ma " is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and first released on his 1965 album, Bringing It All Back Home. It was written in the summer of 1964, first performed live on October 10, 1964, and recorded on January 15, 1965...
   
   " (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
   
   ) – 3:39
   • Roger McGuinn
     Roger McGuinn
     James Roger McGuinn is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records...
     
      (1969)
10. "Ballad of Easy Rider
    Ballad of Easy Rider
    Ballad of Easy Rider is the eighth album by the American rock band The Byrds and was released in November 1969 on Columbia Records . The album was named after the song "Ballad of Easy Rider", which had been penned by The Byrds' guitarist and singer, Roger McGuinn , as the theme song for the 1969...
    
    " (Roger McGuinn/Bob Dylan) – 2:14
    • Roger McGuinn (1969)

Disc two - Something in the Air: 1967 - 1969

1. "Pushin' Too Hard
   Pushin' Too Hard
   "Pushin' Too Hard", originally titled " Pushin' Too Hard", is a song by American rock group The Seeds, written by vocalist Sky Saxon and produced by Saxon with Marcus Tybalt. It was released as a single in 1965, re-issued the following year, and peaked at number 36 on the U.S...
   
   "
   • The Seeds
     The Seeds
     The Seeds were an American rock band. The group, whose repertoire spread between garage rock and acid rock, are considered one of the pioneers of punk rock.-History:...
     
      - The Seeds
     The Seeds (album)
     -External links:* at Rate Your Music...
     
     (1966)
2. "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)"
   • The Electric Prunes
     The Electric Prunes
     The Electric Prunes are an American rock band who first achieved international attention as an experimental psychedelic group in the late 1960s. Their song "Kyrie Eleison" was featured on the soundtrack of Easy Rider...
     
      - The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
     The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
     The Electric Prunes is the 1967 debut album by The Electric Prunes. The first track, "I Had Too Much to Dream ", was a hit and became the band's signature tune...
     
     (1967)
3. "(We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet"
   • Blues Magoos
     Blues Magoos
     The Blues Magoos was a rock music group from the The Bronx, New York. They were at the forefront of the psychedelic music trend, beginning as early as 1966.-1964 - 1971:The band was formed in 1964 as "The Trenchcoats"...
     
      - Psychedelic Lollipop
     Psychedelic Lollipop
     Psychedelic Lollipop is the debut album by the rock band Blues Magoos, one of the first to have the word “psychedelic” on the sleeve. Their single “ Nothin' Yet” was their most successful effort, rising into the Top 10 on many national charts. Guitarist “Peppy” Theilhelm was 16 years old at the...
     
     (1966)
4. "San Franciscan Nights
   San Franciscan Nights
   "San Franciscan Nights" is a 1967 song performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals, with words and music by the group's members, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, and Danny McCulloch...
   
   "
   • Eric Burdon & The Animals - Winds of Change
     Winds of Change (Eric Burdon & The Animals album)
     Winds of Change is an album released in 1967 by Eric Burdon & The Animals.The original band, The Animals, broke up in 1966 and this band was entirely new except for lead singer Eric Burdon and drummer Barry Jenkins, who joined the original lineup when John Steel left in February 1966...
     
     (1967)
5. "White Rabbit
   White Rabbit (song)
   "White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   "
   • Jefferson Airplane
     Jefferson Airplane
     Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....
     
      - Surrealistic Pillow
     Surrealistic Pillow
     Surrealistic Pillow is the second album by American psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967.Original drummer Alexander 'Skip' Spence had left the band in mid-1966, replaced by a jazz drummer from Los Angeles, Spencer Dryden, a nephew of Charlie Chaplin. New lead vocalist...
     
     (1967)
6. "I Can See for Miles
   I Can See For Miles
   "I Can See for Miles" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, recorded for the band's 1967 album, The Who Sell Out. It was the only song from the album to be released as a single, on 14 October 1967...
   
   "
   • The Who
     The Who
     The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
     
      - The Who Sell Out
     The Who Sell Out
     -Track listing:All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted. The between song jingles apparently have no official titles and are not listed anywhere on the original album packaging, though they are listed in the inner booklet of the 1995 remaster.Side one...
     
     (1967)
7. "A Whiter Shade of Pale
   A Whiter Shade of Pale
   "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well...
   
   "
   • Procol Harum
     Procol Harum
     Procol Harum are a British rock band, formed in 1967, which contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock. Their best-known recording is their 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale"...
     
      - Procol Harum
     Procol Harum (album)
     Procol Harum is the self-titled first album by British rock band Procol Harum, released in September 1967. The original Deram release of the LP included a large poster of the album cover artwork by Dickinson....
     
     (1967)
8. "Groovin'
   Groovin'
   "Groovin" is a single released in 1967 by The Young Rascals that became a number-one hit and one of the group's signature songs.Written by group members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati and with a lead vocal from Cavaliere, it is indeed a slow, relaxed groove, based on Cavaliere's newfound...
   
   "
   • The Young Rascals - Groovin'
     Groovin'
     "Groovin" is a single released in 1967 by The Young Rascals that became a number-one hit and one of the group's signature songs.Written by group members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati and with a lead vocal from Cavaliere, it is indeed a slow, relaxed groove, based on Cavaliere's newfound...
     
     (1967)
9. "High Flyin' Bird"
   • Richie Havens
     Richie Havens
     Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
     
      - Mixed Bag
     Mixed Bag
     Mixed Bag is a 1967 album by Richie Havens. Although often mistaken as his debut, this was actually Havens's third record. It followed two earlier, lesser-known releases on Douglas Records...
     
     (1967)
10. "The Weight
    The Weight
    "The Weight" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and...
    
    "
    • The Band
      The Band
      The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
      
       - Music From Big Pink
      Music from Big Pink
      Music from Big Pink is the 1968 debut album by rock band The Band. It features the well-known song, "The Weight". The music was composed partly in 'Big Pink', a house shared by Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson in West Saugerties, in upstate New York...
      
      (1968)
11. "You Ain't Going Nowhere"
    • The Byrds
      The Byrds
      The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...
      
       - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
      Sweetheart of the Rodeo
      Sweetheart of the Rodeo is the sixth album by American rock band The Byrds and was released on August 30, 1968 on Columbia Records...
      
      (1968)
12. "Time Has Come Today"
    • The Chambers Brothers
      The Chambers Brothers
      The Chambers Brothers is a soul-music group, best known for its 1968 hit record, the 11-minute long song "Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions with modern psychedelic and rock elements, spawning a heady mix...
      
       - The Time Has Come (1967)
13. "With a Little Help from My Friends
    With a Little Help from My Friends
    -Joe Cocker version:Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction...
    
    "
    • Joe Cocker
      Joe Cocker
      John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
      
       - With a Little Help from My Friends
      With a Little Help from My Friends (album)
      With a Little Help from My Friends is the first album by singer Joe Cocker, released in 1969. It was certified gold in the U.S. and peaked at #35 on the Billboard 200....
      
      (1969)
14. "Summertime Blues
    Summertime Blues
    "Summertime Blues" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written in the late 1950s by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on...
    
    "
    • Blue Cheer
      Blue Cheer
      Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009...
      
       - Vincebus Eruptum
      Vincebus Eruptum
      -Personnel:Blue Cheer*Dickie Peterson – vocals, bass*Leigh Stephens – guitar*Paul Whaley – drumsAdditional personnel*Abe "Voco" Kesh – production*John MacQuarrie – engineering*John Van Hamersveld – photography...
      
      (1968)
15. "Nights in White Satin
    Nights in White Satin
    "Nights in White Satin" is a 1967 single by The Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward and first featured on the album Days of Future Passed.It is in the key of E minor Aeolian.-Single releases:...
    
    "
    • The Moody Blues
      The Moody Blues
      The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....
      
       - Days of Future Passed
      Days of Future Passed
      Days of Future Passed is the second album and first concept album by The Moody Blues, released in 1967. It was also their first album to feature Justin Hayward and John Lodge, who would play a very strong role in directing the band's sound in the decades to come...
      
      (1967)
16. "Mendocino"
    • Sir Douglas Quintet
      Sir Douglas Quintet
      Sir Douglas Quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Despite their British sounding name, they came out of San Antonio, Texas. Their career was established when they began working with Texas record-producer Huey P. Meaux, after which the band relocated to the West Coast...
      
       - Mendocino
      Mendocino (album)
      -Personnel:* Doug Sahm – Vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, fiddle* Frank Morin – Vocals, horns* Harvey Kagan – Bass guitar* Augie Meyers – Organ, piano, keyboards* John Perez – Drums-References:*[ Allmusic – Mendocino ]...
      
      (1969)
17. "Get Together"
    • The Youngbloods
      The Youngbloods
      The Youngbloods was an American folk rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young , Jerry Corbitt , Lowell Levinger, nicknamed "Banana," , and Joe Bauer . Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was "Get Together".-Background and...
      
       - The Youngbloods
      The Youngbloods (album)
      The Youngbloods is an album by the American folk rock band The Youngbloods, released in 1967. It was also reissued in 1971 under the title Get Together after the popular single from the album...
      
      (1967)
18. "My Uncle"
    • The Flying Burrito Brothers
      The Flying Burrito Brothers
      The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early country rock band, best known for its influential debut album,The Gilded Palace of Sin . Although the group is most often mentioned in connection with country rock legends Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, the group underwent many personnel changes.-Original...
      
       - The Gilded Palace of Sin
      The Gilded Palace of Sin
      The Gilded Palace of Sin is an album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1969. It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman's pioneering work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk and country with other forms of popular music like gospel, soul,...
      
      (1969)
19. "Something in the Air
    Something In The Air (song)
    "Something in the Air" is a song recorded by Thunderclap Newman, a band created by Pete Townshend for The Who's former roadie John 'Speedy' Keen who wrote and sang the song, from their only album Hollywood Dream. It was a UK #1 single for three weeks in July 1969...
    
    "
    • Thunderclap Newman
      Thunderclap Newman
      Thunderclap Newman were a British one-hit wonder band that Pete Townshend of The Who and Kit Lambert had formed circa December 1968 - January 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John "Speedy" Keen, Andy "Thunderclap" Newman and Jimmy McCulloch....
      
       - Hollywood Dream
      Hollywood Dream
      Hollywood Dream was a 1970 album by Thunderclap Newman, their first and only album release.-Overview:The album was produced by The Who's guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, who was also responsible for the band's initial formation...
      
      (1969)