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Easy Rider 1CD
$13.98
Description
This is the soundtrack to Dennis Hopper’s 1969 counterculture road film, a release that helped redefine how rock music functioned in American cinema. Rather than relying on a traditional orchestral score, the album compiles contemporary rock and folk recordings that mirror the film’s restless, open-highway ethos and cemented the soundtrack as a commercial force in its own right.
Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” became inseparable from the film’s opening ride, while The Band’s “The Weight” and The Byrds’ “Wasn’t Born to Follow” deepen its sense of drifting idealism. Jimi Hendrix’s “If 6 Was 9” adds a sharper psychedelic edge, and Roger McGuinn’s “Ballad of Easy Rider” closes the journey with reflective calm. This edition is presented on CD, preserving a pivotal snapshot of late-’60s rock on record.