lif'mu >> these are songs that can relax and soothe you. >> ♪ somewhere, my love there will be songs to sing ♪ announcer: songs that make you feel good. >> ♪ you are just too good to be true. can't take my eyes off you ♪

you would be like heaven to the touch ♪ announcer: songs that take you to wonderful places. >> ♪ up, up, and away my beautiful, my beautiful ♪ announcer: these of the greatest easy listening hits of all time. >> ♪ it says so much more than just words could ever say ♪ announcer: so join us on a golden era of easy listening music. >> ♪ looking in your eyes, i see memories. i never realized how happy you made me. well, you came but i sent you away ♪ announcer: when music was filled with lush melodies.

>> ♪ lovely as a summer day announcer: gorgeous arrangements. ♪ >> ♪ you see this girl. this girl's in love with you ♪ announcer: and the most wonderful singers. >> ♪ can't get used to losing you, no matter what i try to do. gonna live my whole life through ♪ announcer: sit back and take a musical vacation. >> ♪ somewhere, beyond the sea, somewhere waiting for me, my lover stands on golden sands ♪ announcer: presenting time life's "easy listening classics." beautiful music from the golden era of easy listening. ♪

let's go back to a time when music was supposed to sound good. it was a time filled with wonderful musical memories. >> ♪ he don't love you like i love you. if he did, he wouldn't break your heart ♪ >> ♪ i am a lineman for the county. and i drive the main road ♪ >> ♪ do that to me one more time once is never enough with a man like you ♪ >> ♪ ooh, i hear laughter in the rain, walking hand-in-hand with the one i love ♪ announcer: easy listening music had a sound. it had a home on radio, and it had a place in our hearts. >> ♪ georgia,

georgia, the whole day through ♪ >> ♪ you don't have to say you love me just be close at hand. you don't have to stay forever, i will understand ♪ announcer: in the early 1960's, while rock 'n roll was coming of age, rock stars were not afraid to slow it down and give us sweet melodies. >> ♪ wise men say only fools rush in but i can't help falling in love with you ♪ >> ♪ oh,

my love, my darling, i hunger for your touch ♪ >> ♪ dream, dream, dream, dream dream, dream, dream, dream when i want you in my arms ♪ >> ♪ every day it's a-getting closer, going faster, than a roller coaster. love like yours will surely come my way ♪ announcer: there were those songs that gave us rhythms and sounds and took us to faraway places. >> ♪ the girl from ipanema goes walking by, and as she passes, each one she passes goes, "ahh" ♪ >> ♪ when the moon hits your eye

like a big pizza pie, that's amore. when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that amore ♪ >> ♪ blue spanish eyes. teardrops are falling from your spanish eyes ♪ announcer: some songs took us back with nostalgic feelings of better times. >> ♪ give me a kiss that i will dream on in my imagination from that kiss ♪ >> ♪ everything is beautiful in its own way ♪ >> ♪ who can take the sunrise >> ♪ who can take the sunrise? >> ♪ sprinkle it with dew, >> ♪ sprinkle it with dew?

>> ♪ cover it with chocolate and a miracle too? the candy man ♪ announcer: some songs simply remind us of special people and special times in our lives. >> ♪ the good times and the bad, and everything in between remember, you remember the times of your life ♪ announcer: the songs and the feelings of music can last forever, and now all the most beautiful hits and all the great feelings are together in one collection. >> ♪ rows and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air ♪ announcer: it is time life's easy listening classics, and getting it is as easy as picking up the phone. these are songs that make you feel good. songs that relax and soothe you. songs that take you to wonderful places.

>> ♪ do you know the way to san jose? i have been away so long, i may go wrong and lose my way ♪ >> ♪ no one ever laid a hand on you, my georgia ♪ announcer: and now all of those songs are together in time life's "easy listening classics." >> ♪ hey there, georgy girl, swinging down the streets so fancy free. nobody you could ever meet will ever see the loneliness there ♪ >> ♪ have you never been mellow? have you never tried? ♪ announcer: you will hear the most soothing and beautiful melodies of all time. >> ♪ touch me in the morning announcer: you'll hear artists like diana ross, perry como, barry manilow.

>> ♪ i write the songs that make the whole world sing i write the songs of love ♪ announcer: andy williams, carly simon. >> ♪ anticipation, anticipation ♪ announcer: and all of the biggest songs that defined easy listening music. >> ♪ by the time i get to phoenix, she will be right there ♪ announcer: why bother putting this together on your own? time life has done all the work, and every song has been digitally remastered for studio-perfect sound. >> ♪ when i fall in love, it will be forever ♪ announcer: plus, you will get this 32-page booklet with stories about the artists and

-- artists spirited -- artists. >> ♪ he wore blue velvet, bluer than velvet was the night ♪ announcer: so don't waste your time and money trying to get all these hits yourself. just order now and you could own time life's "easy listening classics" on eight cds for five easy payments of $29.99 each. ♪ announcer: but wait, order right now and you'll also get a free bonus collection. time life's "movie classics." ♪ announcer: two cds of beautiful hits from the movies. >> ♪ where do i begin to tell the story of how brazen life can be? the sweet love story ♪ announcer: 28 unforgettable songs.

>> ♪ this looks to be a morning of love ♪ announcer: that is a total of 10 cds, 152 songs in all. that is less than $0.99 per song. ♪ announcer: but wait, there's more! order in the next 18 minutes and get free shipping and handling, that is a savings of nearly $17. >> ♪ sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. sunshine in my eyes can make me cry ♪ announcer: and remember, if time life's "easy listening classics" isn't the best collection you have ever heard, send it back when we will refund your full purchase price, no

questions asked. ♪ announcer: and here's the best part. you get the entire "easy listening classics" collection, plus two free bonus cds of movie hits, 152 songs in all, for less than $0.99 per song. plus a 32 page booklet and free shipping. this offer is not available in stores, it is only available here. don't wait, order now. announcer: welcome back to "easy listening classics." in the 1960's, many of our talented songwriters created musical magic in the brill building near times square. two of the most successful hitmakers were bert bachrach and hal david. >> ♪ magic moments when two hearts are near ♪ >> ♪ if you see me walking down the street and i have to cry each time we meet, walk on by ♪

>> ♪ what the world needs now is love, sweet love ♪ ♪ announcer: carol king got her start in the brill building and continued to give us timeless hits into the 1970's. >> ♪ so far away. doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? ♪ >> ♪ if i could save time in a bottle, the first thing that i would like to do ♪ >> ♪ you could read my mind, love, or tell my thoughts, just like an old-time movie ♪ >> ♪ and you can tell everybody this is your song ♪ announcer: easy listening had its own charts and billboards.

which later became mor and then adult contemporary. throughout those times, it was a sound and feeling that distinguished easy listening from other categories. >> ♪ please release me, let me go. for i don't love you anymore ♪ >> ♪ places of love, long ago they didn't work out right ♪ >> ♪ all by myself. don't wanna be all by myself ♪

announcer: movie soundtracks were home to some of the greatest easy listening hits of all time. ♪ >> ♪ moon river, wider than a mile. i'm crossing you in style someday ♪ >> ♪ goldfinger, he's the man, the man with the midas touch ♪ announcer: and of course, there were also some beautiful, romantic hits that reminded us of the loves of our lives. >> ♪ love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go ♪ >> ♪ you made me leave my happy home ♪

>> ♪ so i sing you to sleep after the loving with a song i just wrote ♪ announcer: we all have such a busy lives, and easy listening music gives us the perfect escape to the calmer, more beautiful world. >> ♪ i cried a tear. you wiped it dry. i was confused. you cleared my mind ♪ >> ♪ you fill up my senses like night in a forest ♪ >> ♪ ooo-ooo-ooooo baby, baby. ooo-ooo-ooooo baby, baby ♪ announcer: and now you can have all these beautiful hits together. it's time life's "easy listening classics." and with time life, your satisfaction is always guaranteed, so call now or go online and get your collection.

easy listening had a sound, a home on radio, and a place in our hearts. >> ♪ love, love will keep us together ♪ announcer: songs that take you to wonderful places. >> ♪ up, up and away. my beautiful, my beautiful ♪ announcer: and now, all of those songs are together in time life's "easy listening classics." >> ♪ it's too late, baby, now it's too late ♪ announcer: you'll hear the most soothing and beautiful melodies of all time. >> ♪ i can't live if living is without you, i can't live ♪ announcer: you'll hear artists like frankie valli, perry como, barry manilow. >> ♪ it looks like we made it,

life each other all the way ♪ announcer: andy williams, helen redding. >> ♪ and you baby, you are a special lady living in a world ♪ announcer: and all the biggest songs that defined easy listening music. >> ♪ tie a yellow ribbon around the ole oak tree. it's been three long years ♪ announcer: why waste time putting this together on your own? time life has done all the work, and every song has been digitally remastered for studio-perfect sound. ♪ announcer: plus, you will get this 32-page booklet with photos and stories about the artists and their music. >> ♪ roses are red, my love, violets are blue ♪ announcer: so don't waste your time and money trying to get all these hits yourself. just order now and you can own time life's easy listening

classics on eight cds for just five easy payments of $29.99 each. ♪ announcer: but wait, order right now and you will also get a free bonus collection, time life's "movie classics." >> ♪ what is it all about? is it just for the moment? ♪ announcer: two cds of beautiful hits from the movies. >> ♪ somewhere over the rainbow way up high ♪ announcer: 28 unforgettable songs. >> ♪ hello dolly, this is louis, dolly ♪ announcer: that's a total of 10 cd's, 152 songs in all, less than $0.99 per song. ♪ announcer: but wait, there's more! order in the next 10 minutes and get free shipping and handling. that is a savings of nearly $17. -- that is less than $.99 per song.

>> ♪ o, god did not make this green earth ♪ announcer: and remember, if time life's "easy listening classics" isn't the best collection you have ever heard, just send it back, and we will refund your full purchase price, no questions asked. >> ♪ thank you for the sunshine you gave ♪ announcer: and here's the best part. you get the entire easy listening classics collection, plus two free bonus cds of movie hits, 182 songs, for less than $0.99 per song. plus, you get a 32-page booklet and free shipping. this offer is not available in stores. it is only available right here. so don't wait, order now. announcer: welcome back to easy listening classics. some of our favorite all-time singers have given us relaxing, beautiful hits.

>> ♪ i see trees of green, red roses too. i see them bloom for me and you ♪ >> ♪ it's impossible tell the sun to leave the sky, it is just impossible ♪ >> ♪ are you lonesome tonight? do you miss me, tonight? ♪ >> ♪ the shark bait has such teeth, dear and it shows them pearly whites ♪ announcer: artists from all genres gave us soothing music that still feels great today. including the greats from country. >> ♪ crazy, i'm crazy for feeling so lonely ♪

>> ♪ by the time i get to phoenix, she will be right then ♪ >> ♪ trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents. no phone, no pool, no pets, ain't got no cigarettes ♪ >> ♪ and honey, i miss you. and i'm bein' good ♪ announcer: r&b and soul artists, like the temptations and the miracles, gave us melodic masterpieces. >> ♪ people say i am the life of the party because i tell a joke or two ♪ >> ♪ just my imagination running away with me ♪ >> ♪ someday

we'll be together ♪ announcer: singer-songwriters like jim croce, elton john, nielsen, and john denver wrote and performed beautiful songs. >> ♪ like the countries winding the road, i have a name, i've got a name ♪ >> ♪ you fill up my senses like night in a forest ♪ >> ♪ everybody's talking at me i don't hear a word they're saying. only the echoes of my mind ♪ >> ♪ daniel is flying tonight on a plane, i can see the red taillights heading for spain,

oh, and ♪ announcer: and what all of these songs have in common is, they have beautiful melodies and soothing arrangements that make us feel good. >> ♪ what do you get when you fall in love? a guy with a pin to burst your bubble. that's what you get for all your trouble. i'll never fall in love again ♪ announcer: and now, all these songs are together for the first time. it's time life's "easy listening classics." you'll get all the songs we're hearing, plus so many more, and now is your chance to get your own collection. these are songs that make you feel good. songs that relax and suit you. >> ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ announcer: songs that relax and soothe you. songs that take you to wonderful places. >> ♪ do you know the way to san jose? i've been away so long, i may go wrong and lose my way ♪ >> ♪ my georgie,

georgia, i never laid a hand on you. my georgis ♪ announcer: and now, all those songs are together in time life's "easy listening classics." >> ♪ hey there, georgie girl, swinging down the street so fancy free ♪ >> ♪ have you never been mellow? have you never tried? ♪ announcer: you'll hear the most soothing and beautiful melodies of all time. >> ♪ touch me in the morning announcer: you'll hear artists like deon warwick, perry como, barry manilow. >> ♪ i write the songs that make the whole world sing . i write the songs of love and special things ♪

announcer: andy williams, carly simon. >> ♪ anticipation, anticipation is making me wait ♪ announcer: and all of the biggest songs that defined easy-listening music. >> ♪ i am a lineman for the county and i drive the main roads ♪ announcer: why bother putting this together on your own? time life has done all the work, and every song has been digitally remastered for studio-perfect sound. ♪ announcer: plus, you'll get this 32-page booklet with folders and -- photos and stories about the artists and their music. >> ♪ you've lost that loving feeling, whoa, that loving feeling ♪ announcer: so don't waste your time and money trying to get all these hits yourself. just order now and you can own time life's "easy listening classics" on eight cds for just five easy payments of $29.99

each. ♪ announcer: but wait, order right now and you'll also get a free bonus collection, time life's "movie classics." ♪ announcer: two cds of beautiful hits from the movies. >> ♪ where do i begin to tell the story of how great a love can be? the sweet love story that is older than the sea ♪ announcer: 28 unforgettable songs. >> ♪ there's got to be a morning after ♪ announcer: that's a total of 10 cds, 152 songs in all. that's less than $0.99 per song. ♪ announcer: but wait, there's

more! order in the next three minutes and get free shipping and handling. that's a savings of nearly $17. >> ♪ sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy ♪ announcer: and remember, if time life's "easy listening classics" isn't the best collection you've ever heard, just send it back, and we'll refund your full purchase price, no questions asked. >> ♪ cherish is the word i use to describe ♪ announcer: and here's the best part. you get the entire "easy listening classics" collection, plus two free bonus cds of movie hits, 152 songs in all, for less than $0.99 per song. plus, your 32-page booklet and free shipping. this offer is not available in

stores. it's only available right here, so don't wait, order now. announcer: the preceding was a paid advertisement for time announcer: the following is a

paid advertisement for time life's music collection. >> ♪ all the leaves are brown announcer: it was the dawn of a new age, silva with long hair, bellbottoms, tie-dye hair, and new attitudes. innocence gave way to a new consciousness about the world we live in. and there was a new music for the new times. >> ♪ don't you want somebody to

love don't you need somebody to love ♪ >> ♪ it's the time of the season when the love runs high ♪ >> ♪ ain't it beautiful? crystal blue persuasion ♪ tommy: hi, everybody. i am tommy james. we are here on the site which , which paysock treated at once in a century rock 'n roll event. >> ♪ take it >> ♪ take another little piece of my heart now baby ♪ >> ♪ find a little help >> ♪ high town, summer in the city ♪ tommy: if you are like me and grew up in the mid-1960's to early 1970's, you are part of a generation that tried to plant the seeds of a better social

order, a better world, and knew that one of the best ways to spread that message was in the music. >> ♪ born to be wild born to be wild ♪ >> ♪ come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now ♪ >> ♪ people everywhere just want to be free. tommy: it was the birth of a counterculture. and this social revolution and experimentation produced music that wrapped itself around our hearts and minds and never let go. >> ♪ young hearts can go that way ♪ >> ♪ the beat goes on the beat goes on ♪

>> ♪ turned a whiter shade of pale ♪ tommy: this is going to be so great. now let me introduce my sidekick and cohost, back to a very special and very important era, jenny. jenny: hi, tommy. this place is amazing. tommy: it really is. let's take a trip back in time, when everything around us was changing, how we looked, thought, and felt. jenny: and certain songs became anthems of those changing times. >> ♪ this is the dawning of the age of aquarius age of aquarius ♪ >> ♪ he ain't heavy he's my brother ♪ >> ♪ i'm going to take you higher ♪ announcer: it started in san francisco, came of age at woodstock, and changed the world forever.

and now, time life proudly presents the best music from the magical time in "the woodstock collection." the music of the love generation. tommy: in the mid-1960's, our world was changing, and music was becoming more than it ever had been before. we were losing our innocence, and the music was reflecting that in style and substance. jenny: first, in its sound. >> ♪ so tired tired of waiting tired of waiting for you ♪ >> ♪ wild thing you make my heart sing ♪ tommy: and then in its message. >> ♪ to everything turn, turn, turn there is a season turn, turn, turn ♪ >> ♪ the answer, my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind ♪

jenny: san francisco was the self-declared capital of the spiritual revolution. tommy: and in the summer of 1967, there was a mass migration from all over the country to see and feel this new social phenomenon. >> ♪ if you're going to san francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair ♪ >> ♪ on a warm san franciscan night ♪ tommy: we were trying to turn on and tune in. and the music started speaking to us in new ways. jenny: it spoke to our minds as well as our hearts. tommy: and a new word crept into our vocabulary. "psychedelic." >> ♪ inna gadda da vida honey don't you know i'm loving you ♪

>> ♪ you you are all i want to know i feel free ♪ >> ♪ keeps me hanging on tommy: this era had a soundtrack like no other. jenny: so many different kinds of music, and so many great artists. >> ♪ american woman stay away from me american woman mama let me be ♪ >> ♪ if i sprained a leak she mends me ♪ >> ♪ only you know and i know all the love i have to show ♪ tommy: so much of the music empowered us and made us feel we needed to make a difference. >> ♪ because there's something in the air ♪

>> ♪ what the world needs now is love, sweet love it's the only thing that there's just too little of ♪ tommy: it was a time of expanded consciousness and spiritual awakening. jenny: the music had a message. tommy: and the singers and songwriters who created it were the messengers. >> ♪ and it is all over now, baby blue ♪ >> ♪ anybody here see my old friend john? can you tell me where he's gone? ♪ jenny: the woodstock era was a time when the music was important. it felt like it was really your own, written for you and about you. now that music and all of the memories come alive again. and you're just a phone call away from having them all for your very own. announcer: it started in san francisco, came of age in

woodstock, changed us and the world forever. and now, time life has put it all together in "the woodstock collection." the music of the love generation. >> ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man play a song for me ♪ >> ♪ monday, monday so good to me ♪ announcer: you will relive the great times, incredible songs, and artists that were very much a part of our lives. >> ♪ it's a beautiful morning i think i will go outside for a while ♪ >> ♪ what a day for a daydream what a day for a daydreaming boy ♪ announcer: you will get 174 original hits by the original artists, digitally remastered to give you studio perfect sound. >> ♪ why don't you come with me, little girl on a magic carpet ride ♪

>> ♪ when i tell the world i love you ♪ >> ♪ i got you, babe i got you, babe ♪ announcer: you have the peace songs, psychedelic songs, happy songs, feel-good songs, and the true classics, the songs that make the music of the love generation come alive. >> ♪ they call me mellow yellow they call me mellow yellow ♪ >> ♪ everybody's talking at me i don't hear a word they are saying ♪ announcer: every cd is filled with great songs and great memories, along with complete liner notes telling the story of this great era. >> ♪ good morning, starshine >> ♪ sunday will never be the same ♪

announcer: you could spend hours of time and hundreds of dollars trying to find all of the unforgettable hits in "the woodstock collection," but time life has done all of that for you. and if you order now, you can own this collection of eight cds for just five easy payments of $29.99 each. that is just $0.86 a song. >> ♪ got a black magic woman got a black magic woman ♪ >> ♪ i can't see me loving nobody but you for all my life ♪ announcer: but wait. that is not all. when you order with your credit card, we will send you absolutely free, a two cd set called "the summer of love." 40 of the greatest hits from that once-in-a-lifetime summer. >> ♪ incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around ♪ >> ♪ i'll be with my girl, she's so pretty ♪

announcer: even that is not all. call in the next 18 minutes and get free shipping and handling. that's a total of 10 cds from a special time in american history. >> ♪ another pleasant valley sunday ♪ announcer: and here is the best part -- if "the woodstock collection" is not the best collection you've ever heard, send it back and we will refund your purchase price. it is that good. remember, this collection is not sold in stores, so call now. tommy: if you have heard the music before, you are going to love it, because there is a ton of good stuff, and if you haven't, you need to hear it. it was a renaissance period. jenny: there is something for every human being who loves music and was part of that time period. >> listening to that music, it was a celebration. tommy: in 1969, all the roads lead to upstate new york to

something called the woodstock music and art fair. jenny: they were hoping 50,000 people would show up. tommy: and when half a million arrived, the world took notice. >> ♪ i'm going up the country doesn't she want to go i'm going up the country baby, don't you want to go? ♪ >> ♪ we are stardust we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden ♪ jenny: tommy, didn't you have a chance to play woodstock? tommy: yeah, i was in hawaii. no kidding, i got a call to play a pig farm in upstate new york. in my autobiography, i admitted that turning it down really was a big mistake. jenny: yeah, i can imagine. tommy: woodstock was a pivotal and defining moment. for three days and nights, the stage was filled with some of the most incredible talent ever assembled.

>> ♪ take it take another little piece of my heart now, baby break another piece of my heart ♪ >> ♪ i'm coming home ♪ >> ♪ i'm going to take you higher i'm going to take you higher ♪ jenny: new slogans like "make love not war" were all around us. tommy: and a generation that was being fueled by new dreams of peace and love found its voice in this new kind of music. >> ♪ war >> ♪ good god, y'all ♪ >> ♪ what is it good for? >> ♪ absolutely nothing >> ♪ i don't believe we are on the eve of destruction ♪ tommy: there were songs of protest. >> ♪ what is going on?

>> ♪ segregation, determination, demonstration, integration that is what the world is today ♪ jenny: there were also new kinds of love songs. >> ♪ i am waiting to show her crimson and clover ♪ >> ♪ when the hurdy gurdy man comes singing songs of love ♪ >> ♪ nights in white satin never reaching the end ♪ tommy: and there were also songs that had a little different kind of message.

>> ♪ you can get anything that you want at alice's restaurant ♪ >> ♪ i think you know >> ♪ three miles high and ready to touch down ♪ >> ♪ one toke over the line, sweet jesus ♪ tommy: there was new music, new literature, and a new reality. >> ♪ going up to the spirit in the sky ♪ >> ♪ give me a head with hair long, beautiful hair shining, gleaming ♪

>> ♪ my green tamarine >> ♪ let the sunshine in tommy: many of the artists that big back on the scene were back then are still with us today. jenny: and in some ways, as big as ever. >> ♪ lookout, kids >> ♪ you've got to change your evil ways, baby before i stop loving you ♪ >> ♪ i know it is not much, but it is the best i can do my gift is my song, and this one's for you ♪ jenny: some of the strongest, most assertive female artists of all time came out of this period. >> ♪ you and i traveled to the beat of a different drum can't you tell by the way i run ♪ >> ♪ you are so vain you probably think this song is

about you ♪ >> ♪ i looked at it now from all sides now from up and down and through, somehow ♪ jenny: don't go looking for "the woodstock collection" in stores. it is only available right here from time life. just call the number on your screen or order online. listen in your home. and if it is not the best collection you have ever heard, simply send it back and time life will refund your purchase price. it is that good. so don't wait. call now. announcer: it started in san francisco, came of age in woodstock, changed us and the world forever. and now, time life has put it all together in "the woodstock collection," the music of the love generation. >> ♪ if you're going to san francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair ♪

>> ♪ all the leaves are brown >> ♪ all the leaves are brown >> ♪ and the sky is gray >> ♪ and the sky is gray announcer: you will relive the great times, incredible songs, and artists that were very much a part of our lives. >> ♪ groovin' on a sunday afternoon ♪ >> ♪ the beat goes on the beat goes on ♪ announcer: you have the peace songs, psychedelic songs, happy songs, feel good songs, and the the true classics, the songs that make "the woodstock collection," the music of the love generation, come alive. >> ♪ born to be wild born to be wild ♪ >> ♪ it's the time of the season when the love runs high ♪ >> ♪ hot town, summer in the city back of my neck getting dirt and gritty ♪

announcer: every cd is filled with great songs and great memories, along with complete liner notes telling the story of this great era. >> ♪ sunshine came softly through my window today ♪ >> ♪ she's got it yeah, baby, she's got it i'm your venus i'm your fire what's your desire? ♪ announcer: order now and you can own this fabulous collection of eight cds for five easy payments of $29.99 each. that is just $0.86 a song. >> ♪ to everything turn, turn, turn there is a season turn, turn, turn ♪ >> ♪ i'm leaving on a jet plane i don't know when i will be back again ♪ announcer: but wait, that is not all. when you order with your credit

card, we will send you absolutely free, a two cd set called the "summer of love," 40 of the greatest hits from that once-in-a-lifetime summer. >> ♪ but i can't help but love you so ♪ >> ♪ when you're feeling low and the fish won't bite you need a little bit of soul to put you right ♪ announcer: even that is not all. call in the next 10 minutes and get free shipping and handling. that is a total of 10 cds from a special time in american history. >> ♪ turn a whiter shade of pale ♪ announcer: remember, this collection is not sold in stores, so call now. jenny: tommy, this era was filled with be-ins, love-ins, unrest, and protest. tommy: that's right, and from all that came a new kind of music, called folk rock. >> ♪ good morning, america, how are you?

don't you know me, i am your native son ♪ >> ♪ morning has broken like the first morning ♪ >> ♪ here comes the sun here comes the sun and i say it's all right ♪ >> ♪ summer breeze makes me feel fine blowing through the jasmine in my mind ♪ tommy: and as serious and meaningful as those times were, they also gave birth to a new kind of pop music. >> ♪ these eyes are crying these eyes have seen a lot of love but they're never going to see another one like i had with you ♪ >> ♪ cheer up, sleepy jean oh, what can it mean to a daydream believer ♪ >> ♪ kicking down the cobblestones

looking for fun and feeling groovy ♪ tommy: this music connected our generation. jenny: and not just where we lived, but all over the world. >> ♪ give me some loving >> ♪ it's all right now baby, it's all right now ♪ >> ♪ brown eyed girl you are my brown eyed girl ♪ >> ♪ hush, hush >> ♪ i thought i heard her calling my name ♪ >> ♪ hush, hush tommy: we even had our own language. we said things like "groovy" and "far out." we went to head shops too, and the music was always a big part of that experience. >> ♪ i'm out on the road again ♪ >> ♪ in the year 2525 if man is still alive ♪

>> ♪ signs, signs, everywhere are signs blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind ♪ >> ♪ nights in white satin never reaching the end ♪ jenny: there were also bands that came out of this era that went on to become legends. >> ♪ oh, listen to the music oh, listen to the music ♪ >> ♪ does anybody really know what time it is? does anybody care? ♪ >> ♪ what goes up must come down spinning wheel got to go around ♪ tommy: this era started in the mid-1960's, with a generation feeling that better thinking and better living would make a better world. music, all kinds of music, was changed forever. and this collection shares those times and memories.

>> ♪ good morning, starshine ♪ the earth says hello >> ♪ they call me mellow yellow they call me mellow yellow ♪ jenny: wow, hearing all of this music again is unbelievable. you could search the internet, scour the record stores, rummage through your attic, or spend hundreds of dollars, and you still wouldn't be able to find all of these songs anywhere, but now you can own them all, 174 hits that were so much a part of our lives and who we are today. so, let that freak flag fly and call now. announcer: it started in san francisco, came of age in woodstock, changed us and the world forever. and now, time life has put it all together in "the woodstock collection," the music of the love generation. >> ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man play a song for me ♪

>> ♪ monday, monday so good to me ♪ announcer: you will relive the great times, incredible songs, and artists that were very much a part of our lives. >> ♪ it is a beautiful morning i think i will go outside for a while ♪ >> ♪ what a day for a daydream what a day for a daydreaming boy ♪ announcer: you will get 174 original hits by the original artists, all digitally mastered by time life to give you studio perfect sound. >> ♪ why don't you come with me, little girl on a magic carpet ride ♪ >> ♪ don't you want somebody to love? don't you need somebody to love? ♪ >> ♪ i got you babe announcer: you had the peace songs, psychedelic songs, happy songs, feel-good songs, and the

true classics, the songs that make the music of the love generation come alive. >> ♪ i'm going up the country, baby, don't you want to go? i'm going up the country, baby, don't you want to go? ♪ >> ♪ she keeps me hanging on announcer: every cd is filled with great songs and great memories, along with complete liner notes telling the story of this great era. >> ♪ young hearts can go that way ♪ >> ♪ monday will never be the same ♪ anouncer: you could spend hours of time and hundreds of dollars trying to find all the unforgettable hits in "the woodstock collection," but time life has done all of that for you. and if you order now, you can own this collection of eight cds for just five easy payments of $29.99 each. that is just $0.86 a song.

>> ♪ got a black magic woman got a black magic woman ♪ >> ♪ i can't see me loving nobody but you for all my life ♪ anouncer: but wait. that is not all. when you order with your credit card, we will send you absolutely free, a two-cd set called "the summer of love," 40 of the greatest hits from that once-in-a-lifetime summer. >> ♪ incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around ♪ announcer: even that is not all. call in the next two minutes and get free shipping and handling. that is a total of 10 cds from a special time in american history. >> ♪ another pleasant valley sunday here in status symbol land ♪

announcer: and here's the best part -- if the woodstock collection is not the best collection you have ever heard, send it back and we will refund your purchase price. it is that good. remember, this collection is not sold in stores, so call now. >> the music sounds good no matter what, no matter when you listen to it, and it always will, i think. >> everyone needs this collection in their collection, because it covers everything. >> i put it on with some friends and you can't put a song on without going, my god, i have not heard that in ages. >> the best thing about it is that it is all the music, altogether in 10 cds. tommy: hey, this show has been a blast. the music in "the woodstock collection" is just unbelieveable. it shaped and defined a generation. i'm tommy james. enjoy the music. announcer: the preceding has been a paid advertisement for time life's music collection.

>> the following is a paid program. announcer: the following is a paid advertisement for time life's music collection. >> ♪ chances are because i wear a silly grin ♪ announcer: the moments you will always remember. >> ♪ mona lisa mona lisa men have named you ♪ announcer: there are beautiful