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Matthews Southern Comfort (MSC) was originally a British country rock/folk rock band, formed in 1970 by former Fairport Convention singer Ian (later Iain) Matthews. The original line-up consisted of Matthews, lead guitarist Mark Griffiths (who would later become the bass player with both The Shadows and The Everly Brothers), rhythm guitarist Carl Barnwell, bass player Pete Watkins, drummer Roger Swallow and pedal steel guitarist Gordon Huntley. Watkins and Swallow, however, left the band after just a few weeks and were replaced by bass player Andy Leigh and drummer Ray Duffy. The band was formed to allow Matthews to go on tour following the success of his first post-Fairport album released in early 1970, Matthews' Southern Comfort. They recorded two more albums that year, Second Spring and Later That Same Year, before splitting up when Matthews abruptly quit during the height of their fame, shortly after their version of the Joni Mitchell song "Woodstock" became a worldwide hit, reaching the top of the UK music charts in October 1970, their only No. 1 hit single. "Woodstock" also charted in several European countries, as well as reaching No. 5 in Canada, and No. 23 in the Billboard Top 100 in the United States.Now based in the Netherlands after a long career as a solo artist in the United States, Matthews has twice reformed the band in recent years with mostly Dutch musicians: firstly in 2010, releasing two new albums, Kind Of New and Kind Of Live (individually and as a combined tour issue), and again in 2017, releasing two further albums, Like A Radio in 2018 and The New Mine in 2020. A fifth MSC album, The Woodstock Album featuring 15 cover versions of songs played by various artists at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, was released in April 2023.
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Summer of Love: The Ultimate Collection [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | |
Something in the Way She Moves |
American Highway [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:30 |
Greatest Ever! Driving Rock [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock |
Singers & Songwriters [Time-Life Box Set] [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
Live in Maidstone 1970 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Sir Patrick Spens | 5:02 |
The 70s Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:27 |
Flower Power [Time Life Box] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:30 |
True Chillout [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
True Mellow [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
Singers and Songwriters: 1970-1972 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock |
Woodstock Generation [Crimson] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
Singers & Songwriters: 1970-1971 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
Rock Festival [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock |
Rock On, 1971: Ain't No Sunshine [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:29 |
Superhits of Rock: 1965 - 1979 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
The Summer of Peace, Love and Music [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:30 |
The Summer of Peace, Love and Music, Vol. 1 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:30 |
Number Ones: The 70's [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:27 |
Rock On: From 1970 to 1979 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:29 |
Summer of Love Album [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:27 |
70's Biggest Hits [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:30 |
Dick Bartley Presents Collector's Essentials on the Radio, Vol. 2: The '70s [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 3:25 |
Rock On: 1970-1974 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:26 |
25 Years of Number 1 Hits, Vol. 1 (1970-1971) [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock |
Rock On: 1971 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:29 |
Scion [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Something in the Way She Moves | 4:58 |
Sunny Afternoons [Polygram] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:26 |
Stardust: Rock, Vol. 3 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:27 |
The Best of Matthews' Southern Comfort [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:27 |
Something in the Way She Moves | 4:51 |
Sounds of the Seventies: 1971 -- Take Two [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 4 [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:26 |
Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vols. 1-4 [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:26 |
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'N' Roll Style [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock |
Second Spring [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Something in the Way She Moves | 4:48 |
History of British Rock, Vol. 3
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:28 |
Kind of New
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 5:19 |
Like a Radio
Song | Duration |
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Something in the Way She Moves [*] | 4:54 |
Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British Folk-Rock Scene 1967-1973
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock | 4:33 |
Summer of Love [Dino]
Song | Duration |
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Woodstock |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Now Be Thankful | 2:12 |
Woodstock |
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