Zig-Zag Festival
Various
- Artist
- Various
- Label
- Mercury
- Catalog number
- SRD-2-29
- Format
- LP · Compilation · Sampler · Stereo
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1970
- Genre
- Rock
What’s on it
Zig-Zag Festival has 27 tracks, about 1:39:10 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
A1Melting Pot
- Written-By
- Cook-Greenaway
A2Hello L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham
- Written-By
- Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis
A3Four Days Gone
- Written-By
- Stephen Stills
A4Please Don't Leave Me
- Written-By
- Fats Domino
A5Let The Music Begin
- Written-By
- Steve Miller (10)
A6Air
- Written-By
- Johann Sebastian Bach
A7Handbags & Gladrags
- Written-By
- Mike D'Abo
B1Space Oddity
- Written-By
- David Bowie
B2Gotta Get Your Lovin'
- Written-By
- James Tatum (2)
B3I Need Your Love So Bad
- Written-By
- Little Willie John
B4Precious Words
- Written-By
- Claudia Robinson (2)
B5I'll Cry Instead
- Written-By
- Lennon-McCartney
B6Put It On Me
- Written-By
- Leo Louviere, Robert Thibodeaux (2)
B7Rags & Old Iron
- Written-By
- Norman Curtis, Oscar Brown Jr.
C1Wicked Woman
- Written-By
- David Wilkerson, Jinx Dawson, Oz Osborne, Steve Ross
C2Backwoods Girl
- Written-By
- Doug Sahm
C3Baby Please Don't Go / Got My Mojo Workin'
- Written-By
- McKinley Morganfield
C4Sea Cruise
- Written-By
- Frankie Ford, Huey "Piano" Smith
C5Putting My Faith In You
- Written-By
- Taos (2)
C6Trippin' Thru A Midnight Blues
- Written-By
- Herman Brood
D1Stay As Sweet As You Are
- Written-By
- Robert Arthur (2), Tracy Nelson
D2Dusty Moon
- Written-By
- Ken Johnson (2)
D3Sometimes
- Written-By
- Jesse Colin Young
D4Hey Babe
- Written-By
- Jerry Corbitt
D5Crystal Forms
- Written-By
- Caroline Stratton, Dan Keady, David Rodrigues Do Amaral, James Deptula
D6San Francisco Mable Joy
- Written-By
- Mickey Newbury
D7Workin' Man Blues
- Written-By
- Merle Haggard
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Where it came from
The Zig-Zag Festival record was released by Mercury Records in 1970 as a two-LP promotional compilation. It was conceived during a period when major labels were aggressively experimenting with sampler albums to introduce listeners to their diverse rosters of progressive rock, folk, and blues artists. The album served as a cross-section of the label's contemporary output, aimed at capturing the spirit of the late-sixties counterculture festival scene through a curated selection of tracks.
The design and packaging were typical of the era's promotional materials, leaning into the psychedelic and bohemian aesthetic that defined the music festival experience. By offering a budget-friendly or promotional gateway into artists like Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and other Mercury staples, the label sought to build brand loyalty among record store patrons. While it was not a chart-topping commercial project, it remains a well-regarded historical snapshot of the transitional sounds Mercury was championing at the turn of the decade.
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