Let's Talk About The New Neil Young Album...

yeah...but i was thinking this was gonna be a really long term archive project so a bit disappointing at the small amount of shows

* for that period

I've heard Dreamin' Man and it's pretty nice but nothing more. But maybe it will reveal more secrets next listening.

Maybe discs 13-25 will just cover '93-'97 (inc. complete Old Princeton Landings recordings, obv), who knows? But yeah, considering how everyone talks about that European tour with Pearl Jam in Shakey I'd be amazed if there's nothing released from it.

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yeah, totally ... i mean, there are a ton of under-represented (and great) live bands/tours in Neil's career, esp. post 70s. Int'l Harvesters, Young & Restless, Mirror Ball Band .. . Trans Band, Shocking Pinks!

here's that list of possible performance series thangs -- again, no idea if this is official or just someone filling in the blanks
0 Canterbury 1968
1 Riverboat 1969
2 Fillmore 1970
3 Massey Hall 1971
4 Time Fades Away II 1973
5 Rainbow 1973
6 Doom Tour 1974
7 Hammersmith/Budokan 1976
8 Boarding House 1978
9 Trans Tour 1982
10 Int Harv/Grey Riders 1985
11 Bluenotes 1988
12 Dreamin Man 1992

tyler, you might know: are there any performances of "Cortez" from 1976 that are long, say 20+ minutes? I have two 1976 shows, one from March in Paris and one from November in Chicago. He only plays "Cortez" at the first and it's an 8 minute version, in the same spirit as the album version. But did he ever really cut loose on "Cortez" in 1976?

i don't think so! All the ones I've heard don't stretch past 10 minutes. even the 1976 version of Cowgirl in the Sand is on the shorter side. but that is definitely one of my fave periods for Neil's guitar playing all the same. not a single note wasted, perfect Zuma tone.

closest comparison to neil's guitar in 1976 would have to be tom verlaine, actually!

huh, I need to listen to those shows more closely then. There's a ten+ minute "Down By The River" on the Paris show, and a 12 minute "Like A Hurricane" on the Chicago show. But o/w the songs don't reach epic liftoff.

Japanese shows are probably the best of that year ... I'll get around to posting some of those soon!

hmm, neil young + lanois ... ? http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/;kw=%5B13193,138765%5D

looks liek the new solo tour is kind of interesting ... new songs + electric guitar stuff? Hitchhiker!
2010-05-18
Palace Theatre, Albany, New York, USA
Solo

1. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) (acoustic guitar)
2. Tell Me Why (acoustic guitar)
3. Helpless (acoustic guitar)
4. You Never Call (acoustic guitar w/ pickup)
5. Peaceful Valley (acoustic guitar w/ pickup)
6. Love And War (acoustic guitar w/ pickup)
7. Down By The River (electric guitar - Old Black)
8. Hitchhiker (electric guitar - Old Black)
9. Ohio (electric guitar - white falcon)
10. Sign Of Love (electric guitar - white falcon)
11. Leia (upright piano)
12. After The Gold Rush (pump organ)
13. I Believe In You (grand piano)
14. Rumblin' (electric guitar - Old Black)
15. Cortez The Killer (electric guitar - Old Black)
16. Cinnamon Girl (electric guitar - Old Black)
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17. Walk With Me (
electric guitar - white falcon)
18. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) (electric guitar - Old Black)

haha, kind of a trainwreck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w1Pna5r_vE

"perfect!"

lol

honestly I'm kinda amazed his voice sounds so unchanged after all these years

yeah, compared to a lot of singers from his generation, he sounds pretty great. maybe neil was never a heavy smoker? of tobacco, that is?