this is a lot better, really.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 22:43 (ten years ago) link
seems as though the shocking pinks numbers (get gone and don't take your love) included on the Lucky 13 comp are from this show.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
More on NY/SY tour http://thrasherswheat.org/jammin/sonic_youth.htm
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
"This thing here is called a Synclavier."
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
goddamn it clip taken down :(
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
shakey pictures websherriffed it
Don't want hurt the sales of Archives III in 2061.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
damn. well now that neil knows there is a ravenous demand for this era, maybe he'll put it out on PONO Ray.
― tylerw, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
i would love to hear trans outtakes, c'mon neil!!
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
PONO!
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 7 June 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
i would happily buy that video to play on my ponograph machine.
Trans is ace.
Listened to Comes a Time today, which I haven't in a long, long while. It feels like the natural successor to Harvest in many ways, and I'm sure it's what a lot of people had expected as the follow-up to 1972's best-selling album, rather than the Ditch Trilogy (I believe it was the first of Neil's albums to reach the top 10 since Harvest). It's very good, but I never hear much about it from NY fans. Opinions?
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Friday, 7 June 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
i LOVE Comes a Time.. it's a glorious and wonderful record. <3 four strong winds <3 lotta love <3 the title track..
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Friday, 7 June 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
comes a time is classic -- could probably do without motorcycle mama, but everything else is awesome. one of neil's breeziest/easiest (even moreso than Harvest, really) but it kind of sneaks up on you.
― tylerw, Friday, 7 June 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
Motorcycle Mama isn't bad it's just out of place on the record
― Bathory Tub Blues (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 7 June 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
I dunno, that record never really did it for me. Love "Lotta Love" and "Look Out For My Love" especially, but the arrangements on the rest (especially the jaunty strings on "Comes A Time") felt too syrupy.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 7 June 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
This is definitely one of the few times when record executives made a suggestion to a major artist(that Neil supplement his solo acoustic recordings with a rhythm section) which turned out to be the correct move.
From 1969's Everybody Knows This is Nowhere through 1979's Rust Never Sleeps and including eight studio albums, Neil must have one of the greatest streaks in rock history, no?
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Friday, 7 June 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
Tarfumes, I can see why someone would think that. Are you more a fan of Neil's heavier stuff?
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Friday, 7 June 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Generally yeah, I'd say so, but not to the exclusion of his acoustic side. I love the Massey Hall and Riverboat sets, and "Thrasher" is probably in my top 5 (with "Pocahontas" close behind). That said, "Sail Away" is my least favorite song on Rust, ditto "Through My Sails" on Zuma (but I love "Pardon My Heart"). There's a certain approach he takes in some of his acoustic stuff that's just a little too smooth for me.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 7 June 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
I'll have to re-listen to those tracks and see if I can spot what you're saying, I'd be interested to compare it with some of his other acoustic numbers and pick out the differences.
god, I've never listened to the Massey Hall set in full, although I've listened to bits on Spotify. People seem to go crazy for it, but never actually sat down and listened to it through yet...I should do that tomorrow.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Friday, 7 June 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
It's been a long time since I listened to Comes a Time in its entirety. "Comes a Time" and "Look Out for My Love" stayed with me--love both--the rest I only remember dimly. Except "Motorcycle Mama," which I really hated.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 June 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
"goin back" and "already one" are songs that really stood out the last time i played it.
― tylerw, Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
Comes a Time is easy to underrate, considering what's before and directly after.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah, i might rate it as his least essential 70s album, but it is still totally essential.
― tylerw, Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
well, AS&B is his least essential.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:23 (ten years ago) link
sometime i'm going to have to listen to side a of American Stars and side b of Hawks and Doves back to back.
― da croupier, Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
though side a of Hawks & Doves followed by side b of American Stars would obviously be a cooler album
― da croupier, Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
was gonna say!
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 June 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
The unreleased Chrome Dreams might be a top 5 neil record, had some stuff from as&b
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 June 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
For some reason I always think of "Comes a Time" as the start of his '80s period. Like, a salve after "Rust Never Sleeps," before Neil drinks deep from the mug of mediocrity. If anything, the disc serves as a reminder that he's always been weird and erratic. Did "Rust Never Sleeps" take people by surprise?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 June 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
Side A of Comes a Time is one of the best sequences of songs in Neil's back catalogue. It does feel like a sequel to Harvest but it's missing the more melodramatic moments, it's breezier on the whole. Silver and Gold and Prairie Wind are very much in the same mold I think.
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 8 June 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
Comes A Time also his first genuine hit since Harvest; it paved the way for RNS-LR.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 June 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
I think the proper sequel to Harvest was Oceanside/Countryside which is supposed to be on the next Archives, I think that's the one Neil thought was ”too good” to release
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 June 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Never heard of Oceanside/Countryside before, did any material get reused on later albums?
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Saturday, 8 June 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, June 8, 2013 8:41 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Love Chrome Dreams. Hangs together so much better than AS&B, and that version of "Too Far Gone" is tremendous.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 8 June 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
Theres also the unreleased album Homegrown from that era
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homegrown_(Neil_Young_album)
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, i think stars and bars is a totally strong album, even the throwaways are fun. and the guitar sound on the crazy horse/saddlebags tracks is A++++. chrome dreams is probably a bit better, tho, yeah. i'm under the impression that several of the oceanside/countryside tracks ended up on side 1 of hawks and doves.
― tylerw, Saturday, 8 June 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
I do like AS&B, but once I heard Chrome Dreams, Neil's vision became that much clearer.
That said, I'm glad he put out AS&B and held back some of the Chrome Dreams stuff for Rust Never Sleeps; ultimately, it was worth it.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 8 June 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
I saw a track listing of oceanside online but it had to be fake cuz there were way too many songs on each side to fit on a vinyl record
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 June 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
The Neil gig was pretty good and I've been digging into hitherto unexplored areas of his catalog; mostly the post-Rust Never Sleeps era. I bought Hawks and Doves and am liking it, although at a mere half hour, it feels like a slight addition to his oeuvre.
Anyone have any particular favourite Neil albums between 1980-88?
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:28 (ten years ago) link
We're trying to figure it out!
STYLE Change FASHION change: Neil Young's Eighties Albums
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
oh, nice one.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Saturday, 15 June 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
tonight was great, some nice rarities. might do it again at the next london show in august.
Love and Only Love / Powderfinger / Psychedelic Pill / Walk Like a Giant / Hole in the Sky / Red Sun / Comes a Time / Blowin' in the Wind / Singer Without a Song / Ramada Inn / Cinnamon Girl / Fuckin' Up / Mr. Soul / My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) / Like a Hurricane / Roll Another Number (For the Road) / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 17 June 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
Dates cancelled (from Warner Bros pub)
http://press.wbr.com/media/cms/images/201203/photo-credit-danny-clinch-extralarge_1331574075548.jpg
August 19, 2013 - (Burbank, CA) - Neil Young & Crazy Horse regretfully announce that in addition to canceling the remaining dates on their European tour, they must also cancel their upcoming U.S. tour dates due to a hand injury sustained by guitarist Poncho Sampredo, whose doctor has indicated that Sampredo's hand requires additional time to heal properly.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes to our fans or the Festivals where we were scheduled to appear," the band has said in a statement. "As you must be, we too are disappointed at this unfortunate turn of events."
The tour dates that have been canceled are as follows:
8/31 Dundas, ON Greenbelt Harvest Picnic
9/02 Port Chester, NY Capitol Theatre
9/04 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Folk Festival
9/07 Arrington, VA Interlocken Music Festival
# # #
― dow, Monday, 19 August 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
On D1mead0zen at the minute.
The Ducks (short-lived band of Neil Young, Bob Mosley, Jeff Blackburn and Johnny C. (Craviotto). "July, 1977" compilation Santa Cruz, California, USA
EX soundboard! - Previously uncirculated!
This just came my way from a friend who I recently met here in Santa Cruz. It came from outside of the "tape collecting world" from cassettes squirreled away many years ago and were just transferred to share for the first time. The other three members besides Neil Young were associated with Moby Grape and this band only did perhaps 20 shows or so at most, and all in the Santa Cruz area. No soundboard recordings of live shows have circulated til now and nothing has ever been released in any form by this band. I transferred two 90 minute compilations of live tracks that were not well labeled but they are from more than one night with the likely venues being The Catalyst and The Crossroads. (This torrent is from two 46 minute cassettes and was labeled as being from July, 1977 but some of it actually may be from August, 1977.)
CD1 - 40:40 101 [1:08] announcer intro, talk, tune ups and applause 102 [3:43] Poor Man 103 [3:51] Tore Down 104 [4:47] Your Love 105 [5:11] Two Riders 106 [4:12] Gone Dead Train 107 [0:15] Neil talk 108 [4:36] Little Wing 109 [3:37] Truckin' Man 110 [0:17] talk 111 [2:31] Hey Now 112 [0:21] talk before end of set 113 [5:54] Silver Wings 114 [0:17] thanks and applause at end of set
CD2 - 53:02 201 [4:27] Wild Eyed And Willing 202 [4:25] Human Highway 203 [2:52] Gypsy Wedding 204 [3:42] Honky Tonk Man 205 [4:44] Hold On Boys 206 [4:05] I'm Ready 207 [4:28] Windward Passage [cut] 208 [5:19] Mr. Soul 209 [3:02] Car Tune 210 [0:32] talk 211 [5:44] Leaving Us Now 212 [6:06] Sail Away 213 [0:24] talk before end of set 214 [3:12] Do Me Right [cut on last notes]
Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, vocals Bob Mosley - bass, vocals Jeff Blackburn - guitar, vocals Johnny C. (Craviotto) - drums, vocals
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
yeahhh, you can get the whole thing here too : http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/neil-young-amp-the-ducks-1977-santa-cruz-soundboard-163509.htmlit is pretty good, definitely the best sonic representation of this band. lots of tasty guitar work from neil, though some of the other dudes' songs are not amazing.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
There are another two Ducks recordings on the tracker as well from the same source.
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
yeah there's a whole other set301. announcer intro, talk, tune ups and applause302. Poor Man303. Tore Down304. Your Love305. Two Riders306. Gone Dead Train307. Neil talk308. Little Wing309. Truckin' Man310. talk311. Hey Now312. talk before end of set313. Silver Wings314. thanks and applause at end of set
401. Wild Eyed And Willing402. Human Highway403. Gypsy Wedding404. Honky Tonk Man405. Hold On Boys406. I'm Ready407. Windward Passage [cut]408. Mr. Soul409. Car Tune410. talk411. Leaving Us Now412. Sail Away413. talk before end of set414. Do Me Right [cut on last notes]their version of mr soul verges on punk.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
second set seems to be the better/tighter performance....
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
306. Gone Dead Train
^^woah that's a deep cut
― My Little Pono (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link