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StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
edited March 2007 in Other Music
A record of a homecoming is on the way home. Material culled from a pair of Neil Young solo concerts at Toronto's Massey Hall almost 36 years ago is set for a March release. Previously available in bootleg form as Going Back to Canada, the live album captures an enigmatic singer-songwriter at his career's early creative peak.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070116.YOUNG16/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music/
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  • Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    Oh man I hope "Helpless" is on this baby!

    Great news!
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Whats weird is that a soundboard copy of the early show from this surfaced just last year. Sounds great, but odd that it would show up just before it gets released as part of the Archives release.

    Helpless should be on there, it was played at both the early and late show.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    you know this is very cool, but i want a box set.... lets get it all at once

    ok that is just the selfish me talking i'm really happy to hear it, but it would be cool to get it all in one nice big package.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=204036

    Neil Young's "Live at Massey Hall" Set for Release March 13th
    The 1971 Concert Is the Second Album in Performance Series
    BURBANK, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 17, 2007 -- On January 19, 1971, Neil Young performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada. In many ways, this was a major homecoming event. He had left Canada in 1966, soon becoming a member of Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles, then recording his self-titled debut solo album in 1968. That was followed by "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" with Crazy Horse, then Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Déjà vu" in 1970 and his best-selling album "After The Gold Rush." By the time Young came back to Canada for the Massey Hall concert, he had become one of the most exciting and successful singer-songwriters in rock.

    Neil Young was performing solo that evening in Toronto, playing many of his well-known songs like "Down by the River," "Ohio" and "I Am a Child." But he also included several new originals that would be featured on his next new album, "Harvest," which had not been released yet, like "Old Man," "The Needle and the Damage Done" and "Heart of Gold." The audience had not heard any of these before, and the night was an historic and moving performance for all.

    "This is the album that should have come out between 'After The Gold Rush' and 'Harvest,'" Young says now. "David Briggs, my producer, was adamant that this should be the record, but I was very excited about the takes we got on 'Harvest,' and wanted 'Harvest' out. David disagreed. As I listen to this today, I can see why."

    "Live At Massey Hall," produced by Young and the late David Briggs, is the second Reprise Records release in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series, following last year's "Live At The Fillmore East" album. Both are in anticipation of the "Archives Volume I" collection, due this fall. That 8-CD, 2-DVD audiobiography will include Young's music from 1963 to 1972, and feature a treasure trove of previously unreleased recordings, both studio and live, along with concert footage and rare memorabilia from the first decade of Neil Young's long and unequaled career.
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    heh looks like you already beat me to it!

    I'll believe that last part when I'm actually listening to the damn thing.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    merkinball wrote:
    "Archives Volume I" collection, due this fall. That 8-CD, 2-DVD audiobiography will include Young's music from 1963 to 1972, and feature a treasure trove of previously unreleased recordings, both studio and live, along with concert footage and rare memorabilia from the first decade of Neil Young's long and unequaled career.

    Pavlov's dogs never salivated more then i am in anticipation to this release.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    StoneG82 wrote:
    heh looks like you already beat me to it!

    I'll believe that last part when I'm actually listening to the damn thing.

    Gotta love the google alerts!
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  • SweetHarmonicsSweetHarmonics Posts: 290
    fuck.yeah.
    hate was just a legend
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Great trailer for it up over at http://www.neilyoung.com
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  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    is there a release date?
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    deadmosquito wrote:
    is there a release date?

    March 13th
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    This is going to be awesome.

    Here is the setlist i think


    On The Way Home
    Tell Me Why
    Old Man
    Journey Through The Past
    Helpless
    Love In Mind
    A Man Needs a Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
    Cowgirl In The Sand
    Don't Let It Bring You Down
    There's A World
    Bad Fog Of Loneliness
    The Needle And The Damage Done
    Ohio
    See The Sky About To Rain
    Down By The River
    Dance Dance Dance
    I Am A Child

    I have that combo man needs a maid/ heart of gold already i think from the RNR Cowboy boot and i always really liked that. It will be great to get a better audio version of it
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    The Fillmore disc kicked ass........in a major way.....can't wait for this one....can't wait for the big set in the fall......sweeet :cool:
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  • Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    intodeep wrote:
    This is going to be awesome.

    Here is the setlist i think


    On The Way Home
    Tell Me Why
    Old Man
    Journey Through The Past
    Helpless
    Love In Mind
    A Man Needs a Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
    Cowgirl In The Sand
    Don't Let It Bring You Down
    There's A World
    Bad Fog Of Loneliness
    The Needle And The Damage Done
    Ohio
    See The Sky About To Rain
    Down By The River
    Dance Dance Dance
    I Am A Child

    I have that combo man needs a maid/ heart of gold already i think from the RNR Cowboy boot and i always really liked that. It will be great to get a better audio version of it

    Are the CD and DVD going to be the same? That preview was amazing!
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Dick Jones wrote:
    Are the CD and DVD going to be the same? That preview was amazing!
    Yes.

    They will sell just a cd if you just want the audio.

    and

    They will sell a cd/dvd combo and the dvd will be of the concert.

    That is how i took it if i'm wrong i apologize.
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  • Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    intodeep wrote:
    Yes.

    They will sell just a cd if you just want the audio.

    and

    They will sell a cd/dvd combo and the dvd will be of the concert.

    That is how i took it if i'm wrong i apologize.

    Man, that is awesome. I love watching Neil solo. It's so dark, and mysterious. Helpless is going to kill me!
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    i don't want live archives. we were led to believe the archives were unreleased studio lps. nothing else will do.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    brain of c wrote:
    i don't want live archives. we were led to believe the archives were unreleased studio lps. nothing else will do.

    The Archives will be a mix of both. The first few are being released by themselves and they are just cd's.

    Hopefully next Fall will be the big Archives box set that will have more live material and unreleased studio material.

    It has been that way from the begining sorry if you were led to believe differently :(

    Look on the bright side you will get some studio stuff and it will be awesome. Sooner or later in the series a good version of Greensleeves will be released :)
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  • alobaralobar Posts: 310
    ohhhh man! I'm definitely getting the DVD!
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    brain of c wrote:
    i don't want live archives. we were led to believe the archives were unreleased studio lps. nothing else will do.

    This is the Archive Performance series. Supposedly the Archive box set will be studio stuff, the AP will be the live stuff.
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  • mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    Anybody get this yet? I just picked it up but haven't listened yet.

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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I'm headed out at lunch to pick it up. I won't be able to watch the dvd till tonight though.

    i'm kind of bummed it looks like this disc and the filmore disc will be two of the cd's included with the first archives set... i cna't wait for it to come out to get them though so i'm buying this today and i'll just have a couple copies when Archives comes out.
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  • edigerediger Posts: 308
    the only shows that havent surfaced in bootleg form from that tour are the two Winnipeg shows, which is really disappointing. They were his first shows back home since he got big and played longer sets than the Toronto shows.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I've heard the Massey Hall boot before and i also have a similar boot the london one from the same year i think and i have to say after listening to the first part of this the sound is AWESOME.

    Still have not watched the DVD i can't wait for that. I should call in sick the rest of the day at work :D
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  • CServantCServant DCO Posts: 1,182
    I went to a "sneak preview" here last night put on by one of our radio stations. They also handed out the CD which they called the soundtrack for the DVD. The sound quality is great, but the DVD was a tad grainy. Nevertheless, was a great opportunity to see what Uncle Neil was doing when I was 3 years old.
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