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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,499
    I'll probably get the time fades away but for way cheaper. Already have an OP and the reissue on the ORS box
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,065
    goldrush said:




    How many versions do we actually need? There are clear Buffalo Springfield and CSN reissues coming too…

    Saying that, I’ll probably pick up TFA 50 (even though I’ve got the original and the ORS reissue) because it has The Last Trip To Tulsa as a bonus track.
    Oooohwee I hope they do Looking Forward.  Such a great album and so expensive on vinyl
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  • shorty4568
    shorty4568 Posts: 180
    static111 said:
    goldrush said:




    How many versions do we actually need? There are clear Buffalo Springfield and CSN reissues coming too…

    Saying that, I’ll probably pick up TFA 50 (even though I’ve got the original and the ORS reissue) because it has The Last Trip To Tulsa as a bonus track.
    Oooohwee I hope they do Looking Forward.  Such a great album and so expensive on vinyl
    Buffalo Springfield and CSN reissues are part of the Atlantic 75 reissue campaign. Looking Forward is on Reprise so it wasn't included in the announcement and I doubt it will be included in the campaign. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    Good gawd!  I remember when TFA was a cut out you could get at most record stores for $1.99
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    The set list for last night’s show at The Roxy. 

    Tonight’s The Night played in full for the first set, then the whole of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere for the encore - including the first ever performance of Round and Round. A song debut 54 years in the making!


    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    Shouldn't it be "Round & Round"
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    edited September 2023
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Shouldn't it be "Round & Round"

    Good call.  In fact, on the record it's listed as "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)"
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    Other than not playing more Riot Act Neil must be the most magical thing one can see on a stage

    https://youtu.be/TkliFtReuf8?si=PXfVdl38csKZtjMA
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,065
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Other than not playing more Riot Act Neil must be the most magical thing one can see on a stage

    https://youtu.be/TkliFtReuf8?si=PXfVdl38csKZtjMA
    I've never seen a better performer than Neil or a better band than Crazy Horse
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    This is so cool!  Particularly because Nils has mentioned in a couple of recent interviews his desire to tour or at least do some live dates with NY.  So, hooray! 

    Neil Young Adds Nils Lofgren To Lineup For Full Album Performances At Roxy Concerts

    The legendary rocker and The Santa Monica Flyers variation of Crazy Horse will play material at least 50 years old at the celebratory concerts.

    Tonight’s the night Neil Young & Crazy Horse returns for the first of two benefit concerts at The Roxy in Los Angeles in celebration of the legendary venue’s 50th anniversary. Neil Young recently shared news on what to expect on his Neil Young Archives website.

    The lineup for the shows will find Neil Young backed by Crazy Horse bandmates guitarist Nils Lofgren, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina as well as multi-instrumentalist Micah Nelson. Lofgren was originally supposed to be on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band but became available after Springsteen canceled his September concerts while he undergoes treatment for symptons of peptic ulcer disease.

    Though officially billed as Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s first public performances since 2019, Young clarified that the group performing at The Roxy will play under The Santa Monica Flyers moniker. The Santa Monica Flyers — consisting of Lofgren, Talbot, Molina and late pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith — accompanied Neil Young at 27 concerts in 1973 including a run of shows to open The Roxy that started 50 years ago today.

    Neil Young also revealed he’ll perform two albums live with The Santa Monica Flyers. “All songs will predate the Original Roxy opening 50 years ago,” Young wrote. “We are stoked!” The post was accompanied by an image from the Tonight’s The Night album artwork. Tickets for both concerts are sold out.




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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    Neil only played 4 songs at Farm Aid last night, to make room for a surprise 3-song set by Bob Dylan. Very gracious of Neil, and I’m sure a lot of people loved it, but I’m not a fan of Dylan’s incoherent mumbling.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    goldrush said:
    Neil only played 4 songs at Farm Aid last night, to make room for a surprise 3-song set by Bob Dylan. Very gracious of Neil, and I’m sure a lot of people loved it, but I’m not a fan of Dylan’s incoherent mumbling.
    BOB PLAYED GUITAR though. Lovely.

    I saw Neil play Comes a Time and Are there anymore cowboys. He also played Heart of Gold. But didn't see a fourth song.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    goldrush said:
    Neil only played 4 songs at Farm Aid last night, to make room for a surprise 3-song set by Bob Dylan. Very gracious of Neil, and I’m sure a lot of people loved it, but I’m not a fan of Dylan’s incoherent mumbling.
    BOB PLAYED GUITAR though. Lovely.

    I saw Neil play Comes a Time and Are there anymore cowboys. He also played Heart of Gold. But didn't see a fourth song.
    He played Love Earth as well
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    https://youtu.be/kle4sGoP9zA?si=_bCOyotWTDghtk1z
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,065
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    goldrush said:
    Neil only played 4 songs at Farm Aid last night, to make room for a surprise 3-song set by Bob Dylan. Very gracious of Neil, and I’m sure a lot of people loved it, but I’m not a fan of Dylan’s incoherent mumbling.
    BOB PLAYED GUITAR though. Lovely.

    I saw Neil play Comes a Time and Are there anymore cowboys. He also played Heart of Gold. But didn't see a fourth song.
    What songs did he play on guitar? Full band or bob solo?!  I would have been happy if I was there!
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,065
    edited September 2023
    No big deal Bob's backing band was just The Heartbreakers!.  Looked like he was having more fun than I have seen him having in recent years.  He should pick up the guitar more!  And play with the Heartbreakers more!  That is the best version of Positively 4th Street in a longggg time.

    Edit: just finished watching a YouTube of all the performances.  Maggie's Farm was rough...Positively 4th Street and Ballad of a Thin Man were incredible.  I would have loved to be at that show!
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    https://youtu.be/g_jrQSFfFDQ?si=J0LXJ2j3jjUKfKEs
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    static111 said:
    No big deal Bob's backing band was just The Heartbreakers!.  Looked like he was having more fun than I have seen him having in recent years.  He should pick up the guitar more!  And play with the Heartbreakers more!  That is the best version of Positively 4th Street in a longggg time.

    Edit: just finished watching a YouTube of all the performances.  Maggie's Farm was rough...Positively 4th Street and Ballad of a Thin Man were incredible.  I would have loved to be at that show!

    In June of 1986, I saw Dylan when he did one of the two tours with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.   Damn, that was a great show!  Bob wore black leather pants and a frilly white shirt under black vest.  His guitar playing on that strat was great!  And of course the back up band did a pretty good job too, lol!  Man, Dylan, T.P., Heartbreakers... what a band!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,788
    Stone talks about Neil on loudersound.com:

    "He's the ultimate songwriter, singer, lead guitarist and soundscaper... I don't think anyone can touch him": Why I ❤️ Neil Young, by Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard

    Neil Young and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam Shoreline Amphitheatre October 24 2010

    "To be honest I hadn't really listened to Neil Young until he asked us to play with him on [Young's 1995 album] Mirrorball: that had a huge impact upon us and it was such a compliment. And when I went back and listened to all his albums they just blew me away. Even his most obscure records have songs that are so beautiful and so moving that you can't believe they weren't huge hits. 

    "I've been listening to [1994's] Sleeps With Angels a lot, and that's such a beautiful record - Western Hero is gorgeous, Trans Amis incredible and Change Your Mind is one of the most fantastic songs ever written, it's just ridiculous in the way it starts to climb each time for his solos. And this is one of the records that people don't even talk about much! Every era of his career is great and he's still making cool, interesting records.

    "We learned so much from playing with him. I've seen him play 30 or 40 times now and every time is an education. He's the ultimate songwriter, singer, lead guitarist and soundscaper, he's in that Dylan zone. The way he mixes up distortion and feedback and blues and folk and rock and soul and noise is just inspirational. The way he digs solos out, just throttling his guitar is masterful. And he has the heaviest groove around. He just sits back, and where he puts the downbeat just feels so great, so perfect. 

    "Plus the simplicity of his chord changes is amazing. I'd have conversations with him where I'd say 'God Neil, I'm so excited, I love that new song where you're just playing three chords' and he'd go 'Yeah, you know lately I've been really into just two chords...' and it's like 'Wow! God!' When I was in high school [Mudhoney guitarist] Steve Turner said to me 'Don't learn to play your guitar, don't figure it out, just get a band and do it' and that was the most liberating thing I'd ever heard, I'd never in my life heard anyone talk about art that way. So when Neil Young says you should concentrate on writing songs, but just use two chords, that's incredibly liberating, it makes music sound like it's for everyone, not this complicated, untouchable thing. Imagine if people knew that they could write a hit song after just learning a chord or two, imagine how freeing that would be. 

    "Neil's as old as hell, but he's like a kid in terms of how excited he is about music. He's the ultimate, I don't think anyone can touch him. And he's a gentleman, definitely one of the good guys."

    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,658
    goldrush said:
    Stone talks about Neil on loudersound.com:

    "He's the ultimate songwriter, singer, lead guitarist and soundscaper... I don't think anyone can touch him": Why I ❤️ Neil Young, by Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard

    Neil Young and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam Shoreline Amphitheatre October 24 2010

    "To be honest I hadn't really listened to Neil Young until he asked us to play with him on [Young's 1995 album] Mirrorball: that had a huge impact upon us and it was such a compliment. And when I went back and listened to all his albums they just blew me away. Even his most obscure records have songs that are so beautiful and so moving that you can't believe they weren't huge hits. 

    "I've been listening to [1994's] Sleeps With Angels a lot, and that's such a beautiful record - Western Hero is gorgeous, Trans Amis incredible and Change Your Mind is one of the most fantastic songs ever written, it's just ridiculous in the way it starts to climb each time for his solos. And this is one of the records that people don't even talk about much! Every era of his career is great and he's still making cool, interesting records.

    "We learned so much from playing with him. I've seen him play 30 or 40 times now and every time is an education. He's the ultimate songwriter, singer, lead guitarist and soundscaper, he's in that Dylan zone. The way he mixes up distortion and feedback and blues and folk and rock and soul and noise is just inspirational. The way he digs solos out, just throttling his guitar is masterful. And he has the heaviest groove around. He just sits back, and where he puts the downbeat just feels so great, so perfect. 

    "Plus the simplicity of his chord changes is amazing. I'd have conversations with him where I'd say 'God Neil, I'm so excited, I love that new song where you're just playing three chords' and he'd go 'Yeah, you know lately I've been really into just two chords...' and it's like 'Wow! God!' When I was in high school [Mudhoney guitarist] Steve Turner said to me 'Don't learn to play your guitar, don't figure it out, just get a band and do it' and that was the most liberating thing I'd ever heard, I'd never in my life heard anyone talk about art that way. So when Neil Young says you should concentrate on writing songs, but just use two chords, that's incredibly liberating, it makes music sound like it's for everyone, not this complicated, untouchable thing. Imagine if people knew that they could write a hit song after just learning a chord or two, imagine how freeing that would be. 

    "Neil's as old as hell, but he's like a kid in terms of how excited he is about music. He's the ultimate, I don't think anyone can touch him. And he's a gentleman, definitely one of the good guys."


    Great article, thanks!  
    I'm fascinated by what Stone said about Neil advocating the idea of making uncomplicated music. Young is a master at making a relatively simple song sound like an epic work.  The ultimate statement that way, of course, is his famous (and amazing!) one note solo on "Down By The River".  Simplicity was never so astounding!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











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