May 13, 2008

Bargain day at the CD shop

The local used bookstore has a $3 off sale going on at the moment, and I couldn't resist digging through its racks. I really found a winner for $6: Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall 1971. Young's voice was at its peak back then, and it's shown to its best advantage here on this 17-song acoustic performance. It's just Neil on stage with guitar or piano, and it's beautiful. The recording quality is spectacular; from the technical point of view it might be the best live album I own. Many of the songs were brand-new, and you have to be impressed with the hometown Canadian audience; you can't hear anyone squalling for familiar material, even though ten of these songs hadn't yet been released (five of them showed up on Harvest). This is part of Young's new Archives project, and the CD was released just last year.

Track list:
1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart of Gold Suite
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's a World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child

If you're a Neil Young fan, this is a must-buy.

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