| Identifier | 4024710 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | CDR |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Show Rating | A |
| Sound Rating | A |
| Note | The complete soundboard including "Hey Hey My My". This is a liberated bootleg called 'Long Walk Home'. Superb sound quality on a great show. Neil seems sullenly silent in between many songs and it's not hard to understand why. By Birmingham, the tour had seen riots in Milan and, claims Neil, he and the band had been abandoned in France for four days. And then on to England. This wasn't a happy Neil...
He says before launching into "Sugar Mountain" on this show...."I thought it'd be great after touring Europe to get to England where I could understand what was going on. But I guess it's too late. I've been out there too long. .......Is this [music] good or bad? I mean what is going on here. I don't understand it. It's like either 'Hey Neil' or 'Go Back to Your Bus'. Or something I dunno. Maybe someone in the front can translate for me." But Neil has always reckoned his best work has come from totally exhausted and demoralised colleagues (or so maybe that was just with CSNY) and this soundboard gives some evidence to support the theory on a "running on empty" slowed down but innaresting 15-minute version of "Down by the River" and a very loose and lovely 12 minute "Cortez". Unreconstructed rockers will love the soundboard versions of "Too Lonely" and "Opera Star". And the acoustic "American Dream" is a nice insight into the song ahead of its release the following year with CSNY. |
| Tech Note | Known flaws: The soundboard has a couple of times when Neil unplugs his guitar that sound like digicrackle but aren't. The most dubious one is at Disc One, track 5 at 5.09 which I only mention so that you don't worry. It's on the seed disc. There is also a clumsy edit on disc 2 between tracks 5 and 6, going into the intro to "Like A Hurricane". Again, it is like that on the original. |
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Performance
| Neil Young 1987-06-02 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England | |
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| Set 1 | Mr. Soul Cinnamon Girl When You Dance, I Can Really Love Down By The River Heart Of Gold See The Sky About To Rain Too Lonely When Your Lonely Heart Breaks Drive Back Opera Star Cortez The Killer Sugar Mountain American Dream Mideast Vacation Long Walk Home Powderfinger Like A Hurricane Encore: Tonight's The Night Hey Hey, My My |
| Set 2 | |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Neil Young & Crazy Horse, (Bootlegs: Welcome To The Arena) |