neil young

haha totally

the people over at Jambase are freaking out about the set:

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/126698/Neil-Young-and-Promise-Of-The-Real-Treat-Eugene-To-Dream-Setlist

there were a lotta surprises and rare tracks

the version of "Walk On" killed it as well

next holy grail for him to pull out is "tired eyes." hasn't done it since '73.

holy shit they're playing in Oakland ON MY BIRTHDAY

er Berkeley

it was so good, you should go

I want to but unfortunately it's kind of complicated, unlikely I can get there at 8pm for one thing

they were pretty prompt starting, then I think they played for over three hours...

hmm the only tickets left are general admission/pit (which are >$100 but whatever it's my birthday) - I've never been in the pit at the Greek, is it decent? I guess we'd be super up-close.

jesus christ total is like $300, now I remember why I never go to huge shows anymore

...and it was still worth it! for both of us anyway...

ok family CFO has approved purchase...

congratulations, sir

wow seeing the markup on these tickets (200%) is insane, what a bunch of gangsters

THUG LIFE

http://images.wolfgangsvault.com/neil-young-and-the-bluenotes/promo-print/memorabilia/ZZZ002355-PP.jpg

eh it's not Neil - tix face value is $50. What did I end up paying? over $150 apiece.

all to some jackass front outfit that essentially scalps tickets

Seriously, how in the fuck is ScumHub legal?

Is that what they're calling Ticketmaster these days?

Stubhub

it is pretty crazy -- i really can't fathom how they get away with it.

Complete lack of regulation, bribes to government officials, people willing to pay stupid high prices, etc

This just in from Reprise:

NEIL YOUNG ANNOUNCES LATEST ALBUM IN PERFORMANCE SERIES FOR HIS ARCHIVES: BLUENOTE CAFÉ

LIVE ALBUM RECORDED DURING NEIL YOUNG 'S 1988 TOUR DUE
NOVEMBER 13TH FROM REPRISE RECORDS

ALBUM PRE-ORDER LAUNCHES TODAY THROUGH NEIL'S OFFICIAL STORE, PONOMUSIC.COM AND ALL PARTICIPATING DIGITAL RETAILERS.

ALL PRE-ORDERS WILL RECEIVE INSTANT DOWNLOAD TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM

October 9th, 2015 - (Burbank, CA.) -Neil Young has announced that the latest Performance Series release from the Neil Young Archives is Bluenote Café - which will be released on November 13th via Reprise Records. The album collects various performances captured during Neil's 1988 tour.

This superb live 2-CD, 4-vinyl LP set documents one of Young's most funky and heartfelt periods and features seven unreleased songs: "Soul of a Woman," "Bad News Comes to Town," Ain't it the Truth," "I'm Goin'," "Crime of the Heart," "Doghouse," "Fool for Your Love," and a searing 19+ minute version of the immortal "Tonight's the Night" from The Pier in New York City. The album is available for pre-order as of today at: www.NeilYoung.com and here.

Those who pre-order will receive and instant download of "Crime in the City". Other instant downloads will become available at regular intervals leading up to street date and will also be available through PonoMusic.com, iTunes and all participating digital retailers.

Please see below for the full track-listing:

Disc 1:
Welcome To The Big Room*
Don't Take Your Love Away From Me**
This Note's For You***
Ten Men Workin'****
Life In The City****
Hello Lonely Woman****
Soul Of A Woman****
Married Man+
Bad News Comes To Town++
Ain't It The Truth++
One Thing++
Twilight++

Disc 2:
I'm Goin'#
Ordinary People##
Crime In The City###
Crime Of The Heart####
Welcome Rap####
Doghouse####
Fool For Your Love####
Encore Rap####
On The Way Home+++
Sunny Inside####
Tonight's The Night####

Recorded on location at:
* Mt. View Theater, Mt. View, CA - 11/7/87
** The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA - 11/12/87
*** The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 4/13/88
**** The World, NY, NY - 4/18/88
+ The World, NY, NY - 4/21/88
++ Agoura Ballroom, Cleveland, OH - 4/23/88
+++ Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, IL - 8/16/88
# CNE, Toronto, Canada - 8/18/88
## Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT - 8/23/88
### Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY - 8/27/88
#### Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88

Band:
Neil Young - guitar & vocals

Bluenote Café:
Rick Rosas - bass
Chad Cromwell - drums
Frank Sampedro - keyboards
Steve Lawrence - lead tenor saxophone
Ben Keith - alto saxophone
Larry Cragg - baritone saxophone
Claude Cailliet - trombone
Tom Bray - trumpet
John Fumo - trumpet
Billy Talbot - bass
Ralph Molina - drums

^^THIS SHIT DON'T SELL(?)

that is an odd move

i like how the archive series has been a mix of revisits to periods where the albums were overproduced and revisits to periods where the albums sold really well

so my bet for the next album will either be a neil + pearl jam thing or a neil + shocking pinks thing

Pretty interested in this
Pearl Jam era would be sweet

Wonder if label contracts would allow for a MB20

ok gettin kinda excited about this show

he played "time fades away" over the weekend! guess it was played once in 2008, but that was the only other time since 1973.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeKiP0qoJBg

dude playing bass has a really good vibe, was grinning like a fool during the whole show

those guys do seem to be enjoying themselves... must be something to have neil fucking young lock eyes with you during a solo

Wow, that's far better than I expected. The drummer nails that feel.

Is "Time Fades Away" a concert rarity for Neil?

I love how cheers erupt after the first line.

yeah, a rarity! played a bunch on the time fades away tour of course, but then played only once since (in '08).

haha in a perverse way I almost kinda like the result of Neil throwing his hissy fit and pulling all his stuff from Spotify, because now the sum total of his career is represented by:

Lucky Thirteen
Life
Old Ways
Everybody's Rockin'
Trans

....scattered compilation/guest appearances/movie soundtrack etc tracks

it's kind of awesome. like what a weird thing for kids on spotify who haven't really heard neil young before.

did he pull that stuff before or after Taylor Swift's letter? I noticed the other day cuz I was looking for that Fillmore version of "Cowgirl"

iirc "journey from the past" is on spotify thanks to inherent vice - pretty hilarious if one of the few non-geffen tracks you can hear easily is Time Fades Away

from Time Fades Away, i mean

that "journey" is the harvest outtake (not the one from Time Fades Away) but yeah, pretty funny.
all part of neil's master plan.
also part of the master plan -- posting lo-res images on his instagram account to promote hi-res audio
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/e35/12093674_180447815626826_1927688286_n.jpg

btw there was a PONO booth at the show, along with other tables as part of the "Eco Village" or whatever it was called. I did not engage them, time was short.

Missed Saturday's show due to combination of baby, relatives in town by surprise, and tix costing $$. I could hear Scorpions extremely well from home as I tried to sleep on a Tuesday, but of course Neil was inaudible on a Saturday night.

gah that video is awesome

hope Neil re-embraces contraraianism and plays all of Life.

"we're doin' the spotify set tonight!!!" ***hits opening chords of "kinda fonda wanda"**** ***crowd goes wild****

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T WANNA BE STREAMED
NO NO NO

"you caught a stream trilogy show? neil was really fucked up during that period because his music was being streamed, and then he pulled it when he found out."

Anybody heard the shows excerpted on Bluenote Café? Thinking of pre-ordering the 2-CD.

i've heard the poplar estates one and an audience tape of one of the fillmore shows... and something else, I forget. all very fun, i'm really looking forward to this. and lest you think it's all gonna be sax-ed out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhfLpOI1Z90