Here is some rare film footage of Neil Young in 1971 recording the album Harvest with the London Symphony Orchestra.
In this clip, Neil Young rehearses "A Man Needs A Maid" on piano while Producer Jack Nitzche records the session. An edited version of this clip appears in the Archives Volume #1 is our best recollection.
Or maybe this is a transfer from The Archives? This clip is 11:26 and we need to go check our Blu-Ray to compare lengths.
Here's what Neil Young wrote in the Decade liner notes about "A Man Needs A Maid":
"I recorded this with the London Symphony Orchestra. Some people thought this arrangement was overdone but Bob Dylan told me it was one of his favorites. I listened closer to Bob. Robin Hood loved a maid long before women's liberation."For more on "A Man Needs A Maid", see Who did Neil write the song "A Man Needs A Maid" about? and Why Does A Man Need A Maid?
This song was performed on the 2014 solo tour.
ReplyDeleteThere was a keyboard on top of the piano.
Neil did his part on the piano, then stood to do the orchestra part on the keyboard.
Talk about a one man band.
The audience got a kick out of it.
After the song finished, and while getting ready for the next, he said "That's kind of funny".
What a Star
ReplyDeleteGreat footage, great take, great song
Thank you. Loved it!
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