Details on Neil Young's 1st 6 ‘Official Bootleg’ releases have been announced on NYA's Surf Shack.
The tentative release schedule is April 2021. Titles include:
- Carnegie Hall Dec 4, 1970 - first show.
- Royce Hall. January 30, 1971
- Dorothy Chandler Pavillion [sic]. Feb 1, 1971
- Under The Rainbow. Nov 3, 1973
- The Bottom Line aka ‘Citizen Kane Jr. Blues’ May 16, 1974
- The Ducks - ‘Trick of Disaster’ August 1977
For more details, see Surf Shack | Volume Dealers | OFFICIAL BOOTLEG SERIES |NYA.
"I’m So Happy That Y’all Came Down"
Neil Young: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles - February 1st, 1971
Neil Young: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles - February 1st, 1971
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In June 2020, Neil Young announced that he planned to release vintage bootleg recordings with improved sound and original art.
Neil Young had already previously announced in 2019 that the Archives will eventually be hosting "Bootleg Albums".
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I was in attendance at that 1971 Royce Hall performance! As a student at UCLA at the time I was able to purchase tickets the first day they went on sale, a Monday morning. However, to do so required staying up all night, in line, outside on the patio of the Student Union Center. Of course, being January, it drizzled during the night, so all the students lined up the outdoor patio tables end-to-end and we all sat under those table to keep from getting too wet. I was doing a campus radio show at the time (10pm until 2am at KLA Radio, located in the Student Union building!), but since the line monitors only took roll call (by name) once each hour, I was able to do my radio show, put on a long track just before the hour mark, and head down to the waiting line for roll call. Lots of long songs got played that evening: "The End," "Alice's Restaurant," "In A Gadda Da Vida".... I've had the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion bootleg from February 1, 1971, since it was first released as my way of listening to -- and reliving -- that show. But now, to have an album of the actual show I attended, well, it's been a long time comin'....
ReplyDeleteI'm more excited about the latter three than the first three, which all come from the same well mined period (Massey, Shakespeare, Cellar Door). But hey, it's something!
ReplyDeleteHope these are released on CD!!!!
ReplyDeleteReally excited, and Neil wouldn’t release them if the quality wasn’t decent. Thank you Neil Young!
Reading the details on NYA, this looks to be a unique and captivating series. Having all of these released at once will make for a fairly significant monetary investment, particularly if they are released on vinyl. I’m assuming that vinyl is the plan, as the original bootlegs were originally only available on vinyl. One can never be sure about these things when dealing with Neil, but vinyl did outsell CD’s in the first quarter of this year. Whichever format (or both) is used, I will be adding them all to the collection regardless. I’m particularly interested in the 77’ Ducks show, as it was a unique grouping that was only together for a short time.
ReplyDeleteIf all the planned releases come to fruition, then the next few years are going to cost a small fortune just to keep up, but that’s the way of Neil. Feast or famine.
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ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else feel that there seems to be mountains of announcements about what is and what might come from NYA/NY, but a much slower trickle of new content? Sometimes I think his team do a lot of thinking out loud too early on in projects. I know it will all come out someday, and will all be well received, but it is frustrating at times!
ReplyDeleteI think I have all these bootlegs. I wonder if the official releases are sourced from the same audience masters (how would one track these down?) and properly polished and mastered (re-mixing of mono or two-track recordings is not viable) or if Neil has made professional recordings at the time. In any case, of these Carnegie Hall sounded the worst, due to digital de-noising, Bottom Line sounded very good. Probably a small venue. Looking forward to these!
ReplyDeleteYes! That is the key question; are they sourced from the original bootleg recordings, or Niels professional versions of the same shows. If they are from the actual bootlegs, it will be interesting to see just how much he can “clean them up”. Can’t wait to hear them.
DeleteI wish Neil would release something like https://live.brucespringsteen.net/ where you can buy and download official live recording. Archives is a treasure but sometimes I don't have access to Internet, hence I prefer downloads over streams
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ReplyDeleteIn his show by show assessment in the Surf Shack on page three of the Times Contrarian, these shows are sourced from his master tapes so they should sound superior to any audience recordings.
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The Bottom Line show appears to be the remastered "original audience tape", not a "master tape" produced by the soundboard crew I understand, that this will include some of the background sounds. In my ears that creates some of the original magic of this recording. If I remember correctly Neils Young's show at the Bottom Line Club on May 16th, 1974 was an inpromptu appearance after the Ry Cooder concert scheduled for the day. So there was no time for recording arrangements.
ReplyDeleteWell, looks like Under the Rainbow addresses my complaint about Archive Vol. 2: TTN show with Flying on the Ground, Human Highway, Helpless and Don't Be Denied!
ReplyDeleteWill we ever hear the first rock show I ever saw? Neil backed by the Eagles at San Luis Obispo’s Cuesta College, spring of 1974. I guess getting the OK to release it would be problematic, but I sure would like to hear it
ReplyDeleteThis is the story of Johnny rotten the king is gone but not forgotten... Neil Young
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