Our letter to NYA on the missing ‘Rainbow' Raps was published last week on LTE | T-C | Neil Young Archives.
Neil responded with a somewhat standard answer/non-answer that "we'll check". Actually, in an earlier reply on subject, it seemed that Neil had previously checked and found that "It should be no problem".
As background, Neil Young's Original Bootleg Series released ‘Somewhere Under The Rainbow” featuring the Santa Monica Flyers, recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London on Nov. 5, 1973.
But as a TW comment by Tomatron asked, where are the legendary between song raps that made the Tonight’s The Night tour so unforgettable -- or forgettable, depending - for so many?
The raps are not on the vinyl or CD releases themselves but only available on NYA. (See Rustie Pro Tip on Navigating Neil Young Archives.)
The matter is not inconsequential for rustie grains , who consider the dark and liquid Tonight's The Night concerts with Neil's rambling tales to be as core to the experience as Jose Cuervo tequila. (See Dutch Translation of Liner Notes for Neil Young's Tonight's the Night album.
So thank you LRR! Long may you ride!
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