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Monday, August 28, 2023

Missing ‘Rainbow' Raps Added to Neil Young Archives

 Full ‘Rainbow' Concert w/ Raps
 Info Card | Neil Young Archives
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Back in June 2023, our letter to NYA regarding the missing ‘Rainbow' Raps was published on LTE | T-C | Neil Young Archives.

  ‘Rainbow' Raps 
LTE | T-C | Neil Young Archives 
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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".

 

A LTE earlier this year in April on Neil Young Archives by Omar/ Lone Red Rider echoed our post asking Where Are The Raps on Neil Young's ‘Somewhere Under The Rainbow” Offical Bootleg?
 
 Under The Rainbow* - Nov 3*, 1973
Neil Young's Original Bootleg Series Release #6 
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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?
 
And lo and behold we now learn that NYA has the full Rainbow concert with "raps" clocking in at about 121  minutes -- up from the original's 1 hr 28 min running time.  The full Rainbow concert can be found at the bottom of the album's Info Card.
 
As with Neil Young's Official Bootleg Series  Citizen Kane Jr. Blues -- when streamed on NYA -- the stream contains the full concert recording, including the between song raps, such as the semi-essential "Honeyslide Recipe" rap.



Link to full, unedited concert of
Citizen Kane Jr. Blues by Neil Young
(See Rustie Pro Tip on Navigating Neil Young Archives)


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 Tomatron & LRR! Long may you ride!

More on  Neil Young's Original Bootleg Series Releases: ‘Somewhere Under The Rainbow” & ‘High Flyin’

 

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3 comments:

  1. the rider8/29/2023 06:39:00 PM

    I originally had a bootleg CD of this show that I listened to frequently, but then I lost the copy of it and didn't listen to it for over 20 years. I just listenee to it on NYA and heard one of his raps where he talks about being out on the Navajo trail, which would eventually make it into the lyrics of Ambulance Blues. So that gives a lot of insight into Neil's album On The Beach, which is sort of a companion piece to Tonight's The Night Album.

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  2. tomatron8/31/2023 12:22:00 PM

    Great catch! I missed that one (it’s pretty hard to hear him between songs), but after some more Cuervo the raps got louder and he started in on “keeping’ jive alive”. The first version of Ambulance Blues was recorded exactly one month later!

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  3. Harm9/02/2023 10:02:00 AM

    They also added the full recording of Carnegie Hall, 8 minutes of additional banter.

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