A new CSNY concert recording discovery from the vaults has been announced on Neil Young Archives.
According to NYA, Neil Young is working on a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young double live album consisting of eight-track analog recorded at the Fillmore East in 1969.
The concert is apparently from September 20 since he mentions Graham Nash's song "Our House" being a track performed solo as a new addition to their setlist. (thanks Dionys!)
Neil Young writes:
“The acoustic set was soulfully sung and played, full of great songs and then unknown gems. Staggering harmonies. Happiness,” he writes. “The electric set quickly moved to a new space.Now, we have the tapes, and they sound so real,” he shares. “We’re staying all analog throughout the production with a goal of creating a live double vinyl album. Pure. Analog. No digital.”
From a comment by Jim:
If you are thinking, Four Way Street from 1970, think again because this is the earlier 1969 run at the Fillmore East when Neil had just joined them! It was a month after Woodstock during their first tour. This series of shows for fans of Neil Young had Mr. Soul, Broken Arrow, Sea Of Madness and I've Loved Her So Long plus Stills' Bluebird Revisited from the Springfield days and they also did Wooden Ships and Get Together.
Wonder if this is like the difference between the 1968 and 1969 appearances by Neil Young at the 200 seat Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan? The energy/set list/vibe from 1969 was very different from the 1968 shows. Both have their unique charms but only the three sets from 1969 have Country Girl!
CSNY set lists from the Fillmore in 1969:
https://sugarmtn.org/sm_getshows.php?venue_key=236
Six shows at the Canterbury House 1968 and 1969:
https://sugarmtn.org/sm_getshows.php?venue_key=855
OK, more to look forward to in 2024 in addition to the Crazy Horse tour, NYA Vol. III box and whatever else is in the ever flowing NYA pipeline.
"They were about to walk out on stage and were spending a moment warming up."
Photo by Henry Diltz
It was quite some time since Neil alluded to some tapes from their first tour together. I can’t wait to hear these performances. Very exciting to know they are finally working on this release, and making sure that it’s all analog. Sign me up for this one!!! All four were truly at their finest during this period, so this should be a tremendous addition to the collection.
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My only issue with a "new" discovery that leads to an album release is that it jogs the standing schedule, putting such promises as Early Daze, Alchemy, the standalone Don't Spook The Horse EP and, yes, Archives Vol. III up in the air again. But I'll buy it because that's what I do.
ReplyDeleteNeil Young being 78 years old I am stunned time and again by all these projects more or less pursued simultaneously. Even when taking into account that there are various teams working on the website, the archives release catalogue, the upcoming tour, a toy train lay-out, various video and film projects, curating CSNY releases etc., I wonder how Neil Young's head is working. To keep all this going ahead he must have a whole team of personal assistants meticulously preparing the agenda for each day.
ReplyDeleteNeed to Listen to "You Never Call" again, a song where "work, work, work" is not just the antithesis to "You're in heaven" but maybe the complementary piece to being in heaven this side of being dead. A pretty protestant work ethic, as the sociologist Max Weber would have put it, I guess.
This is the same recording of "Sea of Madness" that was on the Woodstock album. So which concert is it from?
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