Live at the Crazy Horse [Live]

Live at the Crazy Horse [Live]

Track Listings

1. Hard Ain't It Hard

2. Three Jolly Coachmen

3. Chilly Winds

4. Sinking Of Reuben James

5. Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse

6. The Work Song

7. Rolling River

8. The M.T.A.

9. Jocko And The Trapeze Lady

10. They Call The Wind Maria

11. Ann

12. High-Heeled Shoes

13. Hawaiian Nights

14. Worried Man

15. The Way Old Friends Do

16. Reverend Mr. Black

Tracks:

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Winterlong
Down By The River
Wonderin'
Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
Cowgirl In The Sand

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For years, fans of Neil Young and Crazy Horse have been waiting for an official chance to hear Crazy Horse live with original leader Danny Whitten, the insanely talented guitarist who died of a heroin overdose in late 1972, inspiring Tonight's the Night. Tuned-in fans have been awaiting this very set for at least a dozen years, as it was originally to be tacked onto the end of a Decade-style triple CD of outtakes. Thankfully, this well-recorded live set from the infamous Fillmore East was well worth the wait. Here are scorching, extended takes of "Down by the River," "Winterlong," and "Cowgirl in the Sand," each propelled by guitar interplay so delightful you have to keep rewinding to hear it again. In fact, bits of it seem to prefigure the ways that Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine would feed off each other in the band Television, only with less of a sweet edge. But the world doesn't need any more arguments that Young was a proto-punk; what the world does need is at least a dozen more releases from Neil's archives! And hopefully, with this awesome live album, the floodgates have truly been opened and there are many more to come, in the vein of Dylan's Bootleg series. This disc is worth it alone for the version of "Wondering," a tune not officially recorded until many years later in Neil's weird '80s rockabilly phase. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

The first release of Neil Young's archive performance series.

Customer Reviews:

Lower the price or finish the show!.......2007-06-09

I don't care how many times I've blasted "Everyone Knows This is Nowhere" and "Down By The River" from this CD and thoroughly enjoyed them or how it's such a great look into a critical period of so many critical periods of such an amazing aritist...it's either over priced or more profoundly too lacking in sheer length. As a Neil fan I had to get it but it's hard not to feel slightly ripped off. Makes me skeptical about buying further such releases.

Don't question the Master and buy it!.......2007-05-30

I also have the 2-10-70 bootleg and feel that a comparison is in order to appreciate this Fillmore show. Neil's very intimate with the crowd at the Cincinatti show, but frustrated at times, even asking two people to be quiet so he can "get into it" for the rest of the audience. Then, at the beginning of the electric set Neil complains about a shock that he's getting from the equipment, and in the middle of "Down by the River" (18 minutes long!) he clearly says "I quit" during the chorus. So, that show is not going to be one of his favorites even if the music is amazing. It is a shame that this Fillmore release is missing the acoustic set and the ubiquitous "Cinnamon Girl" closer, which I heard was not as well preserved. However, what is here is the best sounding live Neil you have ever heard! It's not just the quality of the recording, either, which is rich, but the band itself. Let's take the "River" as our vehicle of comparison. Neil's voice has more inflection, his solos are more varied and aggressive, and despite being 12 minutes long it is a superior version. Also, instead of "It Might Have Been" from Cincinatti we get "Cowgirl" which blows the studio version away. Obviously, Neil felt better at the Fillmore show, so don't question the Master and treat yourself.

Live at the Fillmore East - Classic Crazy Horse.......2007-05-13

If you want a piece of Neil Young and Crazy Horse History, this is the ticket. Sure it might not be the whole concert and it is short compared to most CDs today, but I'll take quality over quanity anyday! The sound quality is fantastic!

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live at Fillmore East .......2007-05-06

Neil Young and Crazy Horse are brilliant. It is a live version of " Everybody Knows this is Knowhere" The version of "Winterlong" is superb" There is little crowd noise. I would have enjoyed more tracks on the CD. All in all well worth the purchase price

Long Lost Neil Young Live Returns and SHINES!.......2007-04-12

Amzing this collection is. A must have along with Live at Massey Hall. Neil sounds like you remember especially if you saw him with Crazy Horse at the late Bill Graham's Fillmore East a favorite with the hippies in New Yorks Greenwich Village in the late sixties time of flower and beads! . A young Neil Young voice, rather than the mature version that comes with age and mileage. An incredible collection of well produced and well performed live tracks that can only bring you back to thw Woodstock era. Well worth the listen!

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Bottom line: DVD is a ripoff
A big Improvement
Great CD-DVD ???
Some people just don't get it!!!!!!!!!!!
A Pretty Good Run

Live at the Fillmore East (CD/DVD)
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Tracks:

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Winterlong
Down By The River
Wonderin'
Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
Cowgirl In The Sand

Album Description

The first release of Neil Young's archive performance series. DVD version includes high-resolution audio of album plus a photo montage.

Customer Reviews:

Bottom line: DVD is a ripoff.......2007-06-20

C'mon, get real for a minute. How many of you bought the DVD for the better sound quality? Now, how many of you bought the DVD version simply thinking that it had concert footage (and I don't mean "still" pictures)?

A big Improvement.......2007-05-13

This release is a big improvement to what was already largely available in the bootleg arena. These dates didn't circulate heavy but there was material available from this era. The sounds quality is excellent. Much has been made of the DVD imagery lacking, and it does, its rolling B&W pics. The DVD is all about the sound. The playing is just as good and its really nice to have vintage version of Winterlong and Wonderin'.

Great CD-DVD ???.......2007-05-12

The music's fantastic-the dvd is not much-just the same few photos over & over & over-c'mon!

Some people just don't get it!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-08

All of the people who have dissed the dvd in this set as not being worth it, don't understand what the intent is. it is not a bonus extra with photos on it. it is a higher resolution music version of the cd.
cd's are recorded at 16 bits resolution and at a sampling rate of 44.1khz. the dvd is recorded at 24 bits of resolution and sampling rate of 48 or 96 khz. it does sound better!!!. i understand some people wont care, but for those of us that want the utmost in fidelity will want this version (provided that you have a dvd player instead of a cd player in your "music" system.) neil has been releasing albums in this form since warner brothers dropped the "dvd-audio format"(i wont even go into what that is, suffice it to say another specialized audio format) that neil embraced as well

A Pretty Good Run.......2007-04-30

Neil Young has been having a pretty good run these past few years. First, in the shadow of a medical crisis, Young created PRAIRE WINDS--one of the finest records he ever made and a more fitting companion to HARVEST than the otherwise excellent HARVEST MOON. M.S. then put together a good film of Young and his friends performing and the Ryman in Nashville. (This comes from someone who rarely cares for music videos.) These accomplishments were then followed by the dreadful LIVING WITH WAR.

Whether you share Young's passion or politics, LIVING WITH WAR had all the artistic grace of a political commercial one week before an election. Yes, album was the critics darling and it ended up on several *best album lists* for 2006; but the whole album has none of the power and cogency of Young's 1970 single *Ohio*. The artist is perfectly entitled to act as Young the pamphleteer. Nonetheless there is little of interest that will draw new listeners in the future.

2006, however, also saw a brighter highlight with this release from Young's massive archives. Like much of the folklore surrounding him, these recordings are so behind the scenes, so personal, so promised and hopes unfilled that fans and critics alike have began to suspect they would have to await Young's demise before these recordings would be released to the public at large. Therefore, Young faced the prospect that the *real thing* could not measure up to expectations.

First, we have to get the negative out of the way. The DVD is a complete disappointment. I thought we were going to be treated so some archival video footage. What we get is a series of about a dozen black and white photographs looped to the same audio tracts found on the CD. Who actually thought this would make anyone happy? These photographs can be found from several available sources. Less than zero points here.

Like many, I also have a bootleg copy of same live performance. Sonically LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST is vastly superior. Bootlegs tend to be clear as mud--especially those from the early 1970's. Unlike others, I do not complain about the missing songs that can be found on the unauthorized releases. In all likelihood, we will see these missing performances one day. More significantly, the improved clarity and definition really are that important.

By design or accident, this particular selection of songs draws one to focus on the interplay between Young and Crazy Horse. Aside from the odd love/hate musical relationship with Steven Stills, Young has had few partnerships as powerful as that he had with Danny Whitten. It was Young's great misfortune that Whitten would die of an overdose soon after these performances. Young would go on to create HARVEST. He would gather for himself a short lived household name; but he blamed himself for Whitten's death. This resulted in a depression he would endure for much of the rest of the 1970's.

*Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere* is a striking beginning to this electric set. Originally a minor but important song from the album of the same name, it has been translated well into a lively reinvention. To my ears, it has a similar arrangement style that would be found on HARVEST.

*Winterlong * has never been a favorite of mine. The lyrics are something of a dud with no emotional resonance. The power interpretation here does little to make it better.

*Wonderin'* is a better song in a goofy sort of way. Not great; but fun. Strangely, it would be given a rockabilly treatment on 1982's EVERYBODIES ROCKIN'.

*Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown* is a jaunty song that I am ambivalent about. Given its subtext of searching for a heroin fix, there is much to hate about it. This song would resurface on Young's most difficult album TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT as a centerpiece. On TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT it would have more power in context of the rest album than it does here. The best thing about it here is Young's introduction of the members of the band.

The cream of this recording belongs to both *Down By The River* and *Cowgirl In The Sand*. Several hours of close listening and enjoyment are found on these two cuts alone. The intense interplay between Young and Whitten as they fire walk across their respective fletboards creates a musical wind shear in front of the bass and drums. We don't hear extensive guitar soloing much like this in our time. This kind of instrumental display in a traditional rock setting began with Cream about 1968 and tapered off around 1975--perhaps because that particular vein had been all mined out or because a newer rock audience sought something else. It was an oddity of its time that began with the British blues revival and ended with the passing of Southern/Country rock. Depending on your sensibilities, either you mourn its absence or relieved one doesn't have to endure one more guitar solo before you get to the good stuff.

Be that as it may, this recording finds Young at the dawn of the 1970's with the future of rock before him and the rock "kinship" at its most communal. In some ways he was at the peek of his creative powers and stood as a pioneer to what was to come. Young has been regarded these days as proto-punk and the godfather to grunge. These would be nice compliments if it wasn't for the fact that both punk and grunge could be found in their infancy in the garage bands in the 1960's. Never mind...another subject...another day. If your musical christening began with Nirvana or (God forbid!) Justin Timberland, you owe it to yourself take a bite from this feast. There really was a time when the battle cry of "sex, drugs and rock and roll" actually meant something more than sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

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One of the best live KT records
The "new" Kingston Trio in concert, circa 1994

Live at the Crazy Horse
The Kingston Trio
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Chilly Winds
Sinking Of Reuben James
Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse
The Work Song
Rolling River
The M.T.A.
Jocko And The Trapeze Lady
They Call The Wind Maria
Ann
High-Heeled Shoes
Hawaiian Nights
Worried Man
The Way Old Friends Do
Reverend Mr. Black

Customer Reviews:

One of the best live KT records.......2005-01-12

This CD remains one of my very favorite Kingston Trio recordings. Rolling River was voted on a KT fan website as the all time favorite recording of KT fanatics and when you listen to the great music and harmonies in this CD, you'll understand why. The updated version of Three Jolly Coachmen is also fantastic. Bob Shane, who is in semi-retirement in 2005 - leads the group in a recording of an extraordinary version of Hawaiian Nights, reminding us all that Bob was lucky enough to grow up in Hawaii. The banter in between the songs and some of the funny offbeat songs gives those who have never seen the Trio an idea of the fun of their live performances. I never get tired of this recording, corny jokes and all. Any true KT fan has to have this CD in their collection.

The "new" Kingston Trio in concert, circa 1994.......2003-04-01

"Live at Crazy Horse" is a 1994 album from the current make up of the Kingston Trio, which includes original members Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds along with George Grove (who has only been with the trio for a couple of decades). Most of the tracks on this album are classic Kingston Trio songs such as "They Call the Wind Maria," "The M.T.A.," and "The Reverend Mr. Black." But there are also some more contemporary efforts, most notably a cover of ABBA's "The Way Old Friends Do." The Kingston Trio still sounds pretty good, both in terms of their defining vocal harmonies and their instrument playing. The group's banter between songs clearly indicates they are still having fun, which makes these live performances stand up relatively well in comparison to what they recorded during their glory days.

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Kingston Trio forever

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"This trio has the same drive and tight vocal harmonies for which the group is famous ... the result is still one fine folk group." -KNOXVILLE NEWS

A new set from the world's biggest-selling folk group of fifties & sixties, Rare Masters Series features two discs: Kingston Trio Live at The Crazy Horse and Dave Guard - Up & In featuring original (now departed) founder Dave Guard. Through changing times, The Kingston Trio has remained popular for a simple reason - great songs that sound as good today as the first time you heard them! Over forty years after "Tom Dooley" shot to the top of the charts, the trio is still on the road thirty weeks out of the year, bringing back all the great memories and making new ones.

Customer Reviews:

Kingston Trio forever.......2007-05-13

This was a great album when it was first released and I'm sure the CD is just as good.