Neil Young

Any true Neil Young fan has already seen that jaw-dropping BBC footage of him performing acoustic on February 23, 1971. This monumental performance (from his second vault offering) predated that one by just over a month. Recorded on January 19, Young test-drives newly written songs like "Tell Me Why," "Old Man" and the ever creepy "A Man Needs A Maid" (with different lyrics bleeding into "Heart Of Gold"), as well as songs that would eventually become Harvest. Other rare gems include "Bad Fog of Loneliness" and "Dance Dance Dance" which was the blueprint for "Love Is A Rose."

In 1966, canadian-born neil young decided his rock & roll future was in America. He split
Toronto's folk scene and, with his friend bassist Bruce Palmer, drove to L.A., where the
two were soon founding members of Buffalo Springfield. On January 19th, 1971, Young
returned to Toronto a star, showing off his rapidly matured songwriting in two solo
concerts at Massey Hall. This album is the full second show, in such pin-drop fid... More >