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Shout out for Neil Young's Sugar Mountain Live LP

Came out yesterday. Sparse and elegant, with lots of banter between songs. Hard to imagine 40 years have gone by since this was recorded. The Buffalo Springfield songs have never sounded better, played on only an acoustic guitar, and there are a few early NY solo gems, like "Old Laughing Lady". In a word--Essential.
bongofury
fjn04
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Thought it would be better to revive this thread rather than start a new one. Has anyone also heard his Fillmore east show, and how it would compare to Massey or Canterbury. I have MH on CD, and thinking of grabbing it on vinyl.
Any opinions on just the Fillmore on CD or vinyl would be appreciated.
bongofury OP
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Massey is the best of the four archival projects (The 1992 Harvest Moon sessions came out two months ago). Very intimate for a recording, a simple two track, but the vocals are incredible for that time period. Would highly recommend it in vinyl. Analogue is much better than the CD. Not impressed with Fillmore; rank it the third best of the four. Sounds more like a bootleg soundboard.
fjn04
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Thanks Bongofury. I will check it out. There is also an older boot that is highly recommended in a Neil Young book which I am reading. I think it is called Rock & Roll Cowboy, but I will double check for sure. I know Cowboy is in the title though. Of course the likelihood of finding it on Vinyl may not be strong. I also am going only by this authors recommendation as far as sound quality.
BTW- I didn't notice the Harvest Moon sessions on ether MD or AS websites. Perhaps it is not out on vinyl.
fjn04
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I ordered the Massey Hall from my local record shop, and found a nice copy of After the Gold Rush for $15.00 while rummaging through their bins. There is another live LP,
"Live in San Francisco at the Cow Palace" now available.
It's great to have the choices now available for live
Neil, but which to get first is another quandary.
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