Live at the Fillmore East

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East

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Artist: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Brand: YOUNG,NEIL & CRAZY HORSE
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2006
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Model: 0093624442929
Music Label: Reprise Records
Soundtracks:

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

Music reviews of Live at the Fillmore East

Music Review: A treasure!
Rating: 5 Stars

I can't believe the number of myopic whiners who have reviewed this CD -- the debut from Neil Young's archival releases.

Here are the silly criticisms I've read so far:

* It's too short -- a truncated version of the actual show.
Well, maybe. Who knows why it was edited and release this way. Neil's very picky about such things and perhaps he didn't care for the way the rest of the show was recorded. Or maybe we'll see the rest of it in a subsequent release. The bottom line is, what is here on this disc is absolutely wonderful.

* It's too expensive for such a short CD (only six songs). Maybe. I supposed that depends on your income and your level of fandom. I got it as a gift. But either way, this is a silly, irrelevent criticism.

* Miles Davis was a supporting act, as mentioned on the marquee on the CD jacket photo, and he's a better artist, so you should listen to him instead. Yes... this was the point of an actual review; it's in here somewhere. While I think it was absolutely amazing that Miles and Neil shared the same stage together, once again, I'm not sure this is a relevent criticism. This is a Neil Young CD... why would we want to discuss Miles Davis?

* The paper nature of the CD jacket makes it difficult to remove the disc. Again, I'm not making this up -- someone actually criticized the release because of this. The only advice I can offer this reviewer is have the same person who dresses you help you remove the CD.

Now, let's talk about the music. What makes this so great is that it's a live recording of the Danny Whitten-version of Crazy Horse. For me, a 35-yearlong Neil fan, this is a real treat. The interplay between Young and Whitten on those extended jams ("Down by the River," "Cowgirl in the Sand") just sends goose bumps up and down my spine. The sound is great, the band is ragged, but tight (wouldn't want them any other way -- this isn't Journey or Boston) and the vocals are raw and bold.

I love the other songs too. Till now, "Winterlong" was only available on Decade where it had quickly became of of my favorite 'obscure' Neil tunes. Now, here we have a great live version. It's also nice to have a new version of "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown," to compliment the one from Tonight's the Night. (No, it's not the same version -- listen closely to the lyrics!) This CD is simply a great historic document of a wonderful period in American rock 'n' roll.

So let's recap: If you're broke, too cheap, a jazz fan, or just plain uncoordinated, you may want to skip this. But if you're a Neil Young fan, or just like jam music with smokin' guitars ('70s style), then pony up. And then turn it up.

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Description of Live at the Fillmore East

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

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

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