Neil Young - 1971-01-31 - Berkeley CA (HQ Aud)

Neil Young

1971-01-31

Journey Through The Past Solo Tour

Berkeley Community Theater

Berkeley,CA

HQ Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Includes

Early Show:

01. On The Way Home

02. Tell Me Why

03. Old Man

04. Journey Through The Past

05. Cowgirl In The Sand

06. Heart Of Gold

07. A Man Needs A Maid

08. Sugar Mountain

09. Don't Let It Bring You Down

10. Love In Mind

11. The Needle And The Damage Done

12. Ohio

13. See The Sky About To Rain

14. Dance Dance Dance (w/ David Crosby)

15. I Am A Child

Late Show:

01. On The Way Home

02. Tell Me Why

03. Old Man

04. Journey Through The Past

05. Cowgirl In The Sand

06. Heart Of Gold

07. A Man Needs A Maid

08. Sugar Mountain

09. Don't Let It Bring You Down

10. Love In Mind

11. The Needle And The Damage Done

12. Ohio

13. See The Sky About To Rain

14. Down By The River

15. Dance Dance Dance

16. I Am A Child

Neil Young - 1971-01-31 - Berkeley CA (HQ Aud)

here's our 2nd post today, this one highlighting our other featured city this month, San Francisco. One of the reasons I love to collect live bootleg recordings of my favorite bands is that the best ones – soundboards, FM broadcasts and top notch audience tapes – are so much better than most officially released live albums. In most cases, the official live discs make all of the following mistakes:

• adding overdubs and/or editing songs
• mixing songs from multiple shows to create an “ideal” set list
• not including all the songs played at a particular show

The result is that the “live” album really isn’t live at all. Rather, it’s the record company’s version of reality, it’s what they think you want to hear, rather than what was really played. Those of us who love attending concerts, however, know that part of the beauty of a live event is that it isn’t sanitized. Playing live is filled with opportunities for transcendent, once in a lifetime performances as well as with chances for spectacular failures. I’ve seen both, and while I prefer the former, I know you don’t get those magic nights unless the band is willing to risk the latter. One official release that does get it right is Neil Young’s Live At Massey Hall, which captures the 2nd of his two shows on January 19, 1971 in Toronto. The disc includes every tune in the set list, in the correct order, with all of Neil’s between song chatter. As you listen, you feel as if you were at the show as it happened. Of course, the record company couldn’t leave well enough alone, so the accompanying DVD uses footage from a concert in Connecticut with the Toronto audio overdubbed! In any event, the performance at Massey Hall is so good it leaves you wanting more. Fortunately, we have this excellent audience recording from just 2 weeks later, from Berkeley, CA, in the San Francisco bay area, on January 31, 1971, 41 years ago today. The tape includes both shows from that night, with no record company meddling. Download this one to catch Neil on tour between the release of 2 of his most memorable albums, 1970’s After The Goldrush and 1972’s Harvest.