Live at Massey Hall 1971

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Live At Massey Hall 1971
Live album by Neil Young
Released	March 13, 2007
Recorded	January 19, 1971
Genre	Folk-rock, Country rock
Length	67:39
Label	Reprise
Producer	David Briggs, Neil Young
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link CLUAS (8.5/10) link LA Daily News link Music Box link Okayplayer link Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) link Rolling Stone link Uncut link
Neil Young chronology
Living with War: In the Beginning (2006) Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007) Chrome Dreams II (2007)

Live At Massey Hall 1971 is a live album by Neil Young. Released in 2007, the album features a solo, acoustic performance from Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada on January 19, 1971 during the Journey Through the Past Solo Tour. It is the second release in Young's Archives Performance Series.^[1]. It reached #1 in Canada with 11,000 units sold in its first week. It debuted at #9 on the Irish Charts, and #30 on the UK albums chart.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on March 31, 2007 at number 6, with 57,000 copies sold. It spent 11 weeks on the chart.

Contents 1 Set List 2 1971 near-release 3 Track listing 4 Performers 5 Charts 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Set List

Though the set of songs featured that night was similar to other concerts during the tour, the bulk of the songs played would have been unfamiliar to the audience. Of the eighteen songs Young performed during his second set that night, only eight had already appeared on record. These include songs that Young recorded with the bands Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, or had released on one of his three solo albums to date.

Five additional songs performed would appear one year later on the landmark album Harvest (though there are noticeable differences in the lyrics on "A Man Needs a Maid"). One song, "Bad Fog of Loneliness," makes its first appearance with this release. The remaining four songs would see the light of day on subsequent 1970s albums. "Love in Mind" and "Journey Through the Past" would appear on the 1973 live album Time Fades Away, which has yet to appear on CD. "See the Sky About to Rain" was released in a different arrangement on the 1974 album On the Beach. "Dance Dance Dance" would appear on Crazy Horse's February 1971 debut album, and with new lyrics on the 1977 compilation album Decade as "Love Is a Rose." The reworked version later became a hit for Linda Ronstadt.

[edit] 1971 near-release

For much of 1971, Neil Young was recuperating from a debilitating slipped disc back injury. The year would be the first since 1965 not to see a new studio album featuring the prolific artist. The release of a live album was scheduled March 1971. It may have featured material from just this show, or from several shows, including the one featured on the first Archives release, Live at the Fillmore East. According to Young, "This is the album that should have come out between After the Gold Rush and Harvest...David Briggs, my producer, was adamant that this should be the record, but I was very excited about the takes we got on Harvest, and wanted Harvest out. David disagreed. As I listen to this today, I can see why."^[2]. Atlantic Records ultimately released a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live album, Four Way Street in April 1971 in the absence of an album by Young.

The CD release is paired with a DVD featuring footage of the show with the exception of the three tracks which were not recorded visually.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young.

1. "On the Way Home" – 3:42
2. "Tell Me Why" – 2:29
3. "Old Man" – 4:57
4. "Journey Through the Past" – 4:15
5. "Helpless" – 4:16
6. "Love In Mind" – 2:47
7. "A Man Needs a Maid / Heart of Gold Suite" – 6:39
8. "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 3:45
9. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" – 2:46
10. "There's a World" – 3:33
11. "Bad Fog of Loneliness" – 3:27
12. "The Needle and the Damage Done" – 3:55
13. "Ohio" – 3:40
14. "See the Sky About to Rain" – 4:05
15. "Down by the River" – 4:08
16. "Dance Dance Dance" – 5:48
17. "I Am a Child" – 3:19

[edit] Performers

• Neil Young - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	6
Canadian Albums Chart	1
Irish Albums Chart	9
UK albums chart	30

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• News regarding album, culled from The Globe & Mail
• Setlist of late show, January 19, 1971
• Official Archives website with official track listing and video trailers

v • d • e Neil Young Crazy Horse • The Stray Gators Discography Studio albums: Neil Young • Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere • After the Gold Rush • Harvest • On the Beach • Tonight's the Night • Zuma • American Stars 'N Bars • Comes a Time • Rust Never Sleeps • Hawks & Doves • Re-ac-tor • Trans • Everybody's Rockin' • Old Ways • Landing on Water • Life • This Note's for You • Freedom • Ragged Glory • Harvest Moon • Sleeps with Angels • Mirror Ball • Broken Arrow • Silver & Gold • Are You Passionate? • Greendale • Prairie Wind • Living with War • Living with War: In the Beginning • Chrome Dreams II EPs: Eldorado Live albums: Time Fades Away • Live Rust • Weld • Arc • Unplugged • Year of the Horse • Road Rock Vol. 1 Soundtracks: Journey Through the Past • Where the Buffalo Roam • Philadelphia • Dead Man Compilations: Decade • Lucky Thirteen • Greatest Hits Archive Series: Live at the Fillmore East • Live at Massey Hall 1971 • The Archives Vol.01 1963-1972 Unreleased albums: Homegrown • Human Highway • Chrome Dreams Also see Buffalo Springfield • Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) • The Stills-Young Band