Sunday, June 5, 2011





Neil Young - The Complete Joel Bernstein tapes (all 22 songs)
Acoustic sooundboard compilation, November 1976
Sources:
Tracks 1-9 and 12-22: "Acoustic Young" bootleg
Tracks 10 and 11: "River of Pride" bootleg

Joel Bernstein worked with Neil Young as a photographer and as his musical archivist. He compiled soundboard recordings of his favorite performances from Neil's acoustic sets in November 1976. These recordings have been widely distributed for a long time -- I believe they first appeared on vinyl under the title "Last Plane Outta Here." (Vinyl is NOT the source of what I have here.)
Most Young collectors have these recordings, but most of them have the version taken from the bootleg titled "Acoustic Young," which is missing two of the 22 songs: "Heart of Gold" and "A Man Needs a Maid."
Here I've used the 20 tracks from "Acoustic Young" and inserted the missing songs in the original correct running order. Those two songs are take from the "River of Pride" bootleg, which I think has slightly lower sound quality compared with "AY," though you may not notice it. I've equalized the volume because the stuff was taken from two sources.
Note that although these are soundboard recordings, they are not direct from the master. The tapes were passed around between friends until someone finally bootleged them. I consider the sound to be excellent for a bootleg -- especially one from 1976 -- though it's not official-release quality. It's a very enjoyable disc, and I consider it to be an essential part of a good Neil Young collection.
Artwork is included. Hope y'all enjoy this. And if you have some spare coin lying around, please think of donating it to the Red Cross or Salvation Army for the hurricane victims. {src. Clyde the Camel} 
This is one of my favorite bootlegs, enjoy guys!

Tracks
Part 1 (download link bellow)
1. Campaigner, Boston 11/22/76 E
2. Old Laughing Lady, Atlanta 11/24/76 E
3. Human Highway, Madison, Wis. 11/14/76
4. Tell Me Why, Chicago 11/15/76 L
5. After the Goldrush, Houston 11/11/76
6. Harvest, Boston 11/22/76 L
7. Mr. Soul, New York City 11/20/76 E
8. Here We Are in the Years, Atlanta 11/24/76 L
9. Journey Through the Past, Boston 11/22/76 L
10, Heart of Gold, Fort Worth, Texas 11/10/76  
11. A Man Needs a Maid, New York City 11/20/76 L  


Part 2 (download links bellow) 
12. White Line, Fort Worth, Texas 11/10/76
13. Give Me Strength, New York City 11/20/76 L
14. No One Seems to Know, Boulder, Colo. 11/7/76
15. Mellow My Mind, New York City 11/20/76 E
16. Too Far Gone, Boulder, Colo. 11/6/76
17. Needle and the Damage Done, Atlanta 11/24/76 E
18. Pocahontas, Atlanta 11/24/76 L
19. Roll Another Number, Boston 11/22/76 L
20. Losing End, Atlanta, 11/24/76 L
21. Love is a Rose, Houston 11/11/76
22. Sugar Mountain, 11/24/76 L 


20 comments:

  1. Thanks for the download links man! Been looking for a few days already..

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  2. Neil Young is pretty good. I like him with that guy he played with a few years back.

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  3. Weird, I will definitely have to check out some of these.

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  4. Very nice, I remember him being good.

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  5. You are a true fan! I can't wait to see what else you come up! You have found yourself a new follower!!

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  6. Wow thats the way to go! thanks for sharing these bootlegs bro!

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  7. I looked up neil young, now I see.

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  8. FN NEIL YOUNG!!!
    IM FOLLoWING THIS!

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  9. neil young is indeed a great recording artist

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  10. Thanks for the great download links!

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  11. Thank you so much,great album.

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  12. A Neil Young blog, cool, he's awesome.

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  13. Your passion for Neil Young is encouraging.

    Good stuff, man.

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  14. I love hes music, thanks for this

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  15. Haha, this is a great blog idea.

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  16. hey this is illeg- oh thanks for the downloads!

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  17. wow nice bootlegs hope theire legeal!

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