Neil Young Archives

Neil Young - Arena of Gold (1976) {2CD Set Tarantura Japan TCDNY-7-1/2 rel 2008}
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© 1976, 2008 Tarantura Japan | TCDNY-7-1/2
Rock / Blues / Blues Rock / Folk Rock / Classic Rock

Tarantura, the Japanese Led Zeppelin label, released a new uncirculated master audience recording of Neil Young’s last show in Japan, 1976. It was an incredibly clear and well recorded show with a nice stereo image. As was the composition of Young’s shows at the time, the first set was solo Neil Young with acoustic guitar or piano. And he liked to add new songs. For this evening, Young introduced Let It Shine which by the end of the year would appear on the Stills-Young Band’s one and only album, Long May You Run. A close look at the setlist suggests the singer was getting over his failed relationship.

Unlike previous entries in Neil Young's Archives series, Dreamin' Man Live '92 does not capture a specific gig. Instead, it's a compilation of highlights from the tour he took prior to recording Harvest Moon, as he aired the album's ten songs alone with his guitar (or on one occasion each, his piano and banjo). Although every one of the album's cuts is here, this isn't a strict re-creation of the album, since the songs are sequenced in non-LP order, but that's a minor detail: for most intents and purposes, this is an alternate version of Neil's well-loved but not epochal return to country-rock…

Capturing a performance given at the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut just three days after the celebrated concert documented on Live at Massey Hall 1971 – a show popular for years among bootleggers but released officially as part of Neil Young's Archives Performance Series in March 2007 – Young Shakespeare is very similar in tone and feel to its cousin. The set list is similar, too…