NEIL YOUNG and Crazy Horse
Odeon-Budokan (1976)
ODEON (29:43)
Tell Me Why
Stringman
Human Highway
Down by the River
Cortez the Killer
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BUDOKAN (37:03)
Mellow My Mind
Too Far Gone
No One Seems to Know
Country Home
Don't Cry No Tears
Drive Back
Cowgirl in the Sand
Lotta Love
The Losing End (When You're On)
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A proposed double LP collecting live recordings from Neil and Crazy Horse's concerts at The Budokan in Japan and the Odeon Ballroom in London. For whatever reason, Neil abandoned the Horse temporarily to record and tour with Stephen Stills and his backing group as The Stills/Young Band. A failed CSNY reunion was attempted during those sessions and aborted (with Stills allegedly wiping Crosby and Nash's harmony overdubs). The resulting record Long May You Run failed to live up to expectations from the two ex-Buffalo Springfield guitarists--known for their dueling solos and overall competitive nature onstage and off. The chemistry wasn't there and Young decided he'd had enough on the way to the next gig--with Stills and his band oblivious as the drove ahead in their own bus--telling the driver to detour to Nashville where he would get on a plane and subsequently reunite with the Horse---admitting he'd "made a mistake" (*according to Jimmy McDonough's great book, Shakey).
While some of the band's extendedly hazy versions of "Cowgirl" and "Down by the River" can go on a bit much (lol); there are some standout solo performances you won't hear anywhere else. "Human Highway" and "Mellow My Mind" played on banjo; the unreleased piano solos "No One Seems to Know" and "Stringman"; and the band's debut of the Zuma-era outtake "Country Home". The sound quality was ripped from YouTube and converted to mp3. This will have to do until we get the official release in Neil Young's supposedly forthcoming next box set of unreleased archives. Until then!
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