Neil Young: "Old Man's Fancy" (Used 2 Vinyl LP Set) Live 1976 W Spirit (Import)

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You are bidding on an unusual import Vinyl 2 LP Release featuring Neil Young recorded live in 1976 at the L.A. Forum November 4th,1976 and two tracks as a guest with Spirit at the Santa Monica Civic August 28th 1976, (playing two Dylan Songs).  And of course Crazy Horse is there in all their ragged glory. 

The LP comes from “Ruthless Rhymes, Ltd.” (MM 66624) and it is unclear as to whether this is a US or German release.  As typical with these types of releases, the labels give no information as to tracks (they are listed on the back of the LP cover).  The matrix run offs have humerous words on them.

This is not an audiophile album, more of a historic keepsake item. There are plenty of audio pops, this is from the pressing and vinyl it was pressed on, not from abuse

This LP is more of a “collectible” than a great sounding live recording.  The music is awesome, containing a very rare Neil show, as well as two tracks of Neil joining Firefall and Spirit on two Dylan tracks (Tom Thumb’s Blues and Like A Rolling Stone) that may not have ended well.   Neil’s show contains several (at that time) unreleased songs.  See review below.

The album cover is worn, and shows some signs of age.  The sound is good, but not great.  The artwork is very cool.  This is obviously not the 1st Neil album you should get.  But if you want to go deeper, this is a great document of Neil pushing the envelope.

Please remember that this album was well taken care of, but it was played as part of our record collection decades ago.  

This item has been stored at room temperature, in a smoke free home.  Please see photos of actual item being sold. 

Neil Young “Old Man’s Fancy (Unofficial)” November 4, 1976

“A rough recording that presents Neil Young sounding very loose and relaxed. The last two songs were recorded at Spirit's reunion concert. On Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", Randy California and Neil Young scuffled on stage, and for a while the band kind of fell apart, but soon recovered. Young and California finished singing the lyrics of the song to each other as if they were insulting each other. The performances and the crowd noise give you a feeling that you're there more than almost any other live recording I've ever heard. This is a real jem for any Neil Young fan.”

“Neil Young & Crazy Horse went on the road in the U.S. in November 1976, and this double-disc bootleg chronicles their 16-song set at the Los Angeles Forum on November 4. It's a spirited performance before Young's adopted hometown crowd, which he urges on to better its already enthusiastic response. Though the bootleg comes from a lo-fi audience tape, the excitement is still apparent. Typically, Young peppers his set with songs he has not yet recorded. "Like a Hurricane" would turn up in seven months on American Stars 'n Bars, but it's already a crowd-pleaser. "Campaigner," which leads off the nine-song acoustic set, would appear on Decade in a year. "Human Highway" and "Lotte Love" would be on Comes a Time a couple of years hence. "Pocahontas" would be on Rust Never Sleeps in 1979, "Too Far Gone" would have to wait for another decade and Freedom, and "Country Home" wouldn't be out legitimately until 1990's Ragged Glory. That's seven new songs out of 16, with the rest including such favorites as "After the Gold Rush," "Sugar Mountain," "Down by the River," "Cinnamon Girl," and "Cortez the Killer." All in all, an excellent set, especially when it was released. Filling out the second disc are Young's guest appearances on "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" with Firefall and on "Like a Rolling Stone" with Spirit at Spirit's August 28, 1976, reunion show, notorious for Spirit guitarist Randy California's attempt to kick Young off-stage.”

A1

Even Richard Nixon's Got It

A2

Human Gateway

A3

Marlon Brando, Pocahontas, And Me

A4

Too Far Gone

A5

Old Man

B1

A Man Needs A Maid

B2

Sugar Mountain

B3

Country Home

B4

Don't Cry No Tears

C1

Down By The River

C2

A Lot Of Love

C3

Like A Hurricane

D1

Cinnamon Girl

D2

Cortez The Killer

D3

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

Featuring – Firefall

D4

Like A Rolling Stone

Featuring – Spirit (8)