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Neil Young- COW PALACE 1986- 2CD- 2011- Leftfield Media- 823564624327- 500 grn.
By the time Neil Young played The Cow Palace in San Francisco on the evening of 21st November, 1986 as part of his Live In A Rusted Garage with Crazy Horse tour, he had already released 16 solo albums, three more with Buffalo Springfield and another three with Crosby, Stills & Nash or members thereof. And while across this staggering body of work, amassed by the time this troubadour of troubadours had reached only his 40th year, there were highs and lows, the overall quality and influence of his work by this juncture in his career was unsurpassed in the world of contemporary music. This spectacular show was caught in all its magnificence by KLOS FM, and broadcast across the airwaves for all to witness. At well over two hours long, and boasting impeccable sound quality, Young draws from his full catalogue of work for this momentous concert. In a boisterous yet jovial mood, and displaying so much of his unique guitar work, plus forays with harmonica, vocoder and even a telephone, this performance illustrates perfectly [if anyone is still in doubt] what all the fuss is about. The ghosts of Rust Never Sleeps/Live Rust haunts this release – unsurprisingly, since San Francisco’s Cow Palace paid witness to some of the incendiary recordings that made up those two albums a decade before this performance was captured. Remember the Ewok roadies setting up over-sized, parodic equipment from that earlier tour? The same playfulness pervades this show: Neil fielding phone calls from his “mom” and an angry neighbour, demanding that he keep the noise down as [so the conceit goes] he practices in the garage with Crazy Horse. Doobie jokes elicit a roar of recognition; Young claiming that he’s rehearsing for a big concert in San Francisco? The audience fairly loses its mind. Those late 70s shows saw Young assert his relevance in the face of punk’s gobby rise, yet electronica experiments in the early 80s were met with disdain, while Young’s record label baulked at the rockabilly and country LPs that followed. This 1986 return to balls-out rock is hamstrung by Young [naturally imbued with rock’n’roll aura] needlessly embracing clichés: from the we’re-just-kids- foolin’-in-a-garage schtick to the “born to rock” refrain of Opera Queen. Patient fans who sat through a ho-hum second half laden with the majority of Young’s then-unreleased 1987 album, Life, were rewarded with ''The Needle And The Damage Done'', ''Powderfinger'', ''Like A Hurricane'' and ''Hey Hey, My My''. Then a closing ''Prisoners Of Rock’n’Roll'' (again from Life and rechristened “Prisioners” on this tracklisting)… which is why Skip buttons were invented. COW PALACE 1986 is still a surprisingly listenable bootleg which combines familiar fan favorites with a couple of underrated classics worth re-investigating.
Recorded Live At Cow Palace, Brisbane, California On 21st November 1986 For KLOS FM Los Angeles Broadcast.
Issued In A Standard Jewel Case With Double Clear Tray Includes 4-Page Foldout Inlay.
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