Time to take stock of the recordings of the Crazy Horse winter/spring 1970 tour that I own. Let's see now, there's the official release (of which I now have two copies), plus the bootleg of the same shows at the Fillmore East (which took place 40 years ago to the day, anniversary fans). There's the double CD bootleg of the Cincinatti show on 25 February.
Then there's this one, which claims on the cover to be from the night before in Cleveland. However, this page suggests it's just the electric half of the Cincinatti show in different packaging (available sources suggest there was no Cleveland show on this tour!). Closer comparison shows this is indeed the case, though the tracks are in slightly different order. Both those CDs are from The Genuine Pig records. A bootleg label acting unethically, selling the same product under the guise of two distinct products? Who'd have thought it?
Still, these recordings essential listening, every one of them. For sure.
The anachronistic cover image, the bogus recording details, the typo in the tracklist, the 19-minute version of Down by the River: they're all present and correct. Comfortably familiar. Down by the River is like a White Stripes version, though: Neil's guitar and Ralph's drums are so far up in the mix, while Danny and Jack can occasionally be heard vamping in the background; but Billy… where's Billy?!
Meanwhile, searches for Neil Young rarities appear to be the most common route to this site. The two most popular pages on Music Arcades over the past five months (aside from the home page and 'latest entry') are this one and this one.
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