Live At Massey Hall 1971 (2 Vinyles)

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***(2-LP set) Great solo acoustic set from Neil at the height of his powers. Recorded in 1971 at Toronto's Massey Hall and finally released in 2007. Featuring classic and more obscure tunes including: Old Man, Tell Me Why, Bad Fog Of Loneliness, Ohio, Love In Mind and Don't Let It Bring You Down. 17 tracks in all. I'm gonna sing mostly new songs tonight, Neil Young tells the rapt Massey Hall audience, ...I've written so many new ones that I can't think of anything else to with them other than sing 'em. He steps to the mic unadorned, distant from CSNY's rippled harmonies or Crazy Horse's yowl, hypnotically nailing 17 tracks on this unreleased 1971 solo set. You hear him tower at vocal heights on the chorus for Old Man (then a debuted, brand-new song) and name-check Canada on Journey to the Past and North Ontario on Helpless, much to the Toronto crowd's delight. The sound is impeccable, and the closeness to Young in this spare setting exhilarates--especially his vocal quavering in the high registers, his intricate guitar work, and an overall vibe that exceeds description. And the DVD: Here you catch Young in tightly framed, starkly-lit shots, flourishing in the early years of an unparalleled rock career. Not only that, you get commentary from 1997, a rare window on how Young thinks, how he speaks, his humor.