{"product_id":"neil-young-young-shakespeare-cd-1","title":"Neil Young – Young Shakespeare Music CD","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Shakespeare Theater show captures Young at a particular hinge point, still processing the emotional weight of \"After the Gold Rush\" and already reaching toward the rawer introspection that would define \"Harvest\" a year later. Hearing him work through songs like \"Old Man\" and \"A Man Needs a Maid\" in this intimate setting, before those recordings became canonical, is a reminder of how much his live performances shaped the studio versions, not the other way around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust two months after the release of his seminal album \u003cem\u003eAfter The Gold Rush\u003c\/em\u003e, Neil Young played a solo show at The Shakespeare Theater, Stratford, CT on January 22 1971. The show was filmed and recorded, and the concert shown on German TV later in 1971.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2020, while Neil and his team were reviewing his Archive for future projects, Neil re-visited the 16mm film and audio recording of this show that had been preserved in the Archive for almost 50 years. Piecing together the tapes and footage, Neil realized that he had the full concert – the film of which is the earliest live footage of Neil performing that is known to exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeil has written on NYA that this show is \u003cem\u003e“superior to our beloved “Massey Hall”. A more calm performance, without the celebratory atmosphere of Massey Hall, captured live on 16mm. “Young Shakespeare” is a very special event. To my fans, I say this is the best ever.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAs an insight into Neil’s prolific song writing at the time, the concert features two songs from the recently released \u003cem\u003eAfter The Gold Rush\u003c\/em\u003e but four songs from the classic \u003cem\u003eHarvest \u003c\/em\u003ealbum that was still over a year away from being released. The wonderful set list also includes acoustic renditions of favorites such as “Ohio”, “Cowgirl In the Sand”, “Helpless”, “Down By The River” and “Sugar Mountain”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ancient analog tapes have been lovingly restored – resulting in (as Neil says on NYA) “one of the most pure sounding acoustic performances we have in the Archive”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautiful concert is being released on LP and CD, plus a deluxe boxed edition that includes both LP and CD and, for the first time ever, a DVD of the concert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYoung Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e is being released almost exactly 50 years after the original performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Tell Me Why (2:37)\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Old Man (4:09)\u003cbr\u003e\n3. The Needle And The Damage Done (3:48)\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Ohio (3:02)\u003cbr\u003e\n5. Dance Dance Dance (2:26)\u003cbr\u003e\n6. Cowgirl In The Sand (4:21)\u003cbr\u003e\n7. A Man Needs A Maid \/ Heart Of Gold (Medley) (6:56)\u003cbr\u003e\n8. Journey Through The Past (3:34)\u003cbr\u003e\n9. Don't Let It Bring You Down (2:57)\u003cbr\u003e\n10. Helpless (3:50)\u003cbr\u003e\n11. Down By The River (4:12)\u003cbr\u003e\n12. Sugar Mountain (8:40)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 093624889564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reprise \/ Wea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.26.21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"relix.shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67772598681842,"sku":"680402","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/7018\/9810\/files\/Neil-Young-Young-Shakespeare-CD_9e8a1249.jpg?v=1792280196","url":"https:\/\/discandvinyl.com\/products\/neil-young-young-shakespeare-cd-1","provider":"DiscandVinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}