New Artwork For 1970-03-01 - Boston Tea Party

1971 Journey Through The Past Solo Tour

Known Tapes:

1971-01-10 - McArthur Court - University Of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

1971-01-16 - Auditorium Theater (Late show), Chicago, Illinois

1971-01-17 - Masonic Temple Theater, Detroit, Michigan

1971-01-19 - Massey Hall (Late show), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1971-01-21 - Music Hall (Early show), Boston, Massachusetts

1971-01-21 - Music Hall (Late show), Boston, Massachusetts

1971-01-26 - Macky Auditorium, University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (Partial)

1971-01-27 - Macky Auditorium, University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

1971-01-30 - UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, California

1971-01-31 - Berkeley Community Theater (Early show), Berkeley, California

1971-01-31 - Berkeley Community Theater (Late show), Berkeley, California

1971-02-01 - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California

1971-02-17 - Johnny Cash TV Show, Nashville, Tennessee

1971-02-23 - BBC TV Studios, London, England

1971-02-27 - Royal Festival Hall, London, England

1970-12-05 - Carnegie Hall, NYC, New York

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Complete show: Yes


Rating: 9,5/10 (Definitely a must-have !)

01. Down By The River
02. Cinnamon Girl
03. I Am A Child
04. Expecting To Fly
05. The Loner
06. Wonderin'
07. Helpless
08. Southern Man
09. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
10. On The Way Home
11. Tell Me Why
12. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
13. Old Man
14. After The Gold Rush
15. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
16. Don't Let It Bring You Down
17. Cowgirl In The Sand
18. Birds
19. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
20. Ohio
21. See The Sky About To Rain / Sugar Mountain

Line-up:

Neil Young - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica

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PART 2

1970 US Solo Tour

Known Tapes:

1970-12-05 - Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York

1970-03-28 - Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California

Name: SPIRIT OF 69

Complete show: No

Rating: 7/10

Acoustic set:

01. On The Way Home
02. I Am A Child
03. Everybody's Alone *
04. I Believe In You *
05. Birds *
06. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing

Electric set:

07. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
08. Winterlong
09. Down By The River
10. Wonderin
11. Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
12. Cinnamon Girl
13. Cowgirl In The Sand

* Song debut

Only the broadcasted songs are available, they've been put in the right order.

Line-up:

Neil Young - vocals, guitar
Danny Whitten - guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot - bass, vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
Jack Nitzsche - electric piano

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PART 1
PART 2

1970-03-07 - Fillmore East (Late Show), NYC, New York

Name: THE RARE TAPE NIGHT

10 ½” Reel of Scotch tape, 1/2 track, @7 ½ ips (Technics 1506) to Tascam Prof CD Recorder

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Complete show: No

Rating: 8/10

Note from the owner:

Here is another tape with a story. In the early 1970’s WBCN-FM (Boston) started a show they called ‘Rare Tape Night’. Maybe 2 or 3 times a year for a few hours they would play back recordings they had in their archives. Early on, 'folks / friends of the station' would drop off rare recordings they acquired (bootleg lps, tapes ect). These would be played back, sometimes until late into the night. As the Radio station grew, the time slot got smaller and smaller until the show was abandoned (probably due to record company pressure). Early recordings of WBCN shows have them playing Woodstock ‘outtakes’, the Byrds at the Tea Party, Buffalo Springfield’s Long Version of ‘Bluebird’, and FM broadcasts that the station originated. Around 1978, I made friends with some folks at WBCN. I was invited up several times as they were interested in what I had for recordings (Bruce Springsteen was big at this point). At one point an intern handed me this 10 ½ in. reel and asked if I was interested in it. He said he needed an empty reel from me in return or he was going to take a razor blade to it. They had already listened to it and decided it was something they would never play. So I gave him my take-up reel and took the box home. It was marked Neil Young Live Fillmore East 3/7/70 and Tea Party 3/1/70. I have no idea if this show is out or where the rest is. This is all I have. I was told there were a couple of guys taping Tea Party shows on a portable ‘UHR’ reel to reel, but I was never able to find out who they were……….

Issues: There are random clicks and pops on this tape. It was in very poor condition and not properly wound when I received it. There are also a few splices. It is one of those tapes you hate to playback, and you watch the entire time. But I played it through without any issues. The taper claps between songs with the mike in his hand so ‘be prepared’. The Fillmore acoustic set sounds good but the electric is a bit muddy. The Tea Party acoustic & electric sounds very good and a little bit brighter.

Note: I align the payback head on my machines to match the source recording. This gives you the best playback without having phase issues. If you should hear any phase issues, they are inherent to the source tape I am playing back. I also biased all my reels prior to recording on them. I feel this has given me some great sounding tapes as you will hear in the future…………………Peace

I never used noise reduction and all my tapes are at 7 ½ ips. Nothing has been edited out or EQ’d.

Acoustic Set:

01. On the Way Home (already in progress)
02. Broken Arrow
03. I am a Child
04. Now a Day’s Clancy Can’t even Sing
05. The Loner

Electric Set:

06. Everybody Know This is Nowhere (already in progress)
07. Winter Long
08. Down By The River

Bonus Tracks from The Boston Tea Party, 1970-03-01, Boston, Massachusetts:

09. Sugar Mountain
10. Cowgirl in the Sand *

* Song debut

Line-up:

Neil Young - vocals, guitar
Danny Whitten - guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot - bass, vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
Jack Nitzsche - electric piano

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PART 1
PART 2

1970-03-07 - Fillmore East (Early Show), NYC, New York

Complete show: Yes

Rating: 5/10 (Listenable but very badly cut)

Acoustic Set:

01. On The Way Home
02. Broken Arrow
03. I Am A Child
04. The Loner

Electric Set:

05. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
06. Winterlong
07. Down By The River
08. Wonderin
09. Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown
10. Cinnamon Girl
11. Cowgirl In The Sand

Line-up:

Neil Young - vocals, guitar
Danny Whitten - guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot - bass, vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
Jack Nitzsche - electric piano

Mp3 Lame 320kbps, no artwork included

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